Backed into 9-5 favoritism, the Korea Racing Authority’s KNICKS GO c, 4, Paynter-Kosmo’s Buddy, by Outflanker) continued his rich vein of form with a front-running tour-de-force. Sent hard from gate five, the $87,000 Keeneland September graduate made the early running in advance of Complexity (Maclean’s Music), covering the opening quarter-mile in :21.98 over a Keeneland main track producing wickedly fast sectionals all weekend long. Skipping along through a nearly unimaginable half-mile in :44.40, the 4-year-old always looked to have the measure of his pace pressure, found more off the final corner and stayed on to score in 1:33.85. Knicks Go is the fifth Maryland-bred winner of a Breeders’ Cup race and the second in two years, following Sharing (Speightstown)’s success in last year’s GI Juvenile Fillies Turf. Sales history: $40,000 Wlg ’16 KEENOV; $87,000 Ylg ’17 KEESEP. O-Korea Racing Authority; B-Angie Moore (MD); T-Brad Cox.
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