All of this was enough to earn Open Mind a trip to Churchill Downs and the 1988 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. In the stretch, though, the race was wide open, jockey Angel Cordero, Jr. weaving Open Mind through traffic to find a clear running lane in late stretch. For Open Mind, all that stood between her and history was twelve furlongs and five other fillies. Rather than putting space between them, Open Mind waited for Nite of Fun, who came up on her outside. Cordero took Open Mind to Nite of Fun’s outside and made up ground in those final yards, but it was not enough.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 09, 2021 13:07 UTC