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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Give Noble Bird his way, and he runs away from his rivals. That was abundantly clear in Saturdays Grade 2, $200,000 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland when Noble Bird controlled the pace and dominated in track-record time on the fall meets closing day.Allowed to run freely under Julien Leparoux , who notched 11th riding title this fall at Keeneland, Noble Bird sprang to the lead while setting a quick pace, and maintained a commanding advantage throughout in beating Divining Rod by 5-3/4 lengths. He completed 1-1/8 miles on a fast track in 1:47.75, lowering Race Days mark of 1:47.90 that was established last fall.His Fayette performance was reminiscent of his victory in the Grade 3 Pimlico Special in May, a race which he also controlled from start to finish.When this horse is on A game and everything goes good for him hes a very good horse for sure, Leparoux said.Noble Bird gave trainer Mark Casse his fourth stakes win of the fall meet, placing him in a tie with Ben Jones, D. Wayne Lukas, Todd Pletcher, and Graham Motion for the most stakes wins by a trainer during a meet at Keeneland. Casse also won the fall training title, his third at the track.A 5-year-old son of Summer Bird, Noble Bird ($4) became a millionaire with the $120,000 winners share of the Fayette purse. His earnings stand at $1,064,945 for owner John Oxley.2015 Lexington winner Divining Rod -- who stalked Noble Bird in third early as the pacesetter carved out splits of 23.53 seconds, 46.70, and 1:10.53 -- launched a bid after the leader coming into the stretch but couldnt sustain it late. He finished 4-1/2 lengths in front of third-place Hawaakom.The next intended start for Noble Bird is the Grade 1 Clark Handicap on Nov. 25 at Churchill Downs, where he recorded a Grade 1 victory in the Stephen Foster Handicap in June 2015.I think were figuring him out a little bit, said assistant Norm Casse, Marks son. I think hes a horse that if there is a lot of speed in the race hes a little bit more compromised. We got to pick out races where he can dictate things on his own end. And thats what we did today.Attendance Saturday was 19,093 in sunny, unseasonably-warm fall weather. Cheap Replica Shoes China . 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Va. - The Ole Miss womens basketball team fought with the No. 16 West Virginia Mountaineers but came up a little short in a 66-61 loss in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Sunday. Taylor Manuel (St. Louis, Mo.) led the Rebels with 13 points while Erika Sisk (Oxford, Miss.) added 11. Shequila Joseph (London, England) posted a game-high 11 rebounds.Ole Miss (6-2) kept itself within striking distance in the fourth quarter, and with the Mountaineers leading 49-45 with 6:10 left in the game, the Rebels went to freshman Shelby Gibson (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), who nailed a triple. Gibsons three, coupled with a three-point play from Sisk, cut the West Virginia lead down to three points with 2:17 left, but Ole Miss couldnt get a stop to complete the comeback.The Rebels used momentum from the end of the first half and carried it all the way over, erasing an 11-point Mountaineer lead to tie the game at 28 at the 6:34 mark of the third quarter and took their first lead of the game on a bucket from Shandricka Sessom (Byhalia, Miss.). Ole Miss used a 10-3 run to open the third quarter and held the home team without a bucket for 4:33 before a field goal at the 3:54 mark.The teams traded buckets and free throws for the remainder of the third quarter before West Virginia closed the period with a 4-2 spurt to take a 43-37 lead at the end of three quarters.Trailing 14-8 at the end for the first quarter of play, points were hard to come by for both teams in the first part of the second quarter. A pair of free throws from Madinah Muhammad (Chicago, Ill.) midway through the quarter were Ole Miss only points until Sisks bucket underneath at the 1:38 mark, keeping the Rebels without a field goal for nearly nine minutes dating back to the first half.Ole Miss got back into the game late in the second quarter. With 1:32 on the clock, Torri Lewis (Olive Branch, Miss.) nailed a pair of free throws and came up with the steal on the other end, leading to a layup by Sisk. Gibson then picked up a second straight steal for Ole Miss, leading to a three by Lewis - the first of the game for the Rebels.dddddddddddd That trifecta cut the West Virginia lead, which was one at 11, down to four with 1:11 left. Manuel hit a pair of free throws late as West Virginia took a 26-20 halftime break.The Rebels had a tough first half from the floor, shooting a season-low 16.7 percent (4-of-24), but they forced 18 West Virginia turnovers and had 11 first-half steals.Both teams had a slow start to the game, but once one team got started, the other team got going as well. Joseph opened the scoring for the Rebels with a triple from the right side at the 7:27 mark. The teams were tied at 5-5 before the Mountaineers rattled of four unanswered to take a 9-5 lead at the first media timeout. West Virginia used a 9-0 run to keep the Rebels scoreless for 3:53 as they took a 14-5 lead - the largest of the game. Ole Miss was finally able to get in the scorebook just before the end of the first quarter with a triple from Lewis to cut the West Virginia lead to 14-8 at the end of the first quarter.Rebel SidelinesTodays contest was part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. This is the third year of the Challenge and the first time games have been played on campus sites. This is Ole Miss first time participating in the Challenge.The Rebels move to 0-1 against ranked opponents this season and West Virginia leads the series 3-1.Ole Miss moves to 0-2 in the road navy uniforms with todays win.Todays game was a homecoming for assistant coach George Porcha who spent six years at West Virginia as associate head coach from 2008-13.Todays game marked the first quarter of the season Ole Miss was held to single digits with just eight points.Ole Miss posted a season-high 14 stealsShequila Joseph posted a career-best 11 rebounds.Up NextOle Miss will take some time off for exams but will return to the hardwood on Dec. 10 when they host La.-Monroe. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. CT from The Pavilion at Ole Miss. ' ' '