Olympiad returned $12.38 and $7.16 for place and Taiba paid $4 to show. 4 post and he and Todd Pletcher-trained Life Is Good, at 8-1, separated themselves from the pack with a blistering pace and building a nine-length gap through the far turn. The 4-year-old bay colt entered the Grade 1 race 5-0 lifetime with an average victory margin of nearly 13 lengths, making him the overwhelming 3-5 favorite over the eight-horse field that included Kentucky Derby upset winner Rich Strike and 5-1 second choice Epicenter. … This race, he’s just a remarkable, remarkable horse.” “Brilliant is his normal,” trainer John Sadler said. The unbeaten colt posted another dominant run, overtaking Life Is Good entering the top of the stretch and pulling away to an 8¼-length victory in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland, and all but locking up honors as Horse of the Year. Running the biggest race of a brief career, Flightline left no doubt about this year’s top thoroughbred.
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