Day Results 11 / 6-2-5
2020 Overall 1668 1668 / 591-575-733
Win % of Top Pick 35.43%
Payoff % of Top 3 Picks Overall 37.95%
2020 Top Pick in the Money –1,080-1,668 64.75%
Top Selection ITM / CD 127–199 63.82%
Top Selections Win / CD 66-199 33.17%
“Key Horses” @ CD 32-15-3-5 46.88% Win / 71.88% ITM
“Key Horses” in 2020 231-84-48-32 36.37% Win / 71.00% ITM

(Churchill Downs finishes live racing for 2020. Turn out the lights. The party is over. / Photos by Holly M. Smith)

We finished the Churchill Downs’ Fall Meet with a bit of a flurry, picking 6 winners out of the final day’s card of 11 races. Our two Key Plays of the Day both won, as well.

We finished the meet with a rather modest 33.17% win rate on our top pick, but our Key Plays were the best of the entire year. We finished the meet with picking 15 winners, 3 seconds and 5 thirds in 32 Key Plays. That equals a win rate of 46.,88 and those picks finished “In The Money” on 71.88% of the time.

Hope you had a chance to play along with us for some of the meet. Hope, even more, we helped with a few winners along the way.

We will motor on up to Turfway Park on start our selections over the new Tapeta racing surface when that meets opens soon.

Until then, we hope you stay safe and have a wonderful time.

Jockey Standings: Tyler Gaffalione Wins — Again

(Jockey Tyler Gaffalione sweeps all of Churchill Downs’ riding titles in 2020 / Coady Photography)

1 Florent Geroux 121 24 21 17 $1,654,737 20% 62 51%
2 Ricardo Santana, Jr. 138 27 30 13 $1,592,605 20% 70 51%
3 Tyler Gaffalione 147 41 21 16 $1,508,163 28% 78 53%
4 Rafael Bejarano 118 15 19 26 $1,177,333 13% 60 51%
5 Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 107 16 10 18 $1,059,076 15% 44 41%
6 Joseph Talamo 120 15 15 11 $864,630 13% 41 34%
7 Gabriel Saez 86 10 14 11 $644,457 12% 35 41%
8 Corey J. Lanerie 114 15 13 7 $636,043 13% 35 31%
9 Julien R. Leparoux 75 8 9 14 $633,831 11% 31 41%
10 James Graham 73 13 11 8 $558,133 18% 32 44%
11 Gerardo Corrales 51 8 5 6 $385,405 16% 19 37%
12 Adam Beschizza 58 9 2 8 $343,452 16% 19 33%
13 Chris Landeros 41 4 4 5 $306,772 10% 13 32%
14 David Cohen 43 2 5 6 $271,081 5% 13 30%
15 Robby Albarado 56 2 0 10 $207,029 4% 12 21%
16 Jon Kenton Court 44 5 5 4 $201,483 11% 14 32%
17 Declan Cannon 55 3 8 4 $177,472 5% 15 27%
18 Mitchell Murrill 36 3 8 7 $151,528 8% 18 50%
19 Edgar Morales 50 1 4 3 $133,349 2% 8 16%
20 Joseph Rocco, Jr. 39 1 3 8 $123,849 3% 12 31%
21 Colby J. Hernandez 27 1 3 3 $116,985 4% 7 26%
22 Shaun Bridgmohan 13 3 0 4 $110,807 23% 7 54%

(Stats compiled by Equibase)

Trainer Standings: Mike “Money” Maker, as Joe Kristufek likes to call him, takes the title

(Mike Maker / Photo Courtesy of Keeneland)

1 Steven M. Asmussen 97 — 16 21 12 $1,069,225 16% 51% —
2 Brad H. Cox 59 — 11 12 10 $896,532 19% 56% —
3 Michael J. Maker 73 — 21 15 4 $884,652 29% 55% —
4 Kenneth G. McPeek 60 — 11 1 12 $697,534 18% 40% —
5 Ian R. Wilkes 64 — 7 6 15 $544,976 11% 44% —
6 Dale L. Romans 54 — 8 7 3 $423,447 15% 33% —
7 Eddie Kenneally 28 — 8 1 3 $321,886 29% 43% —
8 Dallas Stewart 37 — 5 4 5 $307,713 14% 38% —
9 Wesley A. Ward 15 — 6 0 3 $292,340 40% 60% —
10 Philip A. Bauer 17 — 3 5 6 $282,249 18% 82% —
11 Gustavo Delgado 1 — 1 0 0 $282,100 100% 100% —
12 Victoria H. Oliver 31 — 3 2 6 $278,429 10% 35% —
13 George R. Arnold, II 28 — 5 2 4 $262,952 18% 39% —
14 Brendan P. Walsh 27 — 4 4 4 $254,033 15% 44% —
15 Robertino Diodoro 29 — 3 4 8 $246,016 10% 52% —
16 W. Bret Calhoun 18 — 4 6 2 $244,045 22% 67% —
17 Gregory D. Foley 27 — 5 5 3 $198,741 19% 48% —
18 William I. Mott 22 — 4 0 3 $186,764 18% 32% —
19 Thomas M. Amoss 26 — 3 2 3 $182,329 12% 31% —
20 Chad C. Brown 18 — 4 2 1 $171,797 22% 39% —
21 Chris A. Hartman 34 — 7 6 4 $169,657 21% 50% —
22 Wayne M. Catalano 17 — 2 5 2 $151,304 12% 53% —
23 Mark E. Casse 18 — 2 1 3 $151,170 11% 33% —
24 Paul J. McGee 22 — 3 3 2 $143,682 14% 36% —
25 J. Larry Jones 19 — 2 2 1 $137,351 11% 26% —

(Stats compiled by Equibase)