27 Breeders' Cup Contenders Work Saturday Beneath Twin Spires

Oct 31, 2020 Kevin Kerstein,Churchill Downs Communications

With the 2020 Breeders’ Cup World Championships one week away, 27 local contenders logged their final breezes prior to shipping to Keeneland for the season-ending event that runs Friday and Saturday.

Below is the full list of Breeders’ Cup horses that worked on Saturday at Churchill Downs:

Horse	Work (splits/gallop out)	Workmate	Trainer	Race
Arklow	4F :49 (:12, :24.20, :36.40/1:02)		Brad Cox	Turf
Beau Recall	4F :50.40 (:25.60, :37.80/1:03.60)	Shared Sense	Brad Cox	Mile
Bell's the One	4F: :47.60 (:24/1:00.60)	Grove Daddy	Neil Pessin	F&M Sprint
By My Standards	5F :59.80 (12.40, :24.20, :35.80/1:12.60)		Bret Calhoun	Classic
Casa Creed	4F :47.20 (:12, :23.20, :35.40/1:00.20)	Harvey’s Lil Goil	Bill Mott	Mile
Crazy Beautiful	5F 1:01 (:12.40, :24.40, :36.40/1:14)		Kenny McPeek	Juv. Fillies
Factor This	4F :48.80 (:12.20, :23.60)		Brad Cox	Mile
Global Campaign	5F 1:00.40 (:36.40/1:14)	She Love Me	Stan Hough	Classic
Got Stormy	4F :48.80 (:12, :23.60, :36.40)		Mark Casse	Turf Sprint
Harvey's Lil Goil	4F :47.20 (:12, :23.20, :35.40/1:00.20)	Casa Creed	Bill Mott	Filly & Mare Turf
Hog Creek Hustle	4F :47.80 (:11.40, :35.40/1:01.40)		Vickie Foley	Sprint
Knicks Go	4F :48.20 (:12.20, :24, :35.80/1:01.60)		Brad Cox	Dirt Mile
Lady Kate	4F :48.20 (:12.20, :24, :35.80/1:01.60)	Mo Zone	Eddie Kenneally	Distaff
Monomoy Girl	5F 1:01 (:12.80, :24.60, :37, :48.40/1:14.40)	Owendale	Brad Cox	Distaff
Mr Freeze	4F :50.40 (:13.20, :25.60/1:03.40)		Dale Romans	Dirt Mile
Mr. Money	4F :48.60 (:24.20, :36.60/1:01.80)		Bret Calhoun	Dirt Mile
Owendale	5F 1:01.20 (:12.60, :24.80, :48.60/1:14.40)	Monomoy Girl	Brad Cox	Dirt Mile
Sally's Curlin	4F :48.60		Dale Romans	F&M Sprint
Sconsin	4F :48.80 (:37/1:01.40, 1:15)		Greg Foley	F&M Sprint
Silver Dust	4F :49 (:12.60, :24.80, :37.20/1:02.60, 1:15.20		Bret Calhoun	Dirt Mile
Simply Ravishing	5F 1:00 (:11.80, :35/1:14)		Kenny McPeek	Juv. Fillies
Swiss Skydiver	5F 1:00 (:24.60, :36.40, :48.20/1:13.20)		Kenny McPeek	Distaff/Classic
Texas Wedge	4F :49.80 (:24.40/1:03.80)		Peter Miller	Turf Sprint
Title Ready	4F :48.20 (:23.20/1:02.40)		Dallas Stewart	Classic
Tom's d'Etat	4F :50.40 (:25/1:03.60)		Al Stall Jr.	Classic
War of Will	4F :48.20 (24/1:00.40)		Mark Casse	Dirt Mile
Whitmore	4F :48.80 (:11.60, :23.20/1:03)	Unnamed (out of Famous Lady)	Ron Moquett	Sprint

It was another busy morning for Brad Cox’s barn as he worked six of nine contenders including $2 million Distaff (GI) likely favorite Monomoy Girl.

“I hate to sound cliché but it was another awesome morning for all of these horses,” Cox added. “Most of the serious preparation was done last week but these works still matter to make sure each horse is in top shape prior to the event.”

Jockey Florent Geroux was aboard Monomoy Girl for her final breeze prior to the Breeders’ Cup as she worked alongside $1 million Dirt Mile (GI) contender Owendale. Monomoy Girl was one of six horses Geroux breezed Saturday at Churchill Downs.

“She’s a champion mare and really a horse of a lifetime,” Geroux said. “She’s a future Hall of Famer with her résumé. The speed figures show she is a little bit faster this year than her 3-year-old year.”

The only remaining Breeders’ Cup contenders to work at Churchill Downs are Just Might and Manny Wah. Both will work on Sunday, according to their respective trainers.

Saturday finalized the works for trainer Bret Calhoun’s trio of By My Standards, Mr. Money and Silver Dust. Jockey Gabriel Saez worked Allied Racing Stable and Spendthrift Farm’s Dirt Mile (GI) contender Mr. Money at 5:30 a.m. (all times Eastern) prior to breezing $6 million Classic (GI) hope By My Standards at 5:45 a.m. Jockey Adam Beschizza worked Tom Durant’s Dirt Mile contender Silver Dust at 7:30 a.m.

“(By My Standards and Mr. Money) both worked awesome this morning,” Saez said. “By My Standards was supposed to be in about 1:01 but I couldn’t slow him down. He’s just doing really, really good. Mr. Money got over the ground great again, too.”

By My Standards was one of four Classic contenders to work on Saturday. Another was Sagamore Farm and WinStar Farm’s $500,000 Woodward (GI) winner Global Campaign. Trained by Stan Hough, Global Campaign returned from a nine-month freshening in April at Gulfstream Park and sports a 3-for-4 record in 2020.

“In the Fountain of Youth he really tore his quarter as bad as I’ve seen it,” Hough said. “That set up for a series of foot problems after that. He’s very talented and I think we’re getting to a place where he can really show it.”

Other Classic contenders to work Saturday were Charles Fipke’s longshot Title Ready and G M B Racing’s Grade I winner Tom’s d’Etat.

“We are ready to go for the big money,” trainer Dallas Stewart said of Title Ready. “He’s a longshot but he will be coming with his run. We’ll see what happens but we’ll be ready.”

Star 3-year-old filly Swiss Skydiver was one of three Kenny McPeek trainees to work Saturday morning. Jockey Robby Albardo was once again aboard for the work on the Preakness (GI) winner. She pre-entered both the Distaff and Classic and McPeek is leaning to the Distaff barring any major defections in the Classic.

Entries for all 14 Breeders’ Cup races will take place on Monday. There are 43 horses from Churchill Downs expected to be entered. All horses are required to be on the grounds Wednesday. Many local contenders are set to arrive on Monday including Cox’s nine-horse squad.

TV SCHEDULE – Racing at Churchill Downs continues every Wednesday-Sunday through Nov. 29 (except Nov. 6-7) with daily first post at 1 p.m. ET. Below is the upcoming TV schedule on the Fox Sports and MSG family of networks:

Saturday: FS2 (12-6 p.m.) | MSG+ (12-6 p.m.)

Sunday: FS2 (12-6 p.m.) | MSG+ (12:30-6 p.m.)

DOWN THE STRETCH – There was a $57,697 carryover in the 20-cent Single 6 Jackpot for racing on Saturday at Churchill Downs. First post was 1 p.m. … Next week, racing at Churchill Downs will take place Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Racing on Friday and Saturday will move to Keeneland for the Breeders’ Cup. For more information and to purchase tickets for the Fall Meet, visit www.churchilldowns.com.