Garrett Gomez, who took a crashing fall on the turf course at Churchill Downs on Thursday, came back just 24 hours later to win his 10th Breeders’ Cup race.
Gomez was stretched out on the track for at least five minutes following a fall from Indy Bouquet during the sixth race, which was the first race to be run on the strip of turf that was to be used for the Breeders' Cup races. But Gomez, despite injuring his shoulder, was in the saddle when More Than Real won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf for trainer Todd Pletcher.
To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/More-Than-Real-wins-Breeders-Cup-Juvenile-Fillies-Turf-a39286
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