The Latest: Queen's Trust wins BC Filly & Mare Turf by nose

The Latest: Queen's Trust wins BC Filly & Mare Turf by nose

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:55 p.m. ET

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) The Latest on the Breeders' Cup (all times local):

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.

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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Earlier in the week, Joking and Lord Nelson were withdrawn from the $1.5 million Sprint.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.

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