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Fistfight ensues as Breeders' Cup opens

Updated: November 6, 2010, 2:09 PM ET
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jockey Calvin Borel leaned toward Javier Castellano, pointed, and just like that, the winner's circle at the Breeders' Cup morphed into a boxing ring.

Three-time Kentucky Derby winner Borel and Castellano tussled at Churchill Downs just moments after tangling during the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon in an ugly, chaotic scene that left Castellano shaken and Borel pleading with security officials to let him go so he could "kill" his rival.

Two riders who usually ...

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