Henri Matisse

Edited Press Release Flavien Prat, who guided two horses to Breeders' Cup victories Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club during the World Championships, won the 22nd Bill Shoemaker Award as the outstanding jockey of the event. The Shoemaker Award goes to the jockey who rides the most winners in the 14 Championship races with the tiebreaker being a 10-3-1 point system for second- through fourth-place finishes. Prat and Ryan Moore each won two races but thanks to a runner-up effort on Raging Sea (Curlin) in the GI Longines Breeders'...

DEL MAR, USA -- "If we get the horses we can deliver," said Ger Lyons after proving his point emphatically in the opening Breeders' Cup race on Future Stars Friday. "We have to up our game every day to take on Aidan. It's just fantastically competitive at home." That second point was also proved, again and again, in the hours to follow as Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) remained unbeaten in her taking of the Juvenile Fillies Turf and Henri Matisse (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) gave Aidan O'Brien a record-equalling...

The outside draw was no problem for Henri Matisse (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) who came flying late to award trainer Aidan O'Brien another win in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. The only O'Brien runner in the race, the son of Wootton Bassett likely would have been a shorter price if not for his last-out fifth as the beaten favorite in the G1 Prix JeanLuc Lagardere at Longchamp, a race in which he wore blinkers for the first time over soft turf. Otherwise sporting a nearly unblemished record including a...