Successes from Midday, Conduit, Pounced and Vale of York saw headquarters record its best haul at the world famous meeting.

Veteran and former champion trainer Henry Cecil recorded his first success at the meeting, when his three-year-old filly Midday landed the £750,000 first-place prize in the Filly and Mares Turf race on Friday evening.

Turning for home in the one mile two furlong contest, the 15/8 favourite looked as though she would have to settle for a minor role.

But as the gap opened up on the inside rail, the Oasis Dream filly, under an inspired ride by Tom Queally, seized the moment to go on and score by a length from the fast finishing Pure Clan.

The Warren Place handler also sent out last month’s Champion Stakes winner Twice Over to finish a creditable third behind US wonder filly Zenyatta in the Classic.

Afterwards Cecil said: “I have always dreaded the Breeders’ Cup, as I haven’t had great success over the years, but to win one lives up to my expectation.

“It is lovely to win for Prince Khalid Abdullah as he is a friend and supporter of mine. He stuck with me through the bad times and it is great to repay him. He loves the Breeders’ Cup so I am delighted to win a race here for him.”

More success for the town followed on Saturday evening with the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Conduit stealing the show with his second successive victory in the Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup Turf event.

Sent off the 10/11 favourite, the four-year-old, partnered by champion jockey Ryan Moore, got up inside the last 100 yards to collar long-time leader Presious Passion to land the £1.125 million first prize for the second year in succession.

Joining Conduit in the winners’ circle earlier in the evening was the John Gosden-trained two-year-old Pounced, who claimed victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf event under Frankie Dettori.

It was the second year in succession that the Bury Road handler has landed the Juvenile prize, after sending out Donativum to land the race 12 months ago.

Gosden said: “I thought it would be awfully hard to come from behind and that something would kick off the bend and wouldn’t be caught. It’s not easy to come from where we did but we had a good draw, got the split and got the job done.”

Springing the biggest surprise of the night was the victory of the Saeed Bin Suroor trained Vale of York, who landed the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile event on the pro-ride surface at odds of 25/1.

Defying his double figure odds the Invincible Spirit colt got up close home, under camel jockey Ahmed Ajtebi, to deny the Bob Baffert-trained 3/1 favourite Lookin at Lucky by a head.