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Updated at 11:05 a.m., Saturday, October 27, 2007

Horse racing: Breeders' Cup race capsule updates

Associated Press

Breeders' Cup capsules

At Monmouth Park

Oceanport, N.J.

JUVENILE FILLIES

Purse: $2,000,000

Distance: 1 1-16 miles.

Group: 2-year-old fillies.

Margin of victory: 3½ lengths.

Order of finish (purse share): Indian Blessing ($1,080,000), Proud Spell ($400,000), Backseat Rhythm ($200,000), Tasha's Miracle ($102,000), Smarty Deb ($50,000), Clearly Foxy, Grace Anatomy, Zee Zee, A to the Croft, Izarra, Set Play, Irish Smoke, Phantom Income.

Time of race: 1:44.73 (stakes record, 1:41.49, Tempera, 2001)

2006 winner: Dreaming of Anna.

Favorite (odds): Indian Blessing ($1.70-1)

Payout

4 Indian Blessing $5.40 $4.80 $3.20

10 Proud Spell $8.80 $5.80

7 Backseat Rhythm $9.60

Exacta (4-10) paid $54.20.

Trifecta (4-10-7) paid $243.00.

Superfecta (4-10-7-3) paid $3,280.80.

Pick 3 (11-3-4) paid $2320.20.

NOTES: Winning trainer Bob Baffert is now 4-for-45 in Breeders' Cup races. It was his first BC win since his Vindication won the 2002 Juvenile. Winning jockey Garrett Gomez is 3-for-25 in BC races. Indian Blessing is the sixth straight betting favorite to win the Juvenile fillies.

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JUVENILE

Purse: $2,000,000

Distance: 1 1-16 miles.

Group: 2-year-old colts.

Margin of victory: 4½ lengths.

Order of finish (purse share): War Pass ($1,080,000), Pyro ($400,000), Kodiak Kowboy ($200,000), Tale of Ekati ($102,000), Z Humor ($50,000), Old Man Buck, Overextended, Shore Do, Salute the Sarge, Wicked Style and Globalization.

Time of race: 1:42.76 (stakes record, 1:41.47, Favorite Trick, 1997)

2006 winner: Street Sense.

Favorite (odds): War Pass ($2.20-1)

Payout

2 War Pass $6.40 $3.80 $2.80

7 Pyro $4.60 $3.60

3 Kodiak Kowboy $6.40

Exacta (2-7) paid $25.20.

Trifecta (2-7-3) paid $73.

Superfecta (2-7-3-10) paid $275.60.

Pick 3 (3-4-2) paid $152.

NOTES: Champagne Stakes winner War Pass improved to 4-0 for trainer Nick Zito, who won a Breeders' Cup race for the first time since 1996. The 2-year-old colt broke from the No. 2 post and led all the way on a sloppy track under jockey Cornelio Velasquez. War Pass was coming off three weeks' rest and racing two turns for the first time.

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FILLY & MARE TURF

Purse: $2,000,000

Distance: 1 3-8 miles.

Group: 3-year-olds and up.

Margin of victory: three-quarters of a length.

Order of finish (purse share): Lahudood ($1,150,200), Honey Ryder ($426,000), Passage of Time ($213,000), Nashoba's Key ($108,630), All My Loving ($53,250), Timarwa, Arravale, Precious Kitten, Argentina, Danzon, Simply Perfect.

Time of race: 2:22.75 (stakes record, 2:13.07, Perfect Sting, 2000)

2006 winner: Ouija Board.

Favorite (odds): Passage of Time ($2.80-1)

Payout

6 Lahudood $25.40 $11.40 $6.40

2 Honey Ryder $6.60 $4.60

4 Passage of Time $3.40

Exacta (6-2) paid $167.60.

Trifecta (6-2-4) paid $384.90.

Superfecta (6-2-4-3) paid $1,185.60.

Pick 3 (4-2-6) paid $168.

NOTES: Lahudood has won three of her last four races, including a 21-1 upset in the Grade 1 Flower Bowl, her previous start. Nashoba's Key came in with a 7-0 record, all in California. Heavy rains all week created a soft turf course at Monmouth Park. None of the top European-based fillies or mares were in the field. It was the first BC win for jockey Alan Garcia.

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SPRINT

Purse: $2,000,000

Distance: 6 furlongs.

Group: 3-year-olds and up.

Margin of victory: 4¾ lengths.

Order of finish (purse share): Midnight Lute ($1,080,000), Idiot Proof ($400,000), Talent Search ($200,000), Benny the Bull ($102,000), Kelly's Landing ($50,000), Bordonaro, Commentator, Greg's Gold, Smokey Stover, Forefathers.

Time of race: 1:09.18 (stakes record, 1:07.77, Kona Gold, 2000)

2006 winner: Thor's Echo.

Favorite (odds): Midnight Lute ($2.50-1)

Payout

2 Midnight Lute $7.00 $4.00 $3.00

7 Idiot Proof $6.60 $4.60

4 Talent Search $8.60

Exacta (2-7) paid $49.80.

Trifecta (2-7-4) paid $242.60.

Superfecta (2-7-4-8) paid $1,374.40.

Pick 3 (2-6-2) paid $203.90.

NOTES: Midnight Lute gave trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Garret Gomez their second BC wins of the day. The 4-year-old colt is the son of 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Real Quiet. He became the first favorite in five years to win the Sprint.

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MILE

Purse: $2,630,000

Distance: one mile.

Group: 3-year-olds and up.

Margin of victory: one length.

Order of finish (purse share): Kip Deville ($1,420,200), Excellent Art ($526,000), Cosmonaut ($263,000), Nobiz Like Shobiz ($134,130), Host ($65,750), Trippi's Storm, Remarkable News, Rebellion, Icy Atlantic, Jeremy, Purim, Silent Name, My Typhoon.

Time of race: 1:39.78 (stakes record, 1:32.05, Val Royal, 2001)

2006 winner: Miesque's Approval.

Favorite (odds): Excellent Art ($2.10-1)

Payout

8 Kip Deville $18.40 $7.20 $5.20

13 Excellent Art $4.20 $3.00

7 Cosmonaut $6.60

Exacta (8-13) paid $70.80.

Trifecta (8-13-7) paid $376.90.

Superfecta (8-13-7-9) paid $1,750.30.

Pick 3 (6-2-8) paid $574.90.

NOTES: Trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr, improved his record to 3-for-6 in the BC. Cornelio Velasquez was aboard for his second BC win of the day, having taken the Juvenile with War Pass. Kip Deville improved his record to nine wins in 21 starts and boosted the career earnings to $2,434,422. He was supplemented to the race for $300,000.

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DISTAFF

Purse: $2,000,000

Distance: 1 1-8 miles.

Group: 3-year-olds and up, fillies and mares.

Margin of victory: neck.

Order of finish (purse share): Ginger Punch ($1,220,400), Hystericalady ($452,000), Octave ($226,000), Lady Joanne ($115,260), Unbridled Belle ($56,500), Balance, Tough Tiz's Sis, Bear Now, Indian Vale, Lear's Princess, Teammate, Prop Me Up.

Time of race: 1:50.11 (stakes record, 1:46.15, Inside Information, 1995)

2006 winner: Round Pond.

Favorite (odds): Lear's Princess ($4.50-1)

Payout

4 Ginger Punch $11.00 $6.20 $4.40

12 Hystericalady $9.60 $7.20

8 Octave $5.00

Exacta (4-12) paid $141.60.

Trifecta (4-12-8) paid $534.70.

Superfecta (4-12-8-5) paid $3,418.50.

Pick 3 (2-8-4) paid $241.

NOTES: Trainer Bobby Frankel won his fifth career Breeders' Cup, but wasn't at Monmouth Park. He stayed back in Southern California to tend to his ailing 8-year-old dog, Happy, a frequent presence around the Hall of Famer's barn. Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Ginger Punch dueled Hystericalady down the stretch, barely getting her neck in front at the wire.