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ARCADIA, Calif. Life Is Sweet led a parade of longshots to the winner's circle at the Breeders' Cup on Friday, scoring a 21/2-length victory in the $2 million Ladies' Classic.
Garrett Gomez guided Life Is Sweet from last to first during their stretch run on the far outside at Santa Anita.
Life Is Sweet ran 11/8 miles in 1:48.58.
Man of Iron opened the card with a thrilling nose victory against 9-year-old gelding Cloudy's Knight in the $500,000 Marathon, the day's only race featuring males.
Midday gave Europe its other victory, winning the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf by a length.
She Be Wild charged along the rail to win the $2 million Juvenile Fillies by three-quarters of a length.
The $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf was won by Tapitsfly, who held off Rose Catherine by a half-length. Informed Decision won the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint by 11/4 lengths over defending champion Ventura. Associated press
soccer
Lauren Conner's goal in the 19th minute lifted Davidson past top seed UNC Greensboro, 1-0, in a semifinal match of the Southern Conference women's soccer tournament.
The Wildcats play in the championship match at 1 p.m. Sunday in Greensboro.
Freshman Jennings Rex scored twice as the 15th-ranked Charlotte 49ers men's team (11-2-4, 5-1-2 Atlantic 10) rallied for a 2-1 road victory against Saint Joseph's.
Tennis
Mirjana Lucic upset the Rock Hill Rocks Open's top seed, Varvara Lepchenko in the quarterfinals , 7-5, 6-3.
Sacha Jones defeated No. 2 seed Sharon Fichman 6-2, 6-1.
No.3 seed Lauren Albanese outlasted Anastasia Pivovarova 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4.
Ani Mijacika defeated Jacqueline Cako 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Lucic and Mijacika play today at 11 a.m. Albanese and Jones will play afterward.
Top-seeded Andrew Murray cruising past Albert Montanes 6-4, 6-2 in the Valencia (Spain) Open semifinals.
Murray will face fourth-seeded Fernando Verdasco, who beat Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-2.
Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko will play Mikhail Youzhny in the other semifinal.
U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer voluntarily withdrew from the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions after receiving a one-year suspension by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic reached the (Basel) Swiss Indoors semifinals.
Federer cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win against Evgeny Korolev and Djokovic pulled out a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory against Stanislas Wawrinka.
Federer will play wild card Marco Chiudinelli, who beat Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-3.
Djokovic will meet fifth-seeded Radek Stepanek, who beat Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
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