Florent Geroux celebrates on Monomoy Girl
Florent Geroux celebrates on Monomoy Girl

Breeders' Cup Distaff report: Monomoy Girl wins at Keeneland


Brad Cox celebrated his fourth winner of a remarkable Breeders' Cup 2020 when Monomoy Girl proved a class apart in the Distaff.


The five-year-old daughter of Tapizar landed the 2018 renewal of this race at Churchill Downs before missing the whole of last year due to a bout of colic and injury.

However, she has returned as good as ever this summer and produced another stunning display under Florent Geroux, justifying strong market support with a commanding victory.

Despite being trapped four wide for much of the nine-furlong contest, Monomoy Girl was still travelling strongly when moving into the lead in the final stretch and though Valiance chased hard, she was always second best to the ultra-impressive winner.

Dunbar Road filled the placings back in third.

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