Any preliminary discussion about the Filly and Mare Turf must begin with the distance of the race, which can vary from year to year due to the configuration of the grass course at the host site.

This year, the Filly and Mare Turf will be decided around three turns at 1 3/8 miles over the seven-furlong Lone Star Park turf course. It will mark the first time the race has been run at that distance since Perfect Sting won at Churchill Downs in 2000. The last three runnings were all contested at 1 1/4 miles.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Trainer Richard Mandella on Sunday was savoring his record-setting four victories in Saturday's Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, and said he was inclined to give his runners a break before plotting their futures.

"I didn't do all this work myself," Mandella said at a press conference while singling out his staff, including assistant trainer Becky Witzman and his top exercise rider, Crystal Brown. "I have a great staff. I can't say how much I appreciate it."

ARCADIA, Calif. - Richard Mandella thought he did well at the 1993 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, when he won two races. The World Thoroughbred Championships returned here for the first time since then this year, and Mandella did twice as well.

The Hall of Fame trainer became the first to win four Breeders' Cup races on one card, and he capped his record-setting day by sending out 14-1 shot Pleasantly Perfect to win the $4 million on a hot, steamy afternoon on which temperatures reached 99 degrees.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Although he had two other horses in the field who were more accomplished, trainer Richard Mandella had been touting Action This Day all week to anyone who would listen. Those who heeded his advice received a more than generous payoff.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Trainer Richard Mandella has said for three months that he felt Halfbridled was a special filly. On Saturday, Halfbridled showed the world just how special she is.

Overcoming the treacherous 14 post at Santa Anita, Halfbridled capped an undefeated season (4 for 4) and cemented a division championship by rolling to a 2 1/2-length victory in the $1 million .

Ashado rallied past Victory U. S. A. in the final strides to get second by a neck.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Patrick Valenzuela was wearing the dark blue silks of owners John and Jerry Amerman in Saturday's , but he forgot to add a ski mask. Valenzuela made like a bank robber, stealing the $2 million Distaff aboard Adoration with a front-running upset to begin the 20th Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Santa Anita.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Cajun Beat was given little respect by bettors, but the 3-year-old gelding left no doubt who was the best sprinter in the country Saturday. Shipping from Kentucky to Santa Anita, Cajun Beat scored a $47.60 upset with a dominating win in the $1 million .

ARCADIA, Calif. - Trainer Michael Stoute fretted all week about what effects the long trip and unseasonably warm weather might have on his filly Islington on Breeders' Cup Day. But those fears proved unfounded after Islington led a one-two-three finish for the European invaders with a victory over trainer Aidan O'Brien's uncoupled pair of L'Ancresse and Yesterday in Saturday's $1,060,000 at Santa Anita.

The victory also provided a measure of vindication for jockey Kieren Fallon, who rode Islington to a troubled third-place finish in the 2002 Filly and Mare Turf.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Only when she was ready did Six Perfections show why she has been one of the top milers in Europe this year.

After briefly refusing to load, Six Perfections unleashed an explosive rally in the stretch to win Saturday's $1.5 million at Santa Anita. The only 3-year-old filly in the field of 13, Six Perfections outfinished Touch of the Blues by three-quarters of a length. Century City, a 39-1 shot, finished third.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The milestones arrived in bunches when High Chaparral and Johar finished in a dead heat in Saturday's $2.12 million at Santa Anita.

The result was the first dead heat for a win in the 20-year history of the Breeders' Cup; High Chaparral became the first horse to win two runnings of the Turf; and it was trainer Richard Mandella's third victory on a day when he set a record by scoring four Breeders' Cup wins. D. Wayne Lukas held the previous record with three wins in 1988.