Sierra Leone finally ran straight and true in the biggest race of the year and delivered a stirring victory in the $7 million Breeders‘ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Saturday. The hard-luck ...
Taking advantage of blistering early fractions of 22.00 and 44.99 seconds set by Nooni, jockey Manny Franco kept the bay daughter of Nyquist settled in fourth before turning her loose in the stretch.