Filly & Mare Sprint

Take a close look at the horse and her rider strolling postward on Friday as favorites for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs. After what they’ve been through, the race ought to be a piece of cake.

With a couple of flashy 3-year-old fillies – Turbulent Descent and Pomeroys Pistol – among the top prospects, there seems little doubt the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint once again will draw a deep and competitive field.

Churchill Downs-loving Dubai Majesty turned an apparently well matched Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint into a one-horse race, dashing away from Champagne d’Oro at the three-sixteenths pole and easily holding off second-place Switch ...