ARCADIA, Calif. – There were no major surprises when pre-entries for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint were released Wednesday. Unique Bella, the once-beaten filly whose sharp return in the L.A. Woman earlier this month cemented her status as a solid favorite, heads a full field of 14 pre-entered for the seven-furlong race Nov. 4 at Del Mar. Unique Bella, trained by Jerry Hollendorfer for the Don Alberto Stable, is listed at 9-5 on the early line by Daily Racing Form national handicapper Mike Watchmaker and could be one of the heaviest favorites during the two-day Breeders’ Cup program. The physically imposing 3-year-old gray worked five furlongs in 59.20 seconds Wednesday at Santa Anita with regular rider Mike Smith aboard. “I tried to fool her into thinking we were just galloping today,” Smith said afterward. “She’ll get a 58 on you so easy. I had her fooled for maybe an eighth of a mile, and she goes, ‘Aww, you’re not fooling me anymore.’ She kind of jumped right into it, worked beautiful. Really good; well within herself; pulled up with a lot of energy. It took three of us to unsaddle her in the barn. She’s doing really well.” “Nice and smooth,” Hollendorfer said. “I’ll breeze her back a half-mile here Monday then ship her down to Del Mar early Tuesday morning.” After Unique Bella, favoritism in the Filly and Mare Sprint could go next to Finley’sluckycharm, the Kentucky-based standout with nine victories from 12 career starts, or Skye Diamonds, the 4-year-old California-bred in the midst of a breakthrough season for trainer Bill Spawr. Beyond those two, there’s a host of alternatives. There’s the defending race champion, Finest City, who will have gone unraced for nearly four months when she looks to replicate her 8-1 victory last fall under Smith at Santa Anita; By the Moon and Highway Star, the respective one-two finishers in the most important race in the division so far, the Grade 1 Ballerina; and the Chad Brown duo of Carina Mia and Paulassilverlining. With Smith sticking with Unique Bella, Corey Nakatani will ride Finest City for trainer Ian Kruljac. Two longshots, Bar of Gold and Proper Discretion, recently surfaced as Filly and Mare Sprint starters, but otherwise the lineup has been known for weeks. Bar of Gold, a 5-year-old New York-bred millionaire, is one of two pre-entries for Chester and Mary Broman, along with Highway Star. Highway Star, a 4-year-old New York-bred, will be the first Breeders’ Cup starter for New York-based trainer Rodrigo Ubillo, who won his first race in February 2006. The Girolamo filly won three graded stakes from six starts this year and narrowly missed a fourth when beaten a head in the Ballerina. Highway Star was sent through a half-mile breeze at Belmont Park, getting a half-mile in 49.76 over a good surface Wednesday, the day before the filly was to be flown to Southern California. Ubillo said he wasn’t looking for her to do much over a track he didn’t particularly like and said he might have the filly work again next week at Del Mar. “We’ll see how she takes the trip,” Ubillo said. “If she’s happy, we can do something; if not, we can it keep it the way it is.” Rounding out the Filly and Mare Sprint lineup are Ami’s Mesa, a Canadian filly making her debut on dirt after compiling a 4-for-4 record this year, all on synthetics; Constellation, making her first start since being transferred into the care of trainer Bob Baffert; Curlin’s Approval, a Florida-based filly trained by Happy Alter; and Princess Karen, runner-up behind Unique Bella in the L.A. Woman. This will be the 11th running of the Filly and Mare Sprint, first run in 2007 over a sloppy six furlongs at Monmouth Park. – additional reporting by David Grening