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Breeders' Cup
World Championships Wrap Up

Aidan O'Brien's charges on the track together Tuesday morning. They would win 3 Breeders' Cup races this year.

The 39th Breeders' Cup World Championships held on Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6, 2022, at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky are now in the record books. Attendance on Championship Saturday was 45,973 and the two-day on-track attendance was 85,824. On-track handle for the 2 days was $28,326,478. Total all-sources, global common-pool handle for the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course was $189,060,373, a record for the two-day event. The total represents a 3.4% increase over the prior record of $182,908,409 set when the event was held at Del Mar in 2021 and an 18% increase from the total handle of $160,472,893 at the 2020 event held at Keeneland (which had attendance very limited due to COVID restrictions that year). Total common-pool handle on Saturday's 12-race Breeders' Cup card was a record $122,918,607. All sources common-pool handle on Breeders’ Cup’s 10-race Future Stars Friday card was $66,141,766, also a new record for a Breeders’ Cup Friday. This is the fifth consecutive year that Breeders’ Cup grouped all its juvenile races together on Friday.

Breeders' Cup CEO Drew Fleming said, “We witnessed a spectacular two days of racing capped by Flightline’s absolute brilliance in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, once again showcasing the best Thoroughbreds from around the world and we want to thank our partners here at Keeneland, who did a phenomenal job, and the greater Lexington community. The Breeders’ Cup is truly an international championship event and the very best our sport has to offer.”

This year was the third time the Breeders' Cup has been held at Keeneland, after 2015 and 2020. The 40th Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held Friday-Saturday, Nov. 3 & 4, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

Junior Alvarado celebrates his first Breeders' Cup win aboard Cody's Wish (Dirt Mile)

Jockey Ryan Moore won the Bill Shoemaker Award for the fourth year in a row, given to the most outstanding rider at the Championships. The Shoemaker Award goes to the jockey who won the most races in the 14 World Championship races this weekend with the tiebreaker being a 10-3-1 point system for second- through fourth-place finishes.  Moore's victories came on Tuesday (Filly and Mare Turf), Victoria Road (Juvenile Turf) and Meditate (Juvenile Fillies Turf). He finished second on Stone Age (Turf), Emaraaty Ana (Turf Sprint) and Dramatised (Juvenile Turf Sprint).

Irad Ortiz Jr., winner of the past four Shoemaker Awards, also rode three winners: Forte (Juvenile), Goodnight Olive (Filly & Mare Sprint), and Elite Power (Sprint) but only had one runner-up finish - Pleasant Passage (Juvenile Fillies Turf) to Moore’s three.

The Europeans took all three grass races on Future Stars Friday and three of the four on the turf Saturday with only the Turf Sprint eluding their grasp. Trainers Charlie Appleby and Aidan O’Brien won three races each and for Appleby it marked the second consecutive year he had done that.

Tyler Gaffalione celebrates his first ever Breeders' Cup win aboard Wonder Wheel (Juvenile Fillies)

Appleby struck with the first winner of the weekend with Mischief Magic (Juvenile Turf Sprint) and then came back Saturday to score with Modern Games (Mile) and Rebel’s Romance (Turf). O’Brien was a double winner Friday with Meditate (Juvenile Fillies Turf) and Victoria Road (Juvenile Turf). He completed the hat trick Saturday with the victory by Tuesday (Filly & Mare Turf). New York-based winners were Forte (Juvenile), Goodnight Olive (Filly & Mare Sprint), Cody’s Wish (Dirt Mile), Elite Power (Sprint) and Malathaat (Distaff). Kentucky-based runners to win Breeders’ Cup races were Wonder Wheel (Juvenile Fillies) and Caravel (Turf Sprint). The lone California-based winner was Flightline (Classic).

There were two jockeys who had their first wins in the Breeders' Cup this year: Tyler Gaffalione and Junior Alvarado each posted their initial Breeders’ Cup victories over the weekend. Gaffalione won the Juvenile Fillies on Wonder Wheel on Friday and then came back Saturday to win the Turf Sprint on Caravel. Alvarado won the Dirt Mile on Cody’s Wish.

