The 24th Bill Shoemaker Award will be given this weekend to the outstanding jockey of the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course.
Won last year by Irad Ortiz Jr., the Shoemaker Award will go to the jockey who rides the most winners in the 14 Championship races. Should there be a tie among two or more riders with the most victories, the deadlock will be broken on a 10-3-1 point system for second- through fourth-place finishes.
Heading into Saturday's races, jockey Ryan Moore leads the way after two wins. He won the John Deere Juvenile Fillies Turf on heavy favorite Sun Goddess (IRE) and the Brown Advisory Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf on Haffner. Both horses are trained by Aidan O'Brien.
Jockey Flavien Prat is sitting second after winning the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile aboard Hughes, finishing second in the Breeders' Juvenile Fillies on Miss Monica and finishing third in the Brown Advisory Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf with Avec Toi.
Moore has three mounts on Saturday, while Prat has seven.
The Shoemaker Award is named in honor of one of the greatest jockeys in the history of Thoroughbred racing. Shoemaker, who won the Kentucky Derby four times, won 8,833...