SisterCharlie Wins Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf

Los Angeles, Nov 3 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Nov, 2018 ) :SisterCharlie surged late to win the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf on Saturday at Churchill Downs, edging European favorite Wild Illusion.

John Velazquez was aboard the Chad Brown-trained SisterCharlie, notching his 16th career Breeders' Cup win 20 years after capturing his first.

"We went to the first turn, everybody was screaming, howling, everybody was checking and clipping heels," Velazquez said of the chaotic early going in the 1 3/8-mile race on Churchill's turf track.

"After that she settled well." Wild Illusion, the 5-2 first choice trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by William Buick, broke poorly after making a production of loading into the starting gate.

Buick got her into position and surged past front-runner A Raving Beauty in the stretch but Velazquez brought SisterCharlie roaring past as they approached the wire.

Brown notched his fourth win in the race, his first since Stephanie's Kitten triumphed in 2015. He also saddled third-placed A Raving Beauty, ridden by Javier Castellano.