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[b]The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile is one race which certainly won't be going the way of the Europeans...[/b] The [b]Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile[/b] was one of the races added to the fixture when it was expanded to two days in 2007. However, this year is the first when the race will be exactly as it is named, as the inaugural running in 2007, won by James Jerkens' Corinthian, was run over a distance of one mile and 70 yards (in very sloppy conditions), while the two subsequent runnings at Santa Anita have been run on the Pro-Ride surface. Nonetheless, the Americans have dominated the event and are set to do so again, with the Europeans (aside from Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor's two US-based runners) not even entering. [b]Crown of Thorns[/b], runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Sprint ...