Mixto

Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile, upset winner of the GII California Crown John Henry Turf Championship Sept. 28 at Santa Anita, returned to the work tab Sunday with an easy four-furlong move on the main track in :51.40. Trainer George Papaprodromou said he was happy with the work and reaffirmed Cabo Spirit is pointed to the $5-million Breeders' Cup Turf Nov. 2 at Del Mar. In the 1 1/4-mile John Henry, Cabo Spirit was able to set a modest pace under Abel Cedillo was never headed en route to a...

LEXINGTON, KY - The Knelman family's Farfellow Farm, which had a memorable Keeneland September sale three years ago with a million-dollar yearling followed by a $700,000 session topper in Book 3, could have another Book 3 star on its hands with a colt by Good Magic (hip 1301). The yearling received the most timely of updates when his full-brother Mixto captured the Aug. 31 GI Pacific Classic. "The Mixto full-brother is making everybody's list and then we have others that are hitting, so knock on wood, it should be an...

It wouldn't rise to the level of a horse like Dare and Go stunning history-seeking Cigar in the 1996 renewal, but it was a surprise of similar magnitude in Saturday's GI FanDuel Pacific Classic, as Calumet Farm's Mixto (Good Magic) plugged on late and grabbed an exceptionally game Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast) to earn a fees-paid berth into the field for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at odds of 22-1 some may have considered underlaid. Mixto, who owned just a maiden victory from 13 starts prior to Saturday, was...