He was the regular rider for Horses of the Year Mineshaft and Curlin.

A pair of Grade 1 events, the $1 million Metropolitan H. and $500,000 Ogden Phipps S., highlight a trio of graded stakes on the main track for older horses on Saturday’s Belmont Stakes Day undercard.

Saturday’s $1 million Apple Blossom H. (G1) promised to be one of the greatest renewals in its storied history, and the Oaklawn Park feature did not disappoint. Only the epic battle of champions turned out a bit differently from the script. Instead of Eclipse Award winners Monomoy Girl and Swiss Skydiver fighting out the finish, it was former Mexican champion Letruska who outdueled Monomoy Girl, as the pair left Swiss Skydiver well back in third.

Standout performances throughout Breeders' Cup weekend at Keeneland ensured that there will be few equine Eclipse Award divisions open to serious discussion in the coming weeks.

Racing analyst Nicolle Neulist brings us story-lines to follow for Breeders' Cup 2020 at Keeneland. She highlights contenders in the Classic, Turf, Juvenile and more!

Handicappers will have reason to dismiss her outright, but Swiss Skydiver remains the ultimate Breeders' Cup Classic wildcard.

When Swiss Skydiver outdueled Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Authentic in an epic Preakness Stakes (G1), she was recognized as the sixth filly to defeat males in the classic.

The Breeders' Cup is five weeks from now, several Eclipse Award races came into much sharper focus an indeed, we're ready to make a call in one of them.