Horse Racing Capsules: Jockey Garrett Gomez recovering after spill
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Jockey Garrett Gomez has taken off his scheduled mounts at Hollywood Park after escaping serious injury in a spill.
Gomez was resting Sunday, a day after being released from a hospital. His agent Ron Anderson says X-rays on Gomez's shoulder and elbow were negative.
He says Gomez will return to riding later this week. Gomez is second among the nation's jockeys in earnings with more than $17 million in purses.
Gomez's horse in Saturday's ninth race at Hollywood Park broke down in the stretch, sending him to the ground. His mount, a 2-year-old filly named Bonnie Brown Eyes, was seriously injured and died.
Bearpath wins feature race at Churchill
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bearpath raced past Ravensworth at the sixteenth pole and drew away for a half-length victory in Sunday's $50,199 feature race at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Ian Wilkes and ridden by Freddie Lenclud, Bearpath ran 1½ miles on a firm turf course in 2:31.95. The 3-year-old son of Dynaformer won for the third time in 13 career starts and improved his earnings to $87,130.
Bearpath returned $30.40, $15.60 and $8.40.
Ravensworth, ridden by Florent Geroux, paid $12.20 and $8.80 and finished a half-length in front of Hidden Glance, who paid $5.60 to show under Shaun Bridgmohan.
Groomedforvictory wins Big A's Study Hard Stakes
NEW YORK — Groomedforvictory beat Naughty New Yorker by 3¼ lengths Sunday in the $67,000 Study Hard Stakes for New York breds at Aqueduct.
Groomedforvictory moved to the front on the turn and pulled clear of the pack at the top of the stretch. Trained by Barclay Tagg, the 6-5 favorite extended his winning streak to three by running one mile in 1:36.74 with Ramon Dominguez aboard.
Groomedforvictory paid $4.40, $3 and $2.30. Naughty New Yorker returned $6.30 and $3.90, and Almighty Silver paid $5.10 to show.
Keeneland's November sales concludes
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale has ended with total receipts and the average price for the 13-day horse auction falling below figures from last year's longer sale.
Total receipts for the auction held Nov. 10-22 were $159,727,800, down 14 percent from $185,552,300 grossed during last year's 15-day sale. Average price of $57,477 decreased 6.5 percent from $61,462 reported in 2008.
A total of 2,779 horses sold versus 3,019 a year ago. Five horses topped the $1 million mark, compared to 19 in 2008.
The November sale was boosted by the near-record dispersal of the W.T. Young family's Overbrook Farm. With Eaton Sales serving as agent, Overbrook sold 148 horses for $31,760,000 and an average of $214,595.
