Breeders Cup winner Cody's Wish reduced racing fans to tears for his incredible bond with a teenager battling a rare genetic disorder.
The Dirt Mile hero was named after 16-year-old Cody Dorman when the pair met on a special farm tour. As a young foal, Cody's Wish walked up and placed his head on the young boy's lap.
Cody, at Keeneland with family where the namesake horse won just over £385,000, suffers from Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome. Days before the race, the thoroughbred lowered his head gently towards the teenager, sitting in his wheelchair.
