Forever Unbridled Sparkles in 2017 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

Charles Fipke’s 5-year-old homebred mare scored a half-length victory over Abel Tasman in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
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By Bob Ehalt/Breeders’ Cup

Owner Charles Fipke made his initial fortune in Canada’s diamond industry.

On Friday, he mined yet another jewel in Forever Unbridled, who surged past tiring leader Paradise Woods in mid-stretch and then held off a late bid from Kentucky Oaks winner Abel Tasman to post a half-length victory in the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (Grade 1).

The victory, Forever Unbridled’s third in as many starts this year, closed out the Breeders’ Cup portion of Day One of the World Championships at Del Mar, where a crowd of 32,278 turned out for the series’ first visit to the track where “The Turf Meets The Surf

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