One Stripe in pole position for BC Mile in US

One Stripe drew the No 1 gate for the Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar racecourse in California, US, on Saturday.

- Mike Moon

Despite the pole position advantage, the South African-bred and -raced star is the 30-1 rank outsider in US betting for the $2 million (about R34 million) Grade 1 contest on turf.

Jockey Juan Hernandez, the leading jockey at Del Mar, gets the ride on the four-year-old colt, who will be saddled by trainer Graham Motion.

Meanwhile, South Africa's other Breeders' Cup entry, mare Gimme A Nother, was scratched from the Filly & Mare Turf race at the meeting shortly before final declarations and draws on Monday.