This Day in History: 2016-11-04
Spendthrift Farm’s mare Beholder nipped the previously undefeated Songbird by a nose to win the 33rd running of the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) for fillies and mares at Santa Anita Park. It was the second Distaff victory for Beholder, who also won Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2012.