Breeders' Cup Results: Wise Dan stuns Mile rivals

The Charles Lopresti-trained five-year-old had been touted as one of the best milers to emerge from America for some time and lived up to the hype in this Grade 1 over a mile.
 
Ballydoyle's Excelebration got going late on in the day to take fourth place, while the Freddie Head-trained Moonlight Cloud was a shade disappointing.
 
Wise Dan, by contrast, powered into the lead off a languid pace set by Obviously and eased readily clear of the staying-on Animal Kingdom, with Obviously third.

Such was his dominance, the John Velazquez-ridden Wise Dan broke the one-mile course record at Santa Anita.
 
Aidan O'Brien was understandably deflated by the performance of Excelebration, who was so impressive in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot last month and is now set to be retired to stud.
 
He said: "We felt we had to give it a go, but the edge just wasn't on him today.
 
"He was very impressive at Ascot, but that was only 13 days ago and it may well have left its mark.
 
"Joseph (O'Brien, jockey) said that going left-handed first time was also a contributing factor."
 
Even more disappointing was Moonlight Cloud, who beat just one horse home.
 
Her jockey, Thierry Jarnet, said: "It was difficult out there - there were a lot of horses moving about early on.
 
"She had no speed at the finish."