Jockeys

• Tyler Gaffalione aboard Wonder Wheel in the Juvenile Fillies
• Junior Alvarado aboard Cody's Wish in the Dirt Mile

One more horse added to the previous six who have won two different Championship races. 2021 Juvenile Turf winner Modern Games came back to win the 2022 Mile. The others were Zenyatta (2008 Distaff, 2009 Classic), Beholder (2012 Juvenile Fillies, 2013 and 2016 Classic), Stephanie's Kitten (2011 Juvenile Fillies Turf, 2015 Filly and Mare Turf), Secret Circle (2011 Juvenile Sprint, 2013 Sprint), Knicks Go (2020 Dirt Mile, 2021 Classic), and Golden Pal (2020 Juvenile Turf Sprint, 2021 Turf Sprint). Channel Maker became the first horse to start six times in the World Championships. Trained by Bill Mott, Channel Maker finished seventh in the Turf, a race in which he has competed in five times. He also raced in the 2016 Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita.

Previous winners who tried but failed this weekend were:

• Aloha West - finished last in the Sprint (winner of the 2021 Sprint)
• Ce Ce - finished 4th in the Filly and Mare Sprint (winner of the 2021 Filly and Mare Sprint)
• Echo Zulu - finished 2nd in the Filly and Mare Sprint (winner of the 2021 Juvenile Fillies)
• Golden Pal - finished 10th in the Turf Sprint (winner of the 2020 Juvenile Turf Sprint and 2021 Turf Sprint)
• Life Is Good - 5th in the Classic (winner of the 2021 Dirt Mile)
• Order of Australia - 6th in the Mile (winner of the 2020 Mile)

Rebel's Romance sets a new track record of the Championships in the Turf.

Five of the 14 Breeders' Cup races were won by the betting favorite. The winning favorites were Flightline (Classic), Modern Games (Mile), Cody’s Wish (Dirt Mile), Goodnight Olive (Filly & Mare Sprint) and Meditate (Juvenile Fillies Turf). The highest price winner of the weekend was Caravel (Turf Sprint) with an $87.78 payoff for a $2 win bet.

Two time records were set this year, both over the turf on Saturday: Tuesday in the Filly and Mare Turf, and Rebel's Romance in the Turf. It is worth noting that Keeneland is the only Breeders' Cup host track to run the Filly and Mare Turf over 1 3/16 miles.

The Torrie Horse statue, the permanent Breeders' Cup trophy, behind the Keeneland grandstand Friday morning.

Breeders' Cup Two-Day Attendance and Handle history

2022   Keeneland Race Course   85,824    $189,060,373
2021   Del Mar                 47,089    $182,908,409
2020   Keeneland Race Course      0      $160,472,894
2019   Santa Anita Park       109,054    $174,000,574
2018   Churchill Downs        112,667    $157,445,842
2017   Del Mar                 70,420    $166,077,486
2016   Santa Anita Park       118,484    $156,861,811
2015   Keeneland Race Course   94,652    $149,869,035
2014   Santa Anita Park        98,319    $151,158,813
2013   Santa Anita Park        94,628    $160,704,877
2012   Santa Anita Park        89,742    $144,272,332
2011   Churchill Downs        105,820    $161,512,867
2010   Churchill Downs        114,353    $173,857,697
2009   Santa Anita Park        96,496    $153,271,176
2008   Santa Anita Park        86,588    $155,740,328
2007   Monmouth Park           69,584    $129,197,262

Breeders' Cup World Championships Leading Jockeys

(by wins)                       (by earnings)
Jockey               Wins        Jockey               Earnings
Mike Smith            27         Mike Smith           $38,344,605
John Velazquez        19         John Velazquez       $35,610,275
Irad Ortiz Jr.        17         Joel Rosario         $28,062,535
Joel Rosario          15         Frankie Dettori      $25,801,862
Jerry Bailey          15         Pat Day              $23,033,360
Frankie Dettori       14         Irad Ortiz Jr.       $22,140,345

