The Breeders Cup always has been intended to take the breath away.In the beginning, it was the money, more purse money than American racing ever had seen before. As it evolved, it was the competition, international in scope, dizzy with intensity. At one point, it became the action and how astounding it was to see just how much people wanted to bet, upward of $150 million over a two-day show.Now, in a social environment so completely attuned to the cult of personality, the Breeders Cup is all about the stars. Its not enough just to brag about going to the Breeders Cup. There have been 32 of them. The novelty has worn off. Now, the question is, Who did you see? And if the answer is, I saw Zenyatta, or Wise Dan, or Goldikova, or American Pharoah, then youve got their attention.This year, the main attraction is California Chrome, a horse of such universal appeal that even the opposition saves room to root.You cant help it, said trainer Jimmy Jerkens, who will try to beat California Chrome with the longshots Effinex and Shaman Ghost in the $6 million Breeders Cup Classic. Hes just such a neat horse, and a great story.No question, when California Chrome shows up, he tends to suck all the air out of the room. The 1-1/4 miles on dirt is right up his alley, and his six races this year -- from the winter in Dubai to his final rehearsal at Santa Anita -- have unfolded as if hewing to a script already chiseled in stone.However, by the time California Chrome takes the track late Saturday afternoon against Travers winner Arrogate, Met Mile winner Frosted, Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Hoppertunity, and Santa Anita Handicap winner Melatonin, the story of the 2016 Breeders Cup already may have been written by the half-dozen world-class fillies and mares who have made this party something to remember.Never before has the Santa Anita Park backstretch been home to such depth of female talent. A stroll through the stables is like walking a wing of the Louvre, with masterpiece after masterpiece staring down from the walls.Fridays $2 million Distaff has been predicted to be the best race ever run in the U.S. on a weekday that wasnt a holiday. No one really did the research, but it sounds about right for an event that attracted champions Songbird, Beholder, and Stellar Wind as well as the multiple Grade 1 winners Curalina, Im a Chatterbox, and Forever Unbridled.Songbird and Beholder each have one foot in the Hall of Fame, while Stellar Wind spent the last three months defying the conventional thinking that there could be yet another filly of similar caliber on the West Coast. Yes, the Distaff should be run on a Saturday on network TV alongside the Classic -- especially this Distaff -- but thats an argument well save for another day. Anyway, Zenyatta won the same event on a Friday, so at least this years winner will be in good company.If the true test of a great filly or mare is her ability to defeat males at the highest levels, then the three on the marquee for Saturday have passed with flying colors.Found is the durable daughter of Galileo who runs for Coolmore and trainer Aidan OBrien. She upset Golden Horn in the Breeders Cup Turf at Keeneland last year, the same Golden Horn who was acclaimed European Horse of the Year, and she is back to defend her title on Saturday, with a purse of $4 million on the line.Found is also making her 10th start of the season and her third in the last five weeks, after winning the Arc de Triomphe on the first Sunday in October and finishing second to likely European Horse of the Year Almanzor in the Champion Stakes on Oct. 15. By finishing first, second, or third in the Turf, Found will pass Zenyattas $7.3 million as the all-time leading earner among females with at least one start in North America. It is assumed, however, that they didnt send her to California to finish second or third.If Found gets points for her international adventurism, save some credit for Miss Temple City and the Graham Motion crew. They have on their hands a long, full-figured filly who has stood the gaff of trips abroad in each of the last two years for dates at Royal Ascot.She was a competitive fourth in both tries -- no shame in that -- while back home in the States, Miss Temple City manhandled males in both the Makers 46 Mile and the Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland. Among her victims in the Shadwell were Ironicus, Tourist, What a View, and stablemate Ring Weekend, all of them trying her again on Saturday in the $2 million Breeders Cup Mile.Fillies and mares do not win the Mile all the time, it just seems like it. Royal Heroine was first out of the box in 1984, followed by Miesque (1987-88), Ridgewood Pearl (1995), Six Perfections (2003), and the era of Goldikova (2008-10).Then came Tepin, whose performance in the 2015 Mile at Keeneland capped a championship season that began in relative obscurity, with an allowance-race win at Gulfstream Park coming after a seven-month layoff.That was then. Now Tepin reigns as a bona fide American hero, the winner of the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot last June and the Woodbine Mile in her return to competition in September. Earlier this week, trainer Mark Casse stood admiring the mare in the corner stall of her temporary Santa Anita barn as she dropped in her straw, scratched an itch, and then jumped up to playfully charge her webbing.Guess she shipped okay, he deadpanned. This was Tepin. All she ever does is ship okay.You know, this is really a deep Breeders Cup across the board, but especially with the mares, Casse said. And a lot of that is because people have kept these good ones in training. Beholder is 6, Tepin is 5. They could have been bred by now.Casse broke his personal Breeders Cup drought by winning two of the 13 races last year with Tepin and Catch a Glimpse, who runs on Saturday in the Filly and Mare Turf.Weve got seven running in Breeders Cup races, and I think four of them have a legitimate shot, Casse said. 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He was 0 for 10 from the plate coming into the game.Tony Wolters helped fuel the Rockies from there with his first career triple, driving in three runs in Colorados six-run sixth that gave it an 8-2 lead.Eickhoff allowed eight runs in 5 1/3 innings as the Phillies lost for just the third time in 11 games.I wasnt consistent, Eickhoff said. Obviously I paid for it.Eickhoff threw an inside slider to Anderson, who hit a two-run shot inside the right foul pole in the fifth to tie the score at 2-2. It was the first home run by a Rockies pitcher since Kyle Kendrick on September 7, 2015, at San Diego.Carlos Gonzalezs RBI grounder in the sixth put the Rockies ahead. Mark Reynolds drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk, Wolters followed with his three-run triple and Brandon Barnes added an RBI double to give Colorado a six-run lead.The whole chain of events was huge tonight, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.Tommy Joseph had his first four-hit game for Philadelphia. The 24-year-old first baseman picked up where he left off Friday and drove a 1-2 cutter off Anderson into the left field seats in the second. It was Josephs 11th home run of the year and came a night after his pinch-hit, three-run shot fueled a 5-3 win over Colorado.Joseph followed it up with a double off the right-field wall in the fourth and scored on Carlos Ruizs single to makee it 2-0.ddddddddddddHe later scored on Ruizs groundout in the eighth.It would have been better in a win, Joseph said.NOLA THROWS SIMULATED GAMEPhiladelphia manager Pete Mackanin said RHP Aaron Nola looked good while throwing two innings of a simulated game Saturday. The 23-year-old posted a 13.50 ERA in his previous five starts before the Phillies decided to skip his scheduled start Thursday.Nola is expected to return to the rotation on July 18 against the Marlins.CARGO TO START ALL-STAR GAMEGonzalez and Miamis Marcell Ozuna will replace the Mets Yoenis Cespedes and the Cubs Dexter Fowler in the NL starting lineupTuesday.It will be Gonzalezs third time starting an All-Star game.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: OF Odubel Herrera was given the day off after he fouled a pitch off his foot late in Fridays 5-3 win.Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (ankle) will not go on the disabled list after hurting his left ankle running on the bases late Friday. Gray stayed in the game and went 6 1/3 innings, but Weiss thought the ankle did affect his pitcher near the end of his outing. As far as the ankle I think that is part of the reason you started seeing more effort in the delivery, Weiss said. ... RHP Christian Bergman (left oblique) was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list and optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. ... OF Gerardo Parra (ankle) is running and will start adding baseball activity soon.UP NEXTPhillies: Zach Eflin (1-2, 4.30 ERA) dazzled in a complete-game effortTuesday against Atlanta, allowing one run on only 92 pitches for his first big league win.Rockies: Tyler Chatwood (8-4, 3.08 ERA) went five innings and allowed two runs against the Giants on Tuesday in his first start since coming off the disabled list with a strained back. ' ' '