<div><p>California Flag, trained by Brian Koriner and ridden by Joe Talamo, ran away with the one million-dollar Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint on Saturday at Santa Anita Park.</p><p>The locally-based grey gelding, who holds the Santa Anita turf course record for the race distance of 6 1/2 furlongs, lived up to his speedster reputation and 9-2 favourite's status with the dominant win.</p><p>Gotta Have Her, ridden by Tyler Baze, was a gutsy second, while Cannonball edged Delta Storm for third.</p><p>The victory was redemption for Koriner and California Flag, who set a blistering pace last year but faded to 10th.</p><p>"This time we used our heads," Koriner said, adding that a training incident this week, when California Flag tossed his rider to get loose on the track hadn't affected the 5-year-old.</p><p>"I thought that might have got him a little bit on edge but the horse has been training super. I didn't think much would affect him and thankfully it didn't."</p><p>Baze was delighted with Gotta Have Her's performance in a tough trip.</p><p>"She ran awesome, considering the trip we had. Nobody stayed straight down the lane. I had to alter course three times and she should have won for fun. She was unlucky, that's all. I was the best horse.</p><p>In an earlier race, Pounced, trained by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori, won the one million-dollar Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.</p><p>Dettori guided Pounced through a gap in the final straight, surging past pacesetter Bridgetown to win the one mile race for two-year-old colts and geldings.</p><p>"He fought really hard for me," said Dettori, who delighted the California crowd with his flying dismount.</p><p>"I was worried about getting clear, but the gap was big enough for me to go through and my horse was very brave."</p><p>Bridgetown, trained by Kenneth McPeek and ridden by Robert Landry, was second and Interactif, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Kent Desormeaux, was third.</p><p>It was Gosden's second straight victory in the Juvenile Turf, after a triumph with Donativum here last year to go with his 2008 Classic triumph with Raven's Pass.</p><p>"It?s fantastic to win this race for the second straight year and to do it at Santa Anita, my second home," said Gosden, who trained here from 1979-1988.</p><p>Landry said his mount simply had no answer when Dettori pounced.</p><p>"When I asked at the top of the lane, he dropped his head and really dug in," Landry said. "That other horse just ran past him."</p><p>The Jeremy Noseda-trained Awesome Act was fourth in the 12-horse field.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=62895449&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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