Breeders' Cup World Championships Leading Trainers

(by wins)                       (by earnings)
Trainer              Wins        Trainer              Earnings
D. Wayne Lukas        20         Bob Baffert          $39,345,000
Bob Baffert           18         Aidan O'Brien        $30,625,590
Chad Brown            16         Todd Pletcher        $24,978,030
Aidan O'Brien         16         Bill Mott            $23,416,900
Todd Pletcher         14         D. Wayne Lukas       $22,750,520
Bill Mott             12         Chad Brown           $22,380,690

Breeders' Cup quick links:

• 2022 Breeders' Cup Wrap Up - Records set, statistics, first-time winning jockeys, how previous winners finished, and more for the 39th running of the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland.
• Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Part 1 - Saturday had 5 races on the dirt, headlined by the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) won by Flightline. Also on the card were the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) won by Malathaat, the Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) won by Elite Power, the Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) won by Cody's Wish, and the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) won by Goodnight Olive. Get the results, charts, and photos here. Expanded results and photos: Classic, Distaff, Sprint, Dirt Mile, Filly Sprint
• Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Part 2 - Saturday also had 4 races on the turf, headlined by the $4 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) won by Rebel's Romance. Also on the card were the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) won by Modern Games, the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) won by Tuesday, and the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) won by Caravel. Get the results, charts, and more photos here. Expanded results and photos: Turf, Mile, Filly Turf, Turf Sprint
• Future Stars Friday at the Breeders' Cup - Friday had 5 races for the Juveniles on both dirt and turf at Keeneland, headlined by the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) won by Forte. Also on the card, Victoria Road won the Juvenile Turf (G1), Wonder Wheel won the NetJets Juvenile Fillies (G1), Meditate won the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and Mischief Magic won the Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1). Get the results, charts, and photos here. Expanded results and photos: Juvenile, Juvenile Turf, Juvenile, Juvenile, Juvenile Turf Sprint
• 2022 Breeders' Cup Entries - All the horses entered for all the 2022 Breeders' Cup races at Keeneland on November 4 and 5 with links to profiles for all the horses.
• Breeders' Cup Free Past Performances - for all 14 races from BRISnet.com
• Official Program - view online, download, or print the offical programs with past performances for both days from Breeder's Cup
• Thursday Breeders' Cup Photos - 39 horses from Thursday morning
• Wednesday Breeders' Cup Photos - 58 horses from Wednesday morning
• Tuesday Breeders' Cup Photos - 56 horses from Tuesday morning
• Monday Breeders' Cup Photos - 45 horses from Monday morning
• Breeders' Cup Weather - Check out the latest weather forecasts for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland
• Breeders' Cup Traditions - about the signature statue, the trophies and flower blankets each winner receives, and signature cocktails.
• Breeders' Cup Hits and Near Misses - Who has won multiple times or just missed a second win plus winners who are parents of winners.
• Breeders' Cup Field Selection Rules - how they decide who gets in if a Championship race is oversubscribed at pre-entry time.
• 2021 Breeders' Cup Saturday Results - The feature race was the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic won by Knicks Go. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 9 races here.
• 2021 Breeders' Cup Friday Results - Friday was headlined by the $2 million Juvenile won by Corniche. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 5 races here.
• Satellite photo of Keeneland from Google Maps
• The Breeders' Cup Championship Day - The official page for the Breeders' Cup championship races. Just about anything you need to know about it: results, video clips, and race calls for past years, and eventually nominations, entries, and results.
• Breeders' Cup Challenge Results - Winners and photos
• Points Standings - from the Breeders' Cup
• Breeders' Cup Postcards - Breeders' Cup theme virtual postcards to send your friends including many past winners
• Breeders' Cup Supplemental Entries - The old official policy on supplemental entries plus all the supplemental entries and how they fared, mostly it was a losing proposition. There are no more supplements now, only late nominations making it impossible to track since the change.
• America's Best Racing Breeders' Cup Special - News, lifestyle, and more
• Blood Horse Breeders' Cup Special - Entries, news, history and more
• Daily Racing Form coverage - Full coverage with lots of news, stats, and other info. Also news for each division is available here.
• A History of Dosage in the Breeders' Cup - from Chef-de-Race.com including dosage and pedigree info.
• European News - the latest on the Euro Entries from Sporting Life
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