LAS VEGAS BREEDERS’

CUP DIRT MILE (GRADE 1)

BATTLE Of Midway upset the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, rallying from fifth to reel in pacesetter Sharp Azteca.

Favorite Mor Spirit failed to land a blow, winding up eighth to begin Bob Baffert’s winless Breeders’ Cup.

Owned by Don Alberto Stable and WinStar Farm and trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Battle Of Midway earned his first Grade 1 stakes score in his 10th career start.

The son of Smart Strike finished third in the Kentucky Derby earlier this year.

Jockey Flavien Prat picked up his first Breeders’ Cup victory.