LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Peter Miller was at the airport Sunday morning with his family awaiting a flight back to California. But the veteran horseman may not have needed a plane to get him back home, considering the high he was still on following his record-setting performance the previous afternoon at Churchill Downs at Breeders’ Cup 2018. Miller became the first trainer in the 35-year history of the event to send out repeat winners in two different Breeders’ Cup races after Stormy Liberal and Roy H successfully defended the titles they’d won a year earlier at Del Mar in the Turf Sprint and Sprint.  “It’s still a little hard to believe. I really couldn’t be happier,” Miller said on Sunday. “To do something that’s never been done, especially in this business, considering the hundreds of thousands of races that are run each year around the world, it’s amazing and a real testament not only to the horses but to our whole team.” Miller said both horses came out of their races in good order and were scheduled to fly back to Southern California on Sunday. “They both came back super; both looked really good this morning,” said Miller. Roy H and Stormy Liberal, 6-year-old geldings owned in partnership by Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen, ran arguably the best races of their careers on Saturday. Roy H, who won the 2017 Sprint by a length over Imperial Hint, drew off to a 3 1/4-length triumph over Whitmore on Saturday, earning the same 111 Beyer Speed Figure he had a year before.  Stormy Liberal squeezed out yet another narrow victory, by a neck over World of Trouble, in the Turf Sprint but earned a whopping 119 Beyer for the performance over the yielding turf course. “It’s hard to believe they each ran even better this year than last,” said Miller. “We knew both were training super, and we were really happy with the way they came into their races. But you never know how they’re going to perform after making the long trip or over a new track, especially in Stormy Liberal’s case, over the soft turf course. In the end, it really couldn’t have worked out any better.” Miller said he had no immediate plans for Roy H or Stormy Liberal. “We’ll just enjoy all this for a while,” said Miller. “I doubt either would run again this year. Dubai is certainly a possibility again next spring, but that’s still a long ways off right now.” Both Roy H and Stormy Liberal were narrowly defeated in Dubai earlier this season, with Roy H finishing a close third behind Mind Your Biscuits and X Y Jet in the Golden Shaheen and Stormy Liberal losing by half a length to Jungle Cat while second in the Al Quoz Sprint. Dubai could also be on the agenda for Imperial Hint, who finished third as the 8-5 favorite in the Sprint. Imperial Hint encountered minor traffic issues while racing in midpack down the backstretch but failed to muster a response once clear at the top of the stretch. It was the third loss in as many starts at Churchill Downs for Imperial Hint, who entered the Sprint off a pair of impressive Grade 1 wins in New York. “He came out of the race well, he cleaned his feed tub last night and was bucking and kicking this morning,” said trainer Luis Carvajal Jr. “I had my doubts about Churchill Downs coming in while hoping those first two races here were about the distance more than the racetrack. But it’s obvious now he just doesn’t like this track. Javier [Castellano] said he just didn’t handle it. When he asked him to run, he was spinning his wheels. It’s so unfortunate because he’s raced at a lot of different tracks, and it seems he runs well everywhere else.” Carvajal said Imperial Hint would winter at Tampa Bay Downs and likely have a couple of preps in Florida before trying to make the Golden Shaheen again next year. Imperial Hint has missed the Golden Shaheen the past two years, first due to a fever that developed during the long trip to Dubai and again this year due to a virus that cost him two weeks of training. Whitmore, who finished a game second behind Roy H despite a poor start from the rail in the Sprint, will also be back again in 2019. Trainer Ron Moquett said Whitmore came out of the race in excellent shape but will be given a break before heading to Oaklawn Park this winter, with the Grade 3 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap, a race he won this year, his first primary goal. “Obviously, I would have preferred he had a better start, but I was really proud of him yesterday,” said Moquett. “He really represented himself well. We’ll do what we did with him last year after the Breeders’ Cup, give him some time in the barn, some time on grass, then get him ready for Oaklawn, where they really have a great program for sprinters during the winter.” :: Want to get the latest news with your past performances? Try DRF’s new digital PPs