ARCADIA, Calif. - History repeated itself in splendid fashion for trainer John Gosden in Saturday's at Santa Anita as Pounced split horses in upper stretch and ran down a stubborn pacesetter Bridgetown to win the $1 million race by three-quarters of a length.

Bridgetown held second by a head over Interactif, who finished a half-length in front of Awesome Act.

Last year, also at Santa Anita, Gosden won the Juvenile Turf with Donativum.

"I was asked before how did he relate to the horse last year," Gosden said. "I said he's of similar profile."

ARCADIA, Calif. - The blankets presented to the winning horses of the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic of both 2008 and 2009 hung over the outer railing at the Santa Anita barn being occupied by trainer John Shirreffs on Saturday morning, testament to the victories last year by Zenyatta and Friday by Life Is Sweet in the feature race of Day 1 of the two-day Breeders' Cup.

The victory by Life Is Sweet, Shirreffs said, was satisfying, because it gave notice to a filly who has raced in Zenyatta's shadow all year, but who Shirreffs believes is top-class in her own right.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Life Is Sweet had raced in the long shadow cast by her stablemate Zenyatta, for much of 2009. Zenyatta had won the

last year, but the decision to run Zenyatta on Saturday against males in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic allowed Life Is Sweet to emerge from that shadow. She rallied from last in the field of eight to win the Ladies' Classic, which capped the first of two days of racing for the 26th Breeders' Cup before a crowd of 37,651 on Friday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting.

ARCADIA, Calf. - Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard hit for the cycle Friday at Santa Anita, where the 68-year-old started three runners in the Breeders' Cup, and saved the best for last.

Informed Decision took advantage of a perfect trip to win the , Sheppard's first victory Friday after Forever Together finished third in the Filly and Mare Turf, and Cloudy's Knight finished second in the Marathon.

ARCADIA, Calif. - In the 26 years that the Breeders' Cup Classic has been run, the $5 million edition on Saturday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting might have the most eclectic field.

There's the best mare in the country, the unbeaten Zenyatta, and the second-best horse from Europe, Rip Van Winkle. The best turf horse in this country, Gio Ponti, is running, along with Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, leading 3-year-old Summer Bird, and the winners of two of the three major races for older horses in California this year, Einstein and Richard's Kid.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Trainer Bob Baffert has won the last two renewals of the Breeders' Cup Sprint with Midnight Lute, who exploded from the back of the pack to capture the event in 2007 at Monmouth Park and again last year at Santa Anita. On Saturday, Baffert will attempt to win an unprecedented third straight Sprint with Zensational, a freakishly fast 3-year-old whose game plan is simple: Catch me if you can.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Zenyatta was the favorite in the two-day daily double wager combining the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic on Friday and the BC Classic on Saturday. Ladies' Classic winner Life Is Sweet was fifth choice in the eight-horse field and paid $18.20.

Ladies' Classic-BC Classic daily double will-pays for $2

(Amounts rounded to lowest dollar)

Life Is Sweet (No. 2) with:

1. Mine That Bird, $324

2. Colonel John, 173

3. Summer Bird, 166

4. Zenyatta, 99

5. Twice Over, 369

6. Richard's Kid, 164

ARCADIA, Calif. - A few weeks ago, trainer Henry Cecil scolded himself for the way he prepared Midday for the Group 1 Prix de l'Opera at Longchamp in early October. She finished third, and at the time, Cecil said the filly had been slightly unprepared following a layoff and would be better in her next start.

Boy, was he right.

Making her first start outside of Europe, Midday ($6.60) rallied along the inside in the stretch to win Friday's at Santa Anita.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Had things gone according to plan, Nancy and Michael Mazzoni would have been out of the racing business well before the was run Friday at Santa Anita Park.

But thanks to disinterest in a couple of their 2-year-olds at auction earlier in the year, the Mazzonis were forced to stay in the game. And Friday, they felt very fortunate they did.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Tapitsfly outgamed Rose Catherine in the $1 million on Friday at Santa Anita as the European favorites Lillie Langtry and Junia Tepzia failed to show any sparkle in finishing well out of the money.