Summary of day 2 results from the Breeders Cup meeting at Santa Anita.

BC CLASSIC

Bob Baffert’s front running Bayern lasted to win a controversial $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic to leave the debate over Horse of the Year honours wide open.

The 31st Breeders' Cup Classic was supposed to end the conjecture over title honours but only helped to fuel more controversy than it extinguished due to drama at the start.

Shared Belief, the 5-2 favorite, was knocked off his game at the start by Bayern and finished fourth, ending his undefeated streak at seven. An inquiry was held before Bayern was declared the winner.

The inquiry involved the first four finishers as the video was reviewed.

After several agonizing minutes Bayern was declared the winner to become Baffert’s first BC Classic winner after 12 failed attempts.

"It's been so long waiting, I was like, 'Lord, you can't take it away from me now,'" said Baffert, who has won three Kentucky Derbys.

Bayern last to win by a nose from Toast Of New York with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome a gallant third, just a neck back ahead of Sacred Belief.

Scott Chaney, one of the track's three stewards, said in a statement that after talking to the patrol judges and riders involved, the stewards unanimously decided the bumping at the start didn't affect the outcome.

They ruled that because it occurred early in the race, the affected horses still had a chance to run but others saw it differently.

"I think it cost me the race," Shared Belief’s Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith said of the early tangle. "I was never able to get comfortable after getting hit at the break."

Bayern, with Martin Garcia aboard, came over sharply on to Shared Belief out of the starting gate.

That forced Shared Belief into Moreno, with Travers winner V.E. Day getting squeezed.

Garcia said: "There was nothing I could do. I corrected right away."

Several strides later as the horses were scrambling to settle UAE Derby winner Toast Of New York smacked Whitney winner Moreno.

"Toast Of New York probably came over and did more damage 100 yards out of the gate," Baffert said.

Out of the chaos Bayern emerged with the lead.

"If you try to slow him down, he's just not effective," Baffert said.

Bayern's previous wins included the G1 Haskell Invitational, G2 Pennsylvania Derby and G2 Woody Stephens. He missed the Kentucky Derby and finished ninth in the Preakness.

Bayern's victory may now deny California Chrome champion 3-year-old honors and places him squarely in the running for Horse of the Year.

"We don't vote, but we're proud of our horse," Baffert said. "He came through on the big day and that's what matters. That's why they call it championship racing."

BC TURF

Main Sequence brought his first North American season to a close when he overcame a strong European contingent to win the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf.

It was his fourth consecutive G1 victory since joining trainer Graham Motion's barn earlier in the year from the David Lanigan stable in England.

Settled off the pace by jockey John Velazquez, Main Sequence held back until the final quarter, when he charged to the lead, snatching Arc placegetter Flintshire to score by half a length.

A 5-year-old son of Aldebaran, Main Sequence was bred and is owned by the Niarchos family stable. He had previously won the United Nations, Sword Dancer and Joe Hirsch Classic Invitational.

"He did everything so well and so easily," Motion said. "He broke really well and went on from there and did everything great.

“It really was a team effort and the horse has been spectacular. He's really suited to American racing and he just gets better and better.

"I hadn't even thought about Horse of the Year now, but I think he should be.

“Horses don't win four Grade I races in a row like that. He has to be one of the best I've trained."

Main Sequence was a G3 winner in England and was runner-up in the Epsom Derby as a 3YO.

Owner Maria Niarchos said the win was an emotional one for her family's stable.

"This win means a lot because we bred the stallion Aldebaran and we also bred the mare," Niarchos explained. "This is a kind of pure family homebred horse.

“”The good teamwork between David and Graham makes it unique.

"I'm overwhelmed and would like to thank everyone here. I'm very glad that my family was here, my children and my nieces and nephew because they're the future of the sport, and we've got to get the young interested."

Ridden by Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, Main Sequence went off at odds of 6-1.

The favourite Telescope, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, finished fourth.

BC MILE

Japanese raider Karakontie kicked hard in the stretch for an upset win in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile.

In a race that changed complexion quickly in the stretch, the Flaxman Holdings' homebred Karakontie rallied to victory from off a fast pace to become the first horse bred in Japan to win a Breeders' Cup race.

The son of Bernstein completed the mile turf test in 1:32.88, holding off a late charge from Anodin, a full brother to three-time mile winner Goldikova.

Trade Storm rounded out the top three.

At the quarter pole the top three finishers were fifth, 11th, and 10th respectively but the final two furlongs saw everything change.

Obviously, a two-time G1 winner at the distance on the Santa Anita turf, led the field of 14 through six furlongs in a fast 1:08.82 with the 2-1 favorite Toronado chasing in second.

Queen Anne Stakes winner Toronado felt the pressure when he blew out on the far turn, leaving Obviously with a four lengths lead in midstretch.

However Karakontie shifted into another gear, getting the jump on other late closing competitors, and surged past the frontrunner at odds of 30-1 for a one-length win over the fast finishing Anodin.

"Emotionally this is the biggest win of my career to win a Breeders' Cup race in America," said winning French rider Stephane Pasquier.

"I just rode him like the quality horse he is. A mile is his distance."

While bred in Japan by the Flaxman operation, Karakontie had competed exclusively in France for the Niarchos family.

The 3-year-old colt, trained by Jonathan Pease, secured a classic victory in this year's Poule d'Essai des Poulains (2000 Guineas) but had finished off the board in two G1 races before the Mile.

"He was a brilliant 2-year-old and was very good this spring," Pease said. "We gave him a break and he showed us a great turn of foot today."

BC SPRINT

Work All Week had to work to win the Breeders Cup Sprint to remain unbeaten in seven starts on dirt for Illinois trainer Roger Brueggermann.

After tracking pacesetter Fast Anna through the first half, Work All Week took the lead, only to be challenged by Bob Baffert’s 2013 Sprint champion Secret Circle in the final eighth.

He held off his bid, finishing a half length ahead at generous odds of 19-1 despite going into the race with a 7-for-7 record on dirt.

Work All Week, winner of the G3 Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland at his previous start as the favourite, is now 12 wins from 15 starts.

Work All Week covered the six furlongs on a fast track in 1:08.28. He was ridden by Florent Geroux, who does most of his riding in Illinois.

"It feels great," said Geroux after his first Breeders' Cup ride. "It is a dream come true. To compete in these races and win on the first try is unbelievable, especially with a horse from home.

“It was the real test to see if he can go with the best sprinters in the country and he just did it."

The Hong Kong sprinter Rich Tapestry was never a factor and checked in last.

TURF SPRINT

The Breeders Cup weekend kept getting better for trainer Chad Brown when Bobby's Kitten came back in distance to win the Turf Sprint.

Bobby’s Kitten was the third win of the weekend for Brown, joining Lady Eli (Juvenile Fillies Turf) and Dayatthespa (F & M Turf).

The 3YO Bobby’s Kitten had never raced less than a mile in 10 career starts when but found the drop back to the 6 1/2 furlong sprint over Santa Anita's unique downhill turf course to his liking.

The 3-year-old homebred Kitten's Joy colt, trained by Brown for owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey, surged from last to first in the stretch to defeat the favoured No Nay Never by a half length in a time of 1:12.73.

The Kitten's Joy colt finished third in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita.

FILLY & MARE TURF

Front-running Dayatthespa took on 10 furlongs for the first time and did it with ease as she skipped away in the stretch to post an upset win in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

Ridden by Kentucky Derby winner Javier Castellano, Dayatthespa recorded her third consecutive win for trainer Chad Brown.

The New York bred 5YO daughter of City Zip beat 2011 BC Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Stephanie's Kitten by half a length with Just The Judge heading 2-1 favorite Dank for third.

Dank was attempting to become the first two-time winner of the Filly & Mare Turf since the great Ouija Board in 2004 and 2006.

FILLY & MARE SPRINT

There was no Groupie Doll to stand in her way this season, and Judy The Beauty would not be denied in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

Second to champion Groupie Doll in the 2013 Filly and Mare Sprint, Judy The Beauty returned to Santa Anita to score in the 2014 edition. Ridden by Mike Smith, she held on beat a fast-closing Better Lucky by a head.

She completed the seven furlongs in 1:21.92 as the 3-1 . Owned by Treadway Racing Stable, Judy the Beauty is trained by Wesley Ward and was the second win of the BC meeting for the absent Florida trainer, who stayed home to be with his family.

Ward also won the Juvenile Turf on Friday with Hootenanny.

Judy the Beauty was bred in Ontario by Adena Springs out of the Holy Bull mare Holy Blitz. The Filly & Mare Sprint victory improved her record to 9-7-1 from 18 starts

BC JUVENILE

The brothers Desormeaux combined for a famous win when Texas Red exploded from last to record a huge win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile by 6.5 lengths at odds of almost 15/1.

Texas Red is co-owned by trainer Keith Desormeaux and was ridden by his brother, the champion jockey Kent Desormeaux.

Texas Red, a son of Afleet Alex, came into the Breeders' Cup off a third place finish behind early Juvenile favorite American Pharoah and Calculator in the G1 FrontRunner Stakes at Santa Anita.

Injury forced American Pharoah out of the race last week and Calculator was scratched on race morning because of a sore left front foot.

"The first thing I thought when he was drawing away was how good is American Pharoah'? said Keith Desormeaux.

“You never want to see a defection, but it had to help."

"The others start coming back to me at the quarter pole, so that made it real easy," said Kent Desormeaux, who picked up his fifth Breeders' Cup win.

"You know, we were real poor when I was growing up but we always had horses. I don't know how my family ever fed them, but my education in horses came all together today with this win."

The colt was bred in Kentucky and was purchased for only $17,000 at the 2013 Keeneland September yearling sale.

Todd Pletcher’s favored Carpe Diem rallied late to outfinish Upstart by a nose for second.

JUVENILE FILLIES

Breeders' Cup Saturday kicked off with a shock when 62-1 outsider Take Charge Brandi ran away with Juvenile Fillies, taking the lead from the start and never conceding.

The Giant’s Causeway filly is trained by California great D. Wayne Lukas, who has now won 20 Breeders Cup races inclouding six in the Juvenile Fillies.

“Wayne just told me to let her run and I did that," said rider Victor Espinoza.