NEU » Those who make a career of it sign on for the warts

A spectacular try to Tevita Kuridrani, a monstrous performance by skipper David Pocock and a late missed field goal have earned the Wallabies B team a spirited 25-23 victory over France to maintain their unbeaten Spring Tour.Derided in the French press as a back-up squad, following mass changes to the starting sides which defeated Wales and Scotland, the Wallabies overcame scrum troubles and missed drop goal three minutes after the final whistle to escape Stade de France with a two-point win on Saturday night (Sunday morning AEDT).Whether they were labelled as the equipe bis or not the first team, I was just really proud of the effort, coach Michael Cheika said.We made some mistakes as well but I feel like there was a lot of commitment there from our lads.That gives them the opportunity to eye-ball each other in the dressing room after the game and say, you know what I did my job and I can look at my teammate straight in the eye and that is all there is to it.Bernard Foley was again the difference, kicking four from five and scoring a crucial try for a matchwinning haul of 15 points.France had a chance to steal the match at the death, when playmaker Camille Lopez sent a drop goal attempt wide from 35 metres out following a sustained attacking raid that Australia could only just manage to repel.The match highlighted repeatedly Australias frailties at the scrum but they were bailed out by a five-star performance from Pocock, in his first match as skipper since 2012, and lively No.8 Sean McMahon.The pair were pivotal in the Wallabies forcing 10 French turnovers - none more crucial than Pococks with three minutes to go, five metres out from the Australian tryline.Leading 13-11 at halftime, Australia immediately showed their intent with the free-scoring Foley crossing three minutes after the break.Foleys superb kicking was again crucial, despite the No.10 being a late callup following a failed game-day fitness Test to Quade Cooper.Each Australian try in the second half triggered a French response - first through No.10 Jean-Marc Doussain, and later livewire centre Wesley Fofana.But Kuridranis putdown overshadowed them all.He fended off French No.6 Charles Ollivon before acrobatically planting the ball one-handed with his airborne body over the touchline.I think we all thought we were watching NRL for a moment when he went in with his whole body over the sideline, joked Cheika.Kuridranis third try in as many games gave Australia a sufficient lead for a stunning defensive effort to keep the French attacks out until well after the final whistle.Australias halftime lead seemed an unlikely outcome after France dominated the early exchanges.Feasting on a back-up Australian front row, the French lapped up early penalties and field position to take a deserved 8-0 lead through winger Virimi Vakatawa.A Foley penalty in the 20th minute halted the French charge, and Australia capitalised four minutes later when New Zealand referee Glen Jackson awarded a penalty try to the visitors.Frances Ollivon was yellow-carded for bringing down a rolling maul, steered by rookie hooker Tolu Latu, before both sides traded penalties to seal the 13-11 lead at the break. 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This year, it was his bang-zoom double in the San Diego Handicap and the Pacific Classic, a homecoming of epic proportions.Perfect symmetry would require that California Chrome stay in training next year at age 6 and return to Del Mar for a glorious valediction in the 2017 Breeders Cup Classic. Alas, that fairy tale wont come true. So, for now, the game must be content with an appreciation for his few remaining starts, even as the sweet taste lingers from his summer of 16.California Chrome represented the artistic high point of a Del Mar season that was typically schizophrenic. Average daily attendance was down -- if you cant sell summer horse racing at Del Mar, well, what can you sell? -- and casualties were up. The 17 equine fatalities during the meet were spread among illness, accident, and irreparable musculoskeletal damage in both racing and training. Each horse had an owner, a trainer, a groom, and a personal story worth telling, but none of them hit quite as hard as the death of Chasing Aces on the last day of the meet.There are a lot of people who go straight to the monetary loss and try to console you, said Peter Miller, who trained Chasing Aces for a partnership that included Gary Hartunian, Edward Wachtel, and Earle Mack. They tell you not to take it too hard. There will be other chances. I appreciate that, but that was the last thing on my mind. All I could see was that beautiful colt suffering in pain with no chance we could fix him.Chasing Aces, a robust son of Flatter, set a Del Mar track record for five furlongs early in the meet. He was given time to recover from that experience before entering the closing-day Del Mar Futurity, which turned out to have a small field deep in talent. Any one of the first three finishers -- Klimt (by Quality Road), Straight Fire (by Dominus), and Midnight Pleasure (by Midnight Lute) -- would be a treat to own.Chasing Aces figured to be among them at the end of the Futurity, but instead, he was pulled up at the head of the Del Mar stretch by Tyler Baze. Miller rushed to his horse and rode with him back to the barn in the ambulance.He was standing, but he couldnt put any weight on that left leg, Miller said. The vet feelt the left knee and said it was probably a slab fracture.dddddddddddd I let myself think maybe there was hope. You can repair a slab fracture if its not too serious. But then when they read the X-rays, the vets said theyd never seen one quite so bad.Earlier in the race, Chasing Aces made an awkward deke to the left where the temporary rail leading from the chute to the main track ended, exposing a no-mans gap before the permanent rail resumed. He recovered, took hold of the bit, and rushed into contention, then was bumped and backed out of the fray. By then, the damage was done, and probably getting worse with every stride. Running on adrenalin, a young, vibrant Thoroughbred like Chasing Aces usually wont quit until he cant continue. Now, hes gone.Horse racing persists on a combination of money, romance, and selective memory. Those who make a career of it sign on for the warts as well as the glory. Fortunately, there was enough glory to go around this summer by the sea. Or at least enough to keep nightmares like Chasing Aces at bay, until the next one.Chad Brown won a Breeders Cup race in his first year of training. Mr. Brown, meet Ms. Ruis, Shelbe Ruis, that is, whose summer of 16 should go down in some kind of history.Training the horses owned by her family, Ruis, 25, won with four of 21 starters, with another five hitting the board. They were mostly 2-year-olds (one of them was Midnight Pleasure), and the star of the show was Union Strike, a daughter of Union Rags who upset a handsome field in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante on the meets final Saturday.The 2016 Del Mar summer meet also will go down as the first of many titles predicted for Flavien Prat as he continues to solidify his star status among the nations young riders. Prat, 23, ended up sharing the title with five-time (now six) local champion Rafael Bejarano.Prat took a five-winner lead into the final holiday weekend but saw it disappear by the middle of Sunday afternoon. On Monday, Bejarano landed the first blow by winning the Futurity aboard Klimt. Prat countered by winning the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf on the exciting War Front filly With Honors for Keith Desormeaux to edge in front. Then, Bejarano tied the score at 38 with a romp aboard the Bob Baffert maiden Big Gray Rocket, as Prat watched helplessly for second.They say if youre going to shoot the king, dont miss. Maybe so, but Prat winged him pretty good. ' ' '