LEXINGTON, Ky. – Vequist powered through a rail opening down the short Keeneland stretch when dealing four of her six rivals their first career defeat Friday in the 37th running of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Ridden by Joel Rosario from post 2, Vequist never had to move far away from the rail at any point of the 1 1/16-mile race, scooting past the race-long front-runner, Dayoutoftheoffice, with some 100 yards to run prior to moving off to a two-length triumph. “Nothing bothers this filly,” said a jubilant Butch Reid, who trains the daughter of first-crop sire Nyquist for Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable, and the filly’s breeder, the Swilcan Stables of Thomas McGrath. “To get a little dirt in her face doesn’t really faze her.” Vequist returned $15.20 to win as the 6-1 fifth choice in a field that included four unbeaten fillies – all of them favored over her. That foursome finished second through fifth, with a tiring Dayoutoftheoffice a nose ahead of Girl Daddy, who in turn was a nose ahead of Simply Ravishing. Princess Noor, the 19-10 favorite, was fifth, with longshots Crazy Beautiful and Thoughtfully rounding out the order. :: Play the Breeders’ Cup with DRF! Visit our Breeders’ Cup shop for Packages, PPs, Clocker Reports, Betting Strategies, and more Dayoutoftheoffice, a two-length winner over Vequist when they met last month in the one-mile Frizette at Belmont Park, set the pace under Junior Alvarado, going in reasonable splits of 23.30 seconds, 47.12, and 1:11.32. In the upper stretch, as Princess Noor, Girl Daddy, and Simply Ravishing all were turned away by the leader, Vequist surged up the rail, getting one sharp left-handed smack from Rosario when edging away late to finish in 1:42.30, which translated to a solid 93 Beyer Speed Figure. Main-track races going 1 1/16 miles at Keeneland begin and end at what otherwise is the sixteenth pole, making for a shorter stretch run. “I tried to save ground,” Rosario said. “I never gave up my position. As soon as I asked her, she went on with it. It was a very good performance.” Rosario won the 2018 Juvenile Fillies aboard Jaywalk for another Philadelphia trainer, John Servis. This was Rosario’s 12th BC winner. “I sort of made the lead by default,” Alvarado said. “She never seemed to settle on the lead, and I think that made the difference.” Girl Daddy and Simply Ravishing both were gaining belatedly when part of the three-way photo with Dayoutoftheoffice. “She ran super,” trainer Dale Romans said of Girl Daddy. “It looks like we’ll have a nice 3-year-old for next year.” Simply Ravishing, the 2-1 second choice, didn’t have the smoothest of trips, with an early stumble from post 1 leading to traffic trouble into the first turn. “The one-hole is pretty tough,” trainer Ken McPeek said. Princess Noor, who had gone unchallenged in her three races in California, had no apparent mishap. “She was in a good spot but just didn’t kick on,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “I’m pretty disappointed. She just came up empty.” The Juvenile Fillies often is a predictor of divisional honors, so Vequist surely has the upper hand when Eclipse Awards are announced early next year. She won’t race again this year, as Reid said he intends to give her “30 to 45 days” at the Ocala, Fla., farm of Barry Eisaman prior to plotting out a 2021 campaign targeting the Kentucky Oaks. This was the second Breeders’ Cup win for Reid, who is based primarily in Pennsylvania, with his first coming in the 2011 Marathon at Churchill Downs with longshot Afleet Again. Reid credited his wife, Ginny, for working closely with Vequist. “She did a sensational job with her here all week,” Reid said. Vequist was wholly owned by McGrath when the filly finished second in her July 29 career debut at Parx Racing. “After that the calls started coming in,” said McGrath, who wound up retaining a 25 percent interest when Barber and Adam Wachtel bought in. Reid was retained as trainer, as opposed to turning over the filly to someone else. “We talked about it and decided to keep her with Butch,” Barber said. “He knows her better than anyone else.” “It doesn’t happen often that way,” Reid said. “I can’t thank them enough for giving me a shot like this.” Vequist won the Grade 1 Spinaway by 9 1/2 lengths in her first try for the new ownership group, after which she was the odds-on favorite in the Frizette. “She showed me no limits from the first time I breezed her out of the gate,” said Reid, a trainer since 1985. “From early on, we had a pretty good idea she could click off 12-second eighths pretty much endlessly.” The $2 exacta (2-3) paid $48, the $1 trifecta (2-3-5) returned $116.20, and the 10-cent superfecta (2-3-5-1) was worth $34.94.