Flightline retires, will stand at stud
Flightline was retired and will stand at stud after completing a dominant, unbeaten career capped by a runaway victory Saturday in the $6-million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
The son of Tapit will begin his breeding career next year at the farm in Versailles, Ky., Lane’s End Farms announced. The14-year-old bay colt won the 1 ⁄4-mile, Grade 1 Classic by 81⁄4 lengths as the 2-5 favorite to cap a 6-0 thoroughbred career.
Russell Henley closed with a one-under-par 70 for a four-stroke victory in the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship in Playa del Carmen, Mexico . ... Bernhard Langer, 65, broke his own record as the oldest winner on the PGA Tour Champions with a sixunder 66 for a six-shot win in the TimberTech Championship in Boca Raton, Fla . ... Gemma Dryburgh earned her first LPGA Tour title with a seven-under 65 to win the Toto Classic in Shiga, Japan, by four strokes.
UCLA sophomore gymnast Jordan Chiles captured two individual medals and three medals overall at the world championships in