Excelebration to face eight in Santa Anita Aidan O'Brien's Excelebration will start from gate six in the US$2million Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita on Saturday. The four-year-old was in scintillating form at Ascot on Champions Day in the QEII on October 20th and will bid for a high-profile double under Joseph O'Brien. He faces eight rivals including main American hope Wise Dan who breaks from stall two, just on the inside of perennial pacesetter Obviously. The Freddie Head-trained Moonlight Cloud is widest in nine. Mile: Mr Commons (1), Wise Dan (2), Obviously (3), Jeranimo (4), Animal Kingdom (5), Excelebration (6), Willcox Inn (7), Suggestive Boy (8), Moonlight Cloud (9).
