BC Sprint

Silver Train powered home to take the Sprint by a head  (Michael J. Marten/Horsephotos.com)

Buckram Oak Farm's SILVER TRAIN (Old Trieste) proved the best sprinter in the

land Saturday when he took on 10 rivals in the $972,020

Breeders' Cup Sprint

(G1) at Belmont Park. Attila's Storm (Forest Wildcat) broke to the front early,

leading through a quarter in :22, but relinquished his position to the heavy 3-5

favorite Lost in the Fog (Lost Soldier), who was attempting to keep his record

perfect in 11 starts. That one tired, however, opening the way for the Richard

Dutrow Jr.-trained Silver Train, who advanced four wide into the stretch under

jockey Edgar Prado and managed to hold off Taste of Paradise (Conquistador Cielo)

at the wire by a head, completing six furlongs over the fast track in 1:08 4/5 .

"We had nothing to lose and everything to gain in this race," said Dutrow,

who earned his first Breeders' Cup score in three tries.

"This horse ran in 1:07 and change before (July 2 at Belmont), and he just loves

this track. We gave him plenty of time after the Jerome. He was cutting back from

a mile, but we figured we could take a chance on a race like this."

Silver Train entered the Sprint off a win in the Jerome (Uli Seit/Horsephotos.com)

Attila's Storm held on to

round out the superfecta. Elusive Jazz (Elusive Quality), Lifestyle (Indian

Charlie), Lost in the Fog, Imperialism (Langfuhr), Gygistar (Prospector's

Music), Wildcat Heir (Forest Wildcat) and Battle Won (Honour and Glory)

completed the order of finish. Shortly after he crossed the wire, Wildcat Heir

stumbled. fell and was vanned off the track, but Dr. C. Wayne McIlwraith of the AAEP

reported the five-year-old just suffered some superficial lacerations and was

fine.

Bred in Kentucky by Joe Mullholland Sr., Joe Mullholland Jr., et al., Silver

Train is out of the multiple-stakes placed mare Ridden in Thestars (Cormorant)

and counts himself as a half-brother to an unnamed yearling colt by Yankee

Victor and a weanling colt by High Yield. This victory improves Silver Train's

record to 11-4-2-3 with $756,145 in earnings. The three-year-old colt previously

finished first in the Jerome H. (G2) last out and placed third in the Amsterdam

S. (G2) prior to that one. He sold to his current connections for $140,000 as a

Fasig-Tipton July yearling.