With jockey Jose Lezcano aboard, Royal Delta, right, captures the $2 million Ladies’ Classic on Friday night at Churchill Downs. It’s Tricky, left, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, finished second. (MATT SLOCUM/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Royal Delta caps upset day

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Royal Delta won the $2 million Ladies’ Classic by 21/2 lengths under the lights Friday at Churchill Downs, capping an opening day of the Breeders’ Cup that included three upsets, with John Velazquez riding two of them.

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Published November 3rd, 2011 - 12:05AM
Before the crowd swells at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., for the two-day Breeders’ Cup starting Friday, horse racing’s star trainer, Bob Baffert, stood all but alone in the rain-dampened stands at Santa Anita Park last week, barking at two of his workout riders through a walkie-talkie.



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