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Life is Sweet Takes Ladies Classic on Day One of Breeders’ Cup

When you’re a stablemate of a champion horse, you don’t get paid much attention.

Well, Life is Sweet, changed all that by winning the Ladies Classic on the first day of the Breeders’ Cup.

She rallied from last in the field of eight to win the Ladies’ Classic,  before a crowd of 37,651 on Friday at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting.

Life Is Sweet ($18.20)  paid no attention to the wicked fractions set by front-runner Careless Jewel,  the 9-5 favorite. Life Is Sweet swooped the field while widest coming off the turn, and drew off to win by 2 1/2 lengths.

Careless Jewel faded to last – beaten by 18 1/2 lengths – after setting fractions of 23.50 seconds for the opening quarter-mile, 45.78 for a half-mile, and 1:09.74 for six furlongs.

She was quite agitated coming on the track for the post parade, which has been a habit in the past.

Life Is Sweet completed 1 1/8 miles on Pro-Ride in 1:48.58.

“She’s a very good filly, and I’m glad everybody got to see that today,” said John Shirreffs, who trains Life Is Sweet and Zenyatta.
Life Is Sweet was winning for the sixth time in 15 starts. She has been particulary effective at Santa Anita. She is 4 for 5 here, her only loss coming when she ran fourth to Zenyatta in last month’s Lady’s Secret Stakes.

Does the victory by Life Is Sweet bode well for Zenyatta in the Classic?

Zenyatta on her own pedestal, said her trainer.

“Zenyatta,” he said, “is Zenyatta.”

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