ARCADIA, United States (AFP) - Bricks and Mortar triumphed in the US$4 million Turf Saturday, edging United by a head in a rousing finish at Santa Anita that gave trainer Chad Brown a 15th Breeders' Cup winner.
Brown collected his third win of this year's 14-race, US$28 million Breeders' Cup programme and tied Bob Baffert for second on the all-time wins list for trainers, a list led by D Wayne Lukas's 20.
Anthony Van Dyck, Aidan O'Brien's Epsom Derby winner, finished third, his chances of giving O'Brien a first winner of the week dwindling when he was forced to check under jockey Ryan Moore heading into the stretch.
Bricks and Mortar notched his sixth win in six starts this year and his seventh in a row.
Not surprisingly, he was sent off an even-money favorite, despite the fact that it was his first attempt at the 1 1/2-mile distance.
With Irad Ortiz aboard, the five-year-old son of Giant's Causeway found space in the stretch, rallying from the middle of the 12-horse field to edge 50-1 shot United, trained by Richard Mandella and ridden by Flavien Prat.
