Breeders' Cup 2013 Results: Winner, Top Finishers and Order for Classic

Mucho Macho Man won the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday evening at Arcadia, Calif.'s Santa Anita Park in a thrilling photo finish, capping off the lucrative race's 30th edition in dramatic style.

Will Take Charge lived up to his name down the final stretch but fell just shy and was a nose behind in second place. Declaration of War finished in third just a head off the pace to round out the competitors in the elite 11-horse field that finished in the money.

Jockey Gary Stevens—who came out of retirement this season after a seven-year hiatus—kept Mucho Macho Man on the pace throughout, and the three horses were separated by no more than a neck when they crossed the finish line.

Here is a quick look at the results:

Place	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Post*
1	Mucho Macho Man	Gary Stevens	Kathy Ritvo	6
2	Will Take Charge	Luis Saez	D. Wayne Lukas	10
3	Declaration of War	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	5
4	Fort Larned	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Ian Wilkes	7
5	Last Gunfighter	Javier Castellano	Chad Brown	1
6	Palace Malice	Rafael Bejarano	Todd Pletcher	8
7	Paynter	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	2
8	Flat Out	Joel Rosario	William Mott	12
9	Game On Dude	Mike Smith	Bob Baffert	9
10	Moreno	Joseph Talamo	Eric Guillot	4
11	Planteur	Ryan Moore	Marco Botti	3

Kathy Ritvo, the trainer of Mucho Macho Man, has quite the comeback story herself, as the Daily Racing Form's Jay Privman pointed out afterward:

This marks the first time a female trainer has entered a victorious Breeders' Cup Classic horse, as Mucho Macho Man avenged last year's close runner-up finish to get to the winner's circle.

In the 1.25-mile jaunt, defending champion Fort Larned was maintaining the pace well at around the three-quarter-mile mark but faded down the final stretch and wound up finishing just outside the money in fourth. Fort Larned was 3.5 lengths off the pace that the top trio set.

For the second consecutive year, trainer Bob Baffert's Game On Dude was the odds-on favorite. The horse finished seventh in 2012 and came up short on this occasion, too, finishing in ninth after his own promising start.

Below is a summary of the payouts for the top three horses:

Horse	Win	Place	Show
Mucho Macho Man	$10	$4.60	$3.60
Will Take Charge	—	$7.20	$4.80
Declaration of War	—	—	$4.80

After the race, Stevens and Ritvo shared a moment, and the 50-year-old jockey, who won the first Breeders' Cup Classic of his illustrious career, delivered a memorable, humorous quote:

The moving story behind Mucho Macho Man, who came back from last year's adversity, combined with the resurgent Stevens and Ritvo's groundbreaking triumph make for a wonderful Classic winner.

Note: Statistics and information are courtesy of BreedersCup.com, unless otherwise indicated.