The Latest: Baffert and Garcia end separation with BC win
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) The Latest on the Breeders' Cup (all times local):
2:30 p.m.
Trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Martin Garcia reunited just in time to win the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
The two had a successful run together before parting ways without a public explanation.
They teamed to win the Sprint with Drefong on Saturday.
Baffert attributes their separation to tension that exists when a trainer and jockey go through a winless period. The trainer says there wasn't any argument between them, but they just needed to take an extended break.
Garcia says he feels lucky to be back with Baffert.
''Everything's good,'' Baffert says. ''He got a big, fat check.''
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1:35 p.m.
Drefong won the $1.5 million Breeders' Cup Sprint by 1 1/4 lengths for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who earned his record fifth victory in the race.
Ridden by Martin Garcia, Drefong ran six furlongs in 1:08.79 and paid $9.80, $4.80 and $3.80 as the 7-2 third choice in the wagering.
Baffert also won the Sprint in 1992, 2007, 2008 and 2013.
Masochistic, the 8-5 favorite ridden by Mike Smith, returned $4 and $2.80, while Mind Your Biscuits was another nose back in third and paid $4.60 to show.
Smith has been the regular rider for Drefong, but he chose to get on Masochistic, who finished 14th and last in the 2015 Sprint at Keeneland.
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1:15 p.m.
The flying dismount was back as Frankie Dettori guided Queen's Trust to a nose victory over 8-5 favorite Lady Eli in the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf at the Breeders' Cup.
The Italian jockey entertained the crowd with his patented leap from the saddle after Queen's Trust scored the 8-1 upset, only the second win in eight career starts for the 3-year-old.
It was the first European winner at this year's Breeders' Cup. Queen's Trust is trained in England by Sir Michael Stoute.
It was a hard-luck loss for Lady Eli, the 2014 Juvenile Filly Turf winner who missed more than a year while recovering from a potentially fatal hoof infection.
Queen's Trust ran 1 miles in 1:57.75 and paid $18, $8.40 and $5.80.
Lady Eli returned $3.20 and $2.80, while Avenge was another length back in third and paid $7.40 to show.
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12:30 p.m.
There's been an upset in the opening race of the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita.
Sent off at 30-1 odds, Champagne Room won the $2 million Juvenile Fillies by three-quarters of a length on Saturday, one of nine Cup races on the card.
Mario Gutierrez gave Champagne Room a perfect ride, sitting second behind pacesetter Noted and Quoted before taking charge in deep stretch. She ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.12.
Trained by Peter Eurton, Champagne Room paid $69.20, $26.60 and $13.
Valadorna returned $9.80 and $6.60, while 4-1 favorite American Gal was another 3 lengths back in third and paid $4.80 to show.
Champagne Room got her second win in five starts.
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11:50 a.m.
There are more scratches in the Breeders' Cup.
France-bred Suedois is out of the $1 million Turf Sprint, which moves Green Mask into the 14-horse field.
Metaboss has been scratched from the $4 million Turf.
Earlier in the week, Joking and Lord Nelson were withdrawn from the $1.5 million Sprint.
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10:50 a.m.
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens is out $500 after being fined for skipping his mount in the last race at Santa Anita on Friday.
Stevens rode Beholder to a nose victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff and attended the post-race news conference around the same time he was supposed to ride Mr. Roary in the Grade 2 Twilight Derby that closed the 10-race card.
As a result, Stevens was fined by the California Horse Racing Board on Saturday.
He can afford it. By winning the Distaff, Stevens earned $110,000, his 10 percent of the $1.1 million winner's share.
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10:30 a.m.
Shaman Ghost has been scratched from the $6 million Classic at the Breeders' Cup.
The assistant to trainer Jimmy Jerkens says the horse spiked a temperature overnight and didn't eat all his feed, knocking him out of the showcase race of the two-day world championships at Santa Anita.
That means Frank Stronach, who owns Santa Anita Park, won't have a horse in North America's richest race. He owns Shaman Ghost, who was coming off a narrow win in the Woodward at Belmont Park.
The scratch also costs Irad Ortiz Jr. a ride in the big race. However, Jerkens will still saddle Effinex in the Classic. The 5-year-old horse was runner-up last year.