Japan's Panthalassa wins $20M Saudi Cup; Baffert second again
Panthalassa led all the way to win the $20 million Saudi Cup by threequarters of a length on Saturday night, relegating trainer Bob Baffert's horse, Country Grammer, to second place for the second straight year.
Japan nearly swept the first four places until Country Grammer rallied late on the outside under Frankie Dettori.
Defending champion Emblem Road was sixth.
Sent off at 15-1 odds, Panthalassa ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.79 under Yutaka Yoshida. The 6-year-old overcame starting from the No. 1 post. He switched from grass, where he had run 23 of his first 24 races, to dirt for the Saudi Cup.
“You know this is not easy. Japanese racing tries everything to improve and develop. Japanese horse racing has become more international,” winning trainer Yoshito Yahagi said.
The victory, worth $10 million, increased Panthalassa's career earnings to $14,418,903.
Yahagi had a winner last year when Japanese horses earned four victories on the Saudi Cup card. Japan earned three victories this year.
Taiba, the 8-5 favorite also trained by Baffert, finished eighth in the field of 13.
Dettori and Baffert also took a narrow defeat in the Saudi Derby, when Havnameltdown lost by a head to Commissioner King.
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New England 1, Charlotte 0 Cincinnati 2, Houston 1
D.C. United 3, Toronto 2 Miami 2, Montréal 0 Orlando 1, NY Red Bulls 0 Philadelphia 4, Columbus 1 Saint Louis 3, Austin 2 Minnesota 1, Dallas 0
Salt Lake 2, Vancouver 1 LAFC at Galaxy ppd.
Colorado at Seattle, 5 p.m. 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angels 5, Seattle 1
Milwaukee 7, Dodgers 4
Chicago Cubs 10, San Francisco 8 Oakland 12, Arizona 7
Boston 6, Atlanta 6
Baltimore 10, Minnesota (ss) 5 Houston 4, N.Y. Mets (ss) 2 Minnesota (ss) 8, Tampa Bay 4 Washington 3, St. Louis 2
Toronto 9, Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia (ss) 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Detroit 4, Philadelphia (ss) 2 Cincinnati 4, Cleveland 3
Kansas City 10, Texas 5
San Diego 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Colorado 12, Arizona 5
N.Y. Mets (ss) 5, Miami 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
Baltimore vs. Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) , 1:05 p.m. Houston vs. Washington (ss) , 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs. Boston, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Toronto, 1:07 p.m. St. Louis vs. Miami, 1:10 p.m. Washington (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Dodgers, 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Seattle vs. Kansas City, 3:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Cleveland, 3:05 p.m.
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AP TOP 25 Saturday's results
No. 1 Houston 76, East Carolina 57
No. 2 Alabama 86, Arkansas 83
No. 3 Kansas 76, West Virginia 74
No. 17 Indiana 79, No. 5 Purdue 71
North Carolina 71, No. 6 Virginia 63 Arizona State 89, No. 7 Arizona 88
No. 9 Baylor 81, No. 8 Texas 72
No. 10 Marquette 90, DePaul 84
No. 11 Tennessee 85, South Carolina 45 No. 12 Gonzaga 77, No. 15 Saint Mary's 68 Florida State 85, No. 13 Miami 84
No. 14 Kansas St. 73, Oklahoma St. 68
No. 18 UConn 95, St. John's 86
VIllanova 79, No. 19 Creighton 67
No. 22 San Diego St. 73, New Mexico 71 Oklahoma 61, No. 23 Iowa State 50
No. 24 TCU 83, Texas Tech 82
Mississippi St. 69, No. 25 Texas A&M 62
Today's games
No. 4 UCLA at Colorado, 1 p.m.
No. 20 Providence at Georgetown, 9:30 a.m. No. 21 Northwestern at Maryland, 9 a.m.
OTHERS Saturday's results
USC 62, Utah 49
CS Fullerton 70, CS Bakersfield 66, OT Long Beach St. 71, CS Northridge 64 UC Davis 58, Cal Poly 52
George Washington 92, La Salle 85 Penn 89, Dartmouth 79
Pittsburgh 99, Syracuse 82
Princeton 58, Harvard 56
Clemson 96, NC State 71
Georgia Tech 83, Louisville 67 Kentucky 86, Auburn 54
Missouri 85, Georgia 63
Vanderbilt 88, Florida 72
Akron 81, W. Michigan 64
E. Michigan 75, Ball St. 68
George Mason 74, Dayton 69
Iowa 112, Michigan St. 106, OT N. Illinois 84, Cent. Michigan 80
NASCAR CUP-PALA CASINO 400 LINEUP
Race today atAt Auto Club Speedway Fontana
Lap length:2.00
(Car number in parentheses)
miles
1. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, .000 mph. 2. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, .000. 3. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, .000. 4. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, .000. 5. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, .000.
6. (16) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, .000.
7. (99) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, .000.
8. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, .000. 9. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, .000. 10. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, .000.
11. (51) Cody Ware, Ford, .000. 12. (7) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, .000. 13. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, .000. 14. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, .000. 15. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, .000. 16. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, .000. 17. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, .000. 18. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota,
.000. 19. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford, .000. 20. (42) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, .000.
21. (8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, .000. 22. (15) JJ Yeley, Ford, .000. 23. (54) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, .000. 24. (21) Harrison Burton, Ford, .000. 25. (38) Todd Gilliland, Ford, .000. 26. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, .000. 27. (41) Ryan Preece, Ford, .000. 28. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, .000. 29. (31) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, .000. 30. (78) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, .000.
31. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford, .000. 32.
(24) William Byron, Chevrolet, .000. 33. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, .000. 34. (43) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, .000. 35. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, .000. 36. (77) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, .000.
WOMEN
AP TOP 25 Saturday's results
No. 8 Utah 84, No. 3 Stanford 78
No. 4 UConn 72, DePaul 69
No. 19 Texas 67, No. 13 Oklahoma 45 Oregon State 789, No. 14 Arizona 70 No. 17 UCLA 70, Washington 62
No. 18 Gonzaga 58, BYU 51
No. 20 Iowa St. 84, TCU 56
No. 21 Colorado 95, Cal 69
No. 24 UNLV 65, San Diego State 59 No. 25 M. Tennessee 61, La, Tech 59
Today's games
No. 1 South Carolina vs. Georgia, 9 a.m. No. 2 Indiana at No. 6 Iowa, 11 a.m.
No. 5 LSU vs. Mississippi St., 3p.m.
No. 9 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech, 1 p.m. No. 10 Notre Dame at Louisville, 9 a.m. No. 11 Duke vs. No. 22 N. Carolina, 9 a.m. No. 12 Michigan at Wisconsin, 11 a.m. No. 23 Florida St. at Clemson, 11 a.m.
No. 25 Illinois at Rutgers, 11 a.m.
OTHERS Saturday's results
CS Fullerton 57, CS Bakersfield 44
Long Beach St. 87, CS Northridge 76 UC Irvine 68, Hawaii 66, OT
UC Santa Barbara 64, UC San Diego 50 Oregon 77, Arizona St. 48
Pepperdine 74, Santa Clara 59
San Diego 74, Portland 58
San Francisco 61, Loyola Marymount 51 San Jose St. 73, Fresno St. 66
USC 68, Washington St. 65, 2OT UC Davis 70, Cal Poly 56
At Aviation Club Tennis Centre Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse:
Surface:
$2,788,468
Hardcourt outdoor
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Championship
Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, def. Iga Swiatek (1), Poland, 6-4, 6-2.
At Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar Purse:
Surface:
$1,377,025
Hardcourt outdoor
MEN'S SINGLES
Championship
Daniil Medvedev (3), Russia, def. Andy Murray, Britain, 6-4, 6-4.
At Jockey Club Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro Purse:
Surface:
$2,013,940
Red clay
MEN'S SINGLES
Semifinals
Cameron Norrie (2), Britain, def. Bernabe Zapata Miralles, Spain, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3). Carlos Alcaraz (1), Spain, def. Nicolas Jarry, Chile, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-0.