At the sixteenth pole, Go for Wand was in front by a head. The race between the three-year-old filly and the elder Bayakoa was among the most anticipated of the 1990 Breeders' Cup, and the horses hadn't disappointed. For more than one and a half kilometers, they were side by side. Yet nobody could have predicted how the race would be won. Close enough to the finish line to taste victory, Go for Wand broke a front leg and

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