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Richard Mandella has a hard time turning loose. Good horses seem to enter his barn and linger. The South American Sandpit hit the Mandella stable as a 3-year-old and left at age 10. Same deal for The Tin Man, who did some of his best work at 9, while the gray mare Bels Starlet was a precocious stakes winner at 2 and is still throwing strikes for Mandella as a 7-year-old.For the past five seasons, Mandella and his crew have served at the pleasure of Beholder, and Beholder has taken them on an unforgettable ride, from the high points of a triumph like the 2015 Pacific Classic to the lows of a tough loss in the Kentucky Oaks and a nasty injury in her only New York experience.Time after time, Beholder has come back from forced layoffs to hit the mark, earning a record of 17 wins and 6 seconds in 25 starts, more than $5 million in earnings, and a space on the wall of the Hall of Fame dusted and ready for her induction five years after she retires.But there is no rest yet for a champion, and Beholder will be in for a fierce battle on Nov. 4 when she goes postward in the 33rd running of the $2 million Breeders Cup Distaff against fellow Eclipse Award winners Songbird and Stellar Wind.Theres a lot at stake. With a win, Beholder could join Goldikova as the only horses to win three Breeders Cup races since the series began in 1984. (Beholder won the Juvenile Fillies in 2012 and the Distaff in 2013.) With a win, she could nail down a fourth championship season, something no other mare has done in the history of the sport. And with a win, Beholder could erase the taste of the first three-race losing streak of her noble career, after seconds to Stellar Wind in the Clement Hirsch and the Zenyatta and to California Chrome in the Pacific Classic.Beholder feels right at home at Santa Anita, where she has trained for the vast majority of her career. Much is made of a perceived home-court advantage for horses trained at the Breeders Cup site, although when it comes to this one, Mandella takes the idea to extremes.Every one of Mandellas eight Breeders Cup wins and two of his three seconds have come at Santa Anita, including his four-bagger in 2003 with Pleasantly Perfect, Johar, Action This Day, and Halfbridled. Kotashaan and Phone Chatter clinched championships at Santa Anitas 1993 running of the Cup, while Beholder added Mandellas most recent pair.Theres no doubt running out of your own stall has to help, Mandella said. But its not like I havent tried winning out of town.Mandella enters the 2016 Breeders Cup with 38 starters, 19 of those coming outside of California. The best of them was the second-place finish of Chamnp Pegasus in the 2010 Turf at Churchill Downs. That makes him a daunting 8 for 19 at Santa Anita.This year, besides Beholder, Mandella will try to win his first Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Turf with Avenge, front-running winner of the Rodeo Drive at Santa Anita last time out.Still, the story of the stable is Beholder. One week out from the Distaff, Mandella was busy ignoring all the elephants crowding his stable office.At 6, Beholder figures to be ripe for retirement by owner Wayne Hughes. Mandella insisted the subject hadnt come up, at least not within earshot of Beholder.We havent talked about it, Mandella said. We just do our job.There is also the issue of Beholders failure to answer the bell for the past two runnings of the Distaff -- first in 2014 at Santa Anita when she spiked a temperature 12 days before the race, and then last year at Keeneland when she bled after a routine gallop following her arrival in Kentucky.The idea that something might happen this time around to spoil the party nags like an itch nobody can scratch. Anyway, theres not enough wood on which to knock when Mandella pronounces her healthy, fit, and ready for perhaps the toughest test of her career.She looks pretty good to me, Mandella said Friday. But then, Im prejudiced.Beholder was loitering in her stall after a quiet morning, having worked a smooth three-quarters in 1:14 and change the day before under her Distaff jockey, Gary Stevens. Everything went by the book, except for what looked like a white handkerchief that escaped from beneath her saddle pad just behind the girth a few jumps into the work.They put a little piece of soft cotton under her pad because the girth tends to rub her there, Mandella said. Maybe thats what came out. But nobody mentioned it to me.Probably just as well, and the work was just what the trainer wanted after a fast move the previous week.We werent testing her any, Mandella noted. Just like any race the week before, it was just to give her a nice spin around the block. Shell get some good gallops now leading up to the race. But mostly Ill just sit here and look at her.And if this is goodbye?Itll leave a hole, for sure, Mandella said. But weve had that happen before. Never one quite like her, though. I really havent given it much thought. But when it does happen I sure will. Clearance Soccer Jerseys . It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night. Stitched Soccer Jerseys . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. https://www.soccerjerseyschina.us/ . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. 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Since that Oct. 1 loss, McFadden is the first Seminoles player in nine years to record an interception in three straight games and leads the nation with six picks.Its not always easy when things dont go your way. I think its just natural to go in the tank a little bit but youve just got to play the next play, said McFadden as the 19th-ranked Seminoles (5-3, 2/3 ACC) travel to North Carolina State on Saturday. Things are going to happen, youve just got to know how to bounce back.McFaddens six interceptions are the most by an FSU player since Patrick Robinson also had six in 2007. The previous high for a player during Jimbo Fishers tenure was four in 2010. Robinson also was the last player to have an interception in three or more straight games (he had picks in five straight the same season).When it comes to the single-season school record though, McFadden is only halfway there. Terrell Buckley had 12 in 1991. After getting just nine interceptions all of last season, Florida State already has 11 and has forced a turnover in all eight games.McFadden has started every game this season, taking over the spot that Jalen Ramsey occupied last season before he was drafted fifth overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars. McFadden was tested often by opposing quarterbacks early in the season and allowed five touchdowns the first six games.Fisher and teammates though have lauded McFaddens consistency as of late. Defensive end Demarcus Walker has also noted that McFadden is learning how to prepare like a top-flight corner.Whhen I was a sophomore I thought I could come to the game ready, Walker said.dddddddddddd But you have to study your opponent, prepare and practice. It comes with maturity.Most of McFaddens interceptions have come against highly rated quarterbacks. Louisvilles Lamar Jackson remains the consensus favorite for the Heisman while Deshaun Watson (Clemson), Chad Kelly (Mississippi) and Brad Kaaya (Miami) are regarded near the top of quarterback draft prospects for next years NFL Draft.Two of the interceptions have come in the end zone, including one on Oct. 8 against Miami where the Seminoles converted that into a go-ahead touchdown.McFadden is part of a Florida State secondary that has been beset by injuries. Safety Derwin James suffered a knee injury in the Sept. 10 win over Charleston Southern and Nate Andrews is out for the rest of the season after a torn pectoral muscle at Miami. Ermon Lane, who was playing receiver at the start of the season, has moved over to safety.That secondary will be tested by a North Carolina State passing attack that has done a better job generating big plays. The Wolfpack (4-4, 1-3) are fourth in the ACC with 15 pass plays of 30 yards or more after having 17 all of last season.Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren said he expects Florida State to use a lot of man and press coverage.Fisher is hoping that McFaddens development can continue over the final four games of the regular season.Hes rebounded and played very well, Fisher said. He still has a ways to go. I dont mean that in a bad way. I think hes developing and has a chance to be a really good player.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Joe Reedy on Twitter at www.twitter.com/joereedy ' ' '