all in line ready for the start they're
off in the dirt mile Cody's wish broke
near the back of the pack it's a good
start for gunite slow down Andean
pipeline between those two and these
three will take them into the first turn
simplification is fourth on the inside
of CyberKnife break of two back to law
professor three technique is next Cody's
wishes second last Senor buskador is the
trailer as Pipeline and Flappy and Pratt
make the early Pace onto the back
stretch gun night's a length and a half
behind running in second 22.2 with sharp
opening quarter mile slow down Andy is
third of the inside and then it's
CyberKnife in fourth he's got four
lengths to make up simplification is
next by another two and a half the ball
Professor on the outside three technique
has the rail Senor buskador and Cody's
wish are biting their time nine links
from front running pipeline pipeline has
run the first half mile at
45.71 seconds it's a demanding Pace as
they race past the half-mile bowl and
then on the outside comes gunite running
in second CyberKnife is getting going
and here comes Cody's wish Cody's wish
in the blue colors blazing by horses on
the far outside he's up into fourth down
and he's heading toward the Front
Runners on the far turn it is cyber
knife on the outside at the rail gunite
Cody's wish coming up on their outside
and the three of them will turn for home
together and they're into the stretch
it's Cody's wish and CyberKnife slow
down Andy in between horses down to the
final 16th cyber knife on the inside
Cody's way shoving outside download
Center and slow down Andy they're coming
down to the Finish here's the wire pull
the wish has cut through that one's for
you Cody Cody's wish has won the
Breeders Cup turd pile
oh my gosh
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it's a story made for Hollywood It Was
Written right here in Lexington Kentucky
I think all three of us are choked up
he may not look like it but he is
jumping up and down
so he was back in his usual spot
look at Cody
Hollywood writes endings like this you
don't often see them pan out this way at
the racetrack
holy cow
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
s
way to go Cody
is right
a horse that saw an instant connection
with a young boy
in a wheelchair
[Applause]
slow start to the horse's career on the
track
Cody said he needs me to show up
[Music]
and now he's won seven times and is a
Breeders Cup champion
and he got a new suit to watch the race
wow
fairy tales do come true
[Applause]
we're impartial we try not to root for
horses but all three of us as they were
coming down the wire when it was going
to be that close right
was there any doubt
it looked like CyberKnife was fighting
back it usually does even slow down Andy
who had trouble earning the race was
coming on the outside but Cody's wish
just wheeled himself home he fought so
hard down the stretch just like this
little boy has in life
what a parallel
[Applause]
let's take a look all right down the
stretch here where the race was
was eventually won yeah Cody's wish was
back in the pack next to last he'd last
in the first turn where he usually is
made a big run around horses on the
final turn and then it's just all hard
from here Randy it's a battle between
three horses yeah yeah the pace was a
huge Advantage 22-1
45.71 for the half softened up the early
pacesetters enabled Cody's wish to make
that big sweeping run and then his guts
carried him home
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Junior Alvarado
got the seat atop Cody's wish
and is now with Donna Brothers Junior
Alvarado getting his first Breeders Cup
win and we know how special that is but
the only thing he can talk about is how
special this wind must be to Young Cody
Junior you've had the pleasure of
meeting Cody in The Paddock and you told
me that this horse really reacted to
Cody yeah you know the first time you
know I've been hearing the story and you
know
first time I get to Medford was in
church when I went with him and you know
I remember
we're going into the Winner's Circle
and and all he wanted to do is kind of
walk forward to where Cody was so he saw
Cody and wanted to walk toward him yes
definitely I mean we tried to get a
picture first but all he wanted to do is
keep going forward until he was and then
he's getting upset he's getting upset we
got it together and close to him then we
walk around then he was trying to take
the picture he's just an unbelievable
bond that they had really so he
literally got upset that you wouldn't
let him get near Cody right away yes yes
it's like this is my thing I'll do this
first and then we'll take the picture
and you know we cannot fight him though
congratulations on your first Breeders
Cup winning Cody's going to get to go
say hi to Cody again well done
definitely thank you let's go to Nick
Donna you saw the man that helped put
all this together with Danny Melville
from godolphin Danny a special moment
for everybody in horse racing just just
tell me how you're feeling now oh it's
it's phenomenal I mean who would have
thought back 2018 that we could be here
today and just the effect that it's had
on Cody the Dorman family and all of us
in the godolphin family it's fantastic
when when you saw that beautiful foal
put his head on on Cody's lap have you
ever seen anything quite like that no I
mean look all of us that work with
horses we get connections to them all
the time uh what he did there was it was
very special it was just you know a bond
where they just got to spend some quiet
time and it was fantastic to see and for
you getting to to know Cody how's that
been it's fantastic they're a lovely
lovely family uh code is a very special
young man and this is just great that
we've got to share a little bit of this
with him Danny thank you so much thank
you Penny rice
foreign
Bill there are victories and there are
victories and you just went over to
Young Cody and congratulated him as well
just seconds ago what does it mean for
all the scenario that played out today
well I mean there's a big story behind
this and I really think uh that you know
luck is following the source
and he had a great trip today and and
Junior wrote him very well and he had a
lot of people pulling for him and
besides that he's a very good horse I
mean he's you know he developed late but
he's a very good horse A great win
tonight congratulations Bill Neil you
want it's a very special time here
Brittany
undoubtedly and I'm in the winter
circles joined by Kelly Dorman father of
Cody his wife Leslie and his sister here
as well if you can putting towards what
we just witnessed there and what this
horse has meant to the family
well you just asked me if this was
family right here
and I said no it's just me and Cody and
my daughter Kylie and Leslie but uh then
I said no no we're all family gadolphins
treated us like family from the get-go
and everybody you see here everybody
from the moment we walked in
it's just it's uh I can't describe it
it's uh
just want to thank everybody that
supported this everybody that smiled
from it
I got I got to thank Cody because he
took those places that you couldn't
imagine
and
you know we gotta think
thank God too but a good dolphin
everybody Keeneland Breeders Cup all
that but uh
one thank you we got to give is for that
big horse right over there he's the one
that started all this and uh we didn't
pick him he picked us they picked us
it is a wish and a dream come true I
will let you bring the big boy in Cody's
wish you can get your photo taken
congratulations thank you thank you amen
a story that's going to be told around
these parts for a long long time
I think it stuck out with Junior
Alvarado said they were nervous about
bringing Cody around the horses horses
can be very skittish what Cody's wish
was not most of these horses carried 126
pounds or 123 pounds depending on on
their age but I think Cody Cody's wish
was carrying half of America with him
down the stretch