Horse Racing News on November 5, 2010

Shared Account paid $94, the largest winning mutuel in the history of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf, but to her trainer, Graham Motion, this was no upset.

Unrivaled Belle, returning to the scene of her biggest victory this year, won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic on Friday night at Churchill Downs.

Awesome Feather entered Friday's Grade 1, $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies with a reputation as the best 2-year-old filly in Florida. She exited the race with a new title -- that being the best 2-year-old filly in America.

Dubai Majesty turned an apparently well matched Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint into a one-horse race, dashing away from Champagne d'Oro and easily holding off second-place Switch to win the $1 million race by about two lengths.

Thanks in great part to a heady ride by Garrett Gomez, who scored his third victory of the day, More Than Real won the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf by about two lengths over heavily favored Winter Memories.

Eldaafer, with John Velazquez up, started off the Breeders' Cup by pulling away to a 10-1 upset Friday at Churchill Downs in the Grade 3, $500,000 BC Marathon.

Eldaafer kicked off the Breeders' Cup with a victory in the $500,000 Marathon, though the real action took place after the horses hit the wire.

Rightly So, the 3-1 morning-line favorite, has been scratched from Friday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs because of an unspecified soundness issue.

Candy DeBartolo sat in the Turf Club at Churchill Downs and found that her ticket for a $5 wager had just returned $3,500.

A decision on Workforce's participation in the Breeders' Cup Turf won't be made until Saturday, trainer Michael Stoute said after sending Workforce out for easy exercise Friday morning at Churchill Downs.