Less than 24 hours removed from the richest and most important victory of his 17-year training career, Brad Cox reflected on an “odd” feeling as he stood Nov. 7 amidst a quiet and mostly deserted Del Mar barn area.
An epic pace meltdown produced the biggest upset of Breeders' Cup weekend Nov. 6, as Japan-based Marche Lorraine held off Dunbar Road by the slightest nose to win the $2 million Grade 1 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff.
In winning two earlier Breeders' Cup races Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar, Charlie Appleby experienced varying emotions, watching as a pair of his horses (and nearly a third) were scratched due to unruly gate antics and two runners emerged as victors.
