ARCADIA, Calif. - A lukewarm 7-2 favorite and a handful of co-third-choices at 8-1 illustrate the deep and contentious nature of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, which drew an overflow crowd when entries were taken and drawn Tuesday at Santa Anita.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Mastery, the first in a procession of highly regarded Breeders' Cup runners for Godolphin Racing, has been listed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite for the first of the 14 BC races, the $500,000 BC Marathon on Friday at Santa Anita.

Mastery was assigned post 6 in a field of 10 in the BC Marathon, a Pro-Ride race that has been lengthened to 1 3/4 miles for its second running. Last year, the inaugural Marathon was run at 1 1/2 miles.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The Euros are coming, the Euros are coming!

Actually, the European contingent for the 2009 Breeders' Cup has already arrived and is sure to strike fear into the connections of every U.S. Cup hopeful following the success of overseas shippers in this event here one year ago.

The $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile may not be Goldikova's final appearance in the United States.

Trainer Freddie Head said Tuesday that owners Alain and Gerard Wertheimer are strongly considering a 2010 campaign for Goldikova, who will attempt to win the Mile for the second consecutive year on Saturday.

"There could be a next year, but I don't want to talk about it yet," Head said. "I know Alain and Gerard have thought about it. They wouldn't mind racing her at 5, if she's well."

ARCADIA, Calif. - Capt. