Life Is Sweet provided trainer John Shirreffs with successive victories in the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic at Santa Anita.

Shirreffs struck gold last year with the Classic-bound Zenyatta, who was also under consideration to repeat for a double in the race.

But Life Is Sweet proved a magnificent deputy under Garrett Gomez, who outflanked his rivals with a clinical defeat of Mushka. Godolphin's Music Note finished third, while John Gosden's Rainbow View was slightly disappointing in fifth.

Cocoa Beach, Godolphin's second representative, claimed sixth spot.

Shirreffs said: "We were just hoping she ran liked she did in the winter. She really is a great filly. Zenyatta is Zenyatta, but Life Is Sweet is a really great filly.

Gomez summed it up succinctly, saying: "She travelled beautifully."

Owner Marty Wygood added: "It's just a great feeling and John has done a great job with her. Her sister (Sweet Catomine) won at the Breeders' Cup and for her to do the same, you just can't put it into words."