ARCADIA, Calif. - Ryan Moore’s winning ride on Auguste Rodin in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita came with a hefty financial penalty. On Sunday, Moore was fined $20,800 and suspended one day, on Nov. 12, for striking the colt seven times, once over the permitted limit. The ruling was issued by Santa Anita stewards Grant Baker, Luis Jauregui, and Kim Sawyer. The fine is the largest in California history and represents 10 percent of Moore’s share of the $208,000 he received for the win. Auguste Rodin earned $2,080,000 for winning the $4 million BC Turf, the richest grass race in the nation. Immediately after the race, winning trainer Aidan O’Brien was quick to praise Moore’s ride on Auguste Rodin. Moore, who rides first call for O’Brien’s clients, the Coolmore syndicate, is getting better with age from O’Brien’s perspective. “I keep telling him he’ll improve until he’s 45,” O’Brien said after the BC Turf on Saturday. “He’s got another five years to go. “He’s a total professional in every way. He’s straight and genuine and honest. He has everything. I promise you he’s getting better. “His instinct is getting sharper, he’s getting stronger.” :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. Moore, who turned 40 in September, was leading rider in Britain three times in the 2000s. In the last decade, he has been more in-demand as a big-race rider worldwide and has been a fixture in the winner’s circle of major stakes in Coolmore colors. In recent years, American racing fans have been best acquainted with Moore through his success in Breeders’ Cup races. On Friday, Moore won the Juvenile Turf with the O’Brien-trained Unquestionable. Moore picked up the mount after another O’Brien runner, River Tiber, was scratched on race morning. Auguste Rodin was Moore’s 14th Breeders’ Cup winner, good enough to rank in the top 10 on the all-time list in the 40-year history of the race series. Moore won his first Breeders’ Cup race in 2008. His statistics have been helped by riding in an era in which the annual event is held over two days instead of one. O’Brien, who has won 18 Breeders’ Cup races, says Moore’s day-to-day commitment to preparation separates him from some rivals. “When you get up in the morning, no matter what time you get up, he’s in the gym before you,” O’Brien said. “That’s the way he is. He knows form inside out, he knows jockeys inside out, he knows horses, tracks all over the world.” After Saturday’s race, Moore left California for Australia, where he was booked to ride race favorite Vauban in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, or Monday evening Pacific time. Later this fall, Moore is scheduled to ride leading races in Japan and Hong Kong. After the BC Turf, Moore deflected credit to Auguste Rodin. Auguste Rodin has often raced from a stalking position. In the BC Turf, Moore had Auguste Rodin on the inside for most of the race, farther back than normal. Auguste Rodin rallied on the turn to lead in early stretch. “I think he won because he’s so good,” Moore said. “I made the right call, but it could have been the wrong call as well. I had so much horse. “To me he won despite things not going as smooth as it should have done.” It was not clear on Saturday whether Auguste Rodin’s career would continue in 2024, with a stud career also under consideration. Moore has ridden Auguste Rodin in all six of his starts this year. In five starts in Europe, Auguste Rodin won the English and Irish derbies and the Irish Champion Stakes, but was 12th of 14 in the English 2000 Guineas in May, and last of 10 in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in his debut against older horses at Ascot in July. The English Derby was run at Epsom Downs in early June. “At Ascot, the ground was too deep,” Moore said. “Maybe that was the reason. Who knows? “I’m delighted he showed what he is at Epsom and he backed that up. What I know is he’s shown himself to be a good (English) Derby winner.” War Like Goddess may race again War Like Goddess, the nine-time stakes winner who finished seventh of 11 in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita, may have one more start this year. Owner and breeder George Krikorian said on Sunday that War Like Goddess is under consideration for the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase at 1 1/2 miles at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Dec. 10. The $3.06 million Hong Kong Vase is one of four international Group 1 races on Hong Kong’s biggest annual day. Trained by Bill Mott, War Like Goddess will be sent to Florida, where an assessment on her condition will be made in coming weeks. “We might race in December,” Krikorian said. “We’re considering it. She’s in great shape.” In the BC Turf, War Like Goddess was beaten 4 1/4 lengths by Auguste Rodin after racing wide for much of the race at 1 1/2 miles and in traffic in the stretch. “She didn’t catch a break,” Krikorian said. “She was outside.” Krikorian said a decision on whether War Like Goddess races in 2024 will depend on Mott’s point of view. “I’d leave it up to Bill,” Krikorian said. War Like Goddess has won 11 of 18 starts and earned $2,535,184. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.