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Jockey Flavien Prat celebrates aboard Further Ado.

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Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Results

The $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) featured a field of 10 older horses (after 1 scratch) going 1 mile on the main track. Blue Grass Stakes (G1) winner Further Ado was sent off as the even-money favorite off a close second in the Pennsylvania Derby (G1). In to challenge him included 5-1 second choice Bracket Buster, second in the Parx Dirt Mile after winning the West Virginia Governor's Stakes, and 7-1 third choice Full Serrano, third in the Pacific Classic (G1).

The horses break from the gate in the Dirt Mile

Jockey Joel Rosario sent Full Serrano to the lead first time by through fractions of 22.67 and 46.14 while pressed by 9-1 fourth choice Owen Almighty and stalked by 30-1 T Kraft. Turning for home, Owen Almighty came out for room to take over through 3/4 in 1:10.04 and 7f in 1:22.20. Favorite Further Ado, 4th early under Flavien Prat, rallied and outfinished Owen Almighty to win by a nose in a tight photo finish in 1:34.50. It was another 2 lengths back to Full Serrano third.

Further Ado wins the Dirt Mile Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 1 Further Ado Prat 4.02 3.04 2.60 10 Owen Almighty Saez 5.74 4.60 3 Full Serrano Rosario . 5.28 Winning Time: 1:34.50 $1 Exacta 1-10 16.19 $1 Trifecta 1-10-3 101.34 $1 Superfecta 1-10-3-8 1,157.40 Results chart

Left: Further Ado heads to the winner's circle. Winning trainer Brad Cox said, “I had no clue (at the finish) if we had won. It was very important to try and make this horse a dual G1 winner at the age of 3. And listen I think there is a little bit of question mark with the distances with him. I think he wants more than a mile but I wasn’t convinced we wanted to tackle 1 1/4 miles against older horses just yet.”

Right: Further Ado heads back to the barn after the race. Eric Gustavson of owner Spendthrift Farm said, "He really got pinned down in there longer than he wanted to be, and thankfully Flavien was able to kick him out when we got to the stretch there and make a run of it. He wants more ground. He loves it here. Thank God for Keeneland. He loves it here. Yeah, we thought we had lost (the photo finish). Everybody had our heads down, and the camera is ahead of the finish line, so it looked like he may have lost the bob and everybody was excited with the other horse, and that had to be tough for them. I feel bad for them."


Further Ado heads returns after the race. Winning jockey Flavien Prat said, “I thought I was ahead of him, but he had a good bob, so I didn't know! I was traveling well all the way around. We turned for home, and he gave me a good run. Owen Almighty just was tough.”  Gustavson added, "But you can tell he wants more ground. He's a 1 1/8 guy. It's a tweener for the Breeders' Cup obviously, so you have to go one way or the other, and we're just so happy it worked out."

Left: Second place finisher Owen Almighty first time by. Owner Hunter Rankin said, “He tried his ass off. You can't ask for anything more than that. I thought first watching it that he got beat. But then when they showed the replay, I thought he might have got his head down. A really good horse that beat him, and he tried hard, so that was great. I really thought he would win today, you know, but he ran a winning race. He just got beat by a good horse."

Right: Third place finisher Full Serrano exits the tunnel for the post parade. Jockey Joel Rosario said, “He had a really good run. He tries all the time this horse, so he’s a champ.”

Photos courtesy of Amber Chalfin of Downthestretchphotos.com.

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