LEXINGTON, Ky. – Cody’s Wish sustained a strong half-mile run to come from last and dispatch Cyberknife at the wire to win the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland on Saturday after a thrilling stretch battle.

Cody’s Wish, a 4-year-old trained by Bill Mott who beat Jackie’s Warrior, one of the top sprinters in the country, in his prep race for the Breeders’ Cup, loitered in last for the first half-mile of the race but resolutely made up ground and drove up to Cyberknife in the stretch. The two latched throats at the eighth pole and drove to the wire.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Yesterday, things didn't go as planned with Wonder Wheel, as the free-wheeling filly found herself back in the pack at the start of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Rather than rushing her, jockey Tyler Gaffalione calmly worked out a trip, and the result was a scintillating victory, Gaffalione's first Breeders' Cup score.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Patience has always been a virtue for trainer Chad Brown and the connections of Goodnight Olive, who overcame plenty of adversity along the way before winding up in the winner’s circle after registering a popular and decisive 2 1/2-length victory over Echo Zulu in the $1 million Filly and Mare Sprint, the first of nine Breeders’ Cup races Saturday at Keeneland.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A day after his Cave Rock got beat in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, trainer Bob Baffert unleashed a potential future star in Arabian Knight, who lived up to his $2.3 million price tag Saturday by winning his debut by 7 1/4 lengths at Keeneland.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – To become the horse that he is today, Kinross had to cease being a horse.  

In England, horses and colts, called “entires” there, are distinguished from geldings. And gelding Kinross late in the winter of 2021 put him on a path back to distinguished performance.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Jason Hart, who rides Thoroughbreds mainly in England and Ireland, matches nicely with his mount Saturday in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.  

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Trainer Mark Casse said all was well early Saturday with Wonder Wheel, whose three-length triumph the previous afternoon in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies surely clinched a divisional Eclipse Award for the Into Mischief filly.

Casse said Wonder Wheel will leave Keeneland on Sunday for a brief rest at his training center in Ocala, Fla., where she will eventually ease back into training to prepare for the May 5 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Forte, the 1 1/2-length winner of Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland, will get about a 30-day break before beginning preparations for a 3-year-old campaign that will likely include two races before a planned start in the May 6 Kentucky Derby.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at the Royal Ascot meeting next June will be the long-range goal for Mischief Magic, winner of Friday’s Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland.

"He's got the scope to develop from 2 to 3 well," trainer Charlie Appleby said. "And, therefore, he's put himself probably in the picture as a Commonwealth horse, and we'll work backward from that."

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Total handle for the five Breeders’ Cup races held on Friday at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington set a record, according to charts of the races, surpassing the record total for last year despite the races being held nearly three hours earlier than last year.

Total handle for the five BC races was $49.27 million, up 16.4 percent over the record $42.31 bet on the five Friday races last year. All five Friday races are restricted to juveniles.