A Gitano Upset!

Photo: Charles Pravata / Eclipse Sportswire

Team Valor International and Gary Barber's GITANO HERNANDO (GB) (Hernando [Fr]) was a relative unknown entering Saturday's $305,000 Goodwood S. (G1) at Oak Tree, winning a conditions race over the synthetic track at Wolverhampton, England, in his previous start, but the three-year-old colt established himself as a Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender with an 18-1 upset in his U.S. debut. With European jockey Kieren Fallon in the saddle, the chestnut outfinished multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel John (Tiznow) by a neck for his first stakes victory.

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