Kentucky Derby winner Authentic pulled off the win for this year's Classic. He will likely get at least three-year-old champion in the Eclipse Awards. It was a good field at Keeneland:
At Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. From the official BC World Championships Website:
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint: Golden Pal
American Pharoah set the pace and pulled away with ease in the stretch to take the 1 1/4-mile dirt test. Zayat Stables' homebred son of Pioneerof the Nile set fractions of :23.99, :47.40, and 1:11.21 through six furlongs, while Effinex provided mild pressure on the backstretch. The leader, however, had no challengers leaving the far turn.
Trainer Rick Dutrow said the 3-year-old colt, who was preparing for the Breeders' Cup Classic on Oct. 25, appeared to kick himself while working on the turf course at Aqueduct with stablemate Kip Deville. Big Brown was able to complete the six-furlong work when Dutrow noticed blood coming out of the foot.
"It looks like he grabbed himself in a bad spot," Dutrow said.
"Big Brown has been retired," said Michael Iavarone, co-owner of IEAH Stables. "He not only tore the bulb off his foot, but half the foot was torn off. We did everything we could to get to the Breeders' Cup. It's devastating. And what makes it even worse is that he worked great."
"He did well to stay up," jockey Mick Kinane said. "He was brave. He didn't go down. He stayed up on it. He saved me."
“He had an open fracture of the condyle,” said on-call veterinarian Dr. C. Wayne McIlwraith. "The fetlock was dislocated with both sesamoids fractured as well. So it was a hopeless injury as far as repair, and he has been euthanized.”
Sources confirmed that the woman told investigators Copperfield later promised he could help with her modeling career and invited her to his isolated $50 million private retreat at Musha Cay, in a tiny string of white-sand islands 85 miles southeast of Nassau, Bahamas.
She told investigators Copperfield assured her that there would be other guests at the 150-acre resort, which is restricted to a maximum of 24 guests and rents for up to $50,000 a night. From Nassau, the retreat is accessible only by charter plane and then private boat.
When the woman, 21, made the trip in late July -- after exchanging e-mails with Copperfield, 51 -- she found herself the only guest on the island with him, she told investigators. She has told Seattle police, and later the FBI, that Copperfield raped and struck her during her two days on the island, said sources familiar with her allegations.
She said that, afterward, Copperfield threatened her, telling her she'd better keep quiet, and then escorted her onto a plane, sources said.
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