Antiquarian Wins Jockey Club Gold Cup in Erratically-Run 2025 Rendition

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It was an erratic running of the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes, but Antiquarian (Preservationist) managed to avoid the worse of it to take home the hardware and stamp his ticket to the Breeders' Cup Classic in November. Mindframe (Constitution) lost Irad Ortiz Jr. not long after the break, and was safely corralled by outriders.

All seemed well after the jump, but things soon went south when Phileas Fogg (Astern {Aus}) came over to secure a spot on the rail and caused a chain reaction which knocked jockey Ortiz Jr. off the 9-5 shot. Ortiz seemed to briefly be on the back of White Abarrio (Race Day) before he eventually fell to the track.

With the scramble behind him, 70-1 longshot Contrary Thinking (Into Mischief) was left alone on the lead and set fractions of :23.00 and a half in :46.96 completely uncontested. The lone leader was overtaken through the final turn by Phileas Fogg but Antiquarian had that one squarely in his sights in the stretch, eventually overhauling him to win. Even-money Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) came on well to cross the line in second after having to swerve to avoid Ortiz.

After the race, there was an immediate inquiry into the running with Phileas Fogg ultimately disqualified from his runner-up placing to being unplaced behind Mindframe.

The running order was Antiquarian, Sierra Leone, and Highland Falls (Curlin) was promoted to third.

There will be updates coming, as soon as they are available, on Ortiz Jr. and Mindframe.

 

Antiquarian upsets at 13/1 in the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga! @ljlmvel was aboard for trainer Todd Pletcher. pic.twitter.com/dApK90BI10

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) August 31, 2025

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