Invasor retired after injury

Invasor, the reigning horse of the year, was retired because of an injury to his right hind ankle.

An Argentine-bred trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for Shadwell Stable, Invasor had worked five furlongs in 59 2/5 seconds Saturday morning at Belmont Park preparing for a start in the $400,000 Suburban Handicap next Saturday.

The problem was discovered later at McLaughlin’s barn and X-rays revealed a fracture to the top of the sesamoid bone.

A winner of 11 of 12 starts, Invasor, who won the Uruguayan Triple Crown in 2005, ended his career with six consecutive victories. A 5-year-old son of Candy Stripes, Invasor wrapped up horse of the year honors with a victory against Bernardini in the Breeders’ Cup Classic last fall at Churchill Downs.

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Worldly won the $113,500 Cinema Breeders’ Cup Handicap at Hollywood Park.

The victory was the third in a row in the U.S. for the 3-year-old Selkirk gelding, who is owned by Christopher Wright and trained by Ben Cecil.

In scoring for the fourth time in six starts, Worldly, who was ridden by Victor Espinoza, became the sixth horse to win the Will Rogers, which he won in his Hollywood Park debut May 19, and the Cinema. Let Bob Do It was the last to accomplish the feat in 1996.

Golden Balls, the even-money favorite, finished second.

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Makderah, who was making her first start in a graded stakes in the U.S., blew away her opponents in the Grade II $190,000 New York Breeders’ Cup at Belmont Park.

Ridden by Alan Garcia, the 4-year-old Danehill filly was reserved while last behind a slow pace for most of the race, then was taken to the outside and ran past the pacesetters to win by four lengths.

The final time for the 1 1/4 miles on turf was 2:00.07 and featured a final quarter-mile in under 23 seconds.

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Five Bar Molly, a 12-1 longshot, was a record-setting winner of a tragedy-marred Vessels Maturity late Friday night at Los Alamitos.

In defeating Go Love A Lark Go and eight others, the 9-year-old Dash Ta Fame mare, who is trained by Adan Farias, ran the 400 yards in a stakes-record 19.39 seconds, breaking the old mark of 19.42 set by A Ransom in 2002.

Dutch Schultz, a stakes winner and one of five horses trainer Paul Jones had in the Grade I, suffered fatal injuries when he went wrong midway through the race.

His jockey, Eddie Garcia, suffered a broken left collarbone and is sidelined indefinitely.

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