Santa Anita 2-year-olds take proven path to Breeders’ Cup

Of the many stakes run at Santa Anita last weekend and this weekend for Breeders’ Cup contenders, recent history says one race is more likely than the rest to produce a winner in the sport’s championship event in November at Del Mar.

It’s not the $1 million, Grade I California Crown Stakes, won by Subsanador in a three-way photo finish in the richest and most thrilling of six graded races held at the Arcadia track last Saturday and Sunday.

It’s the $300,000, Grade I American Pharoah Stakes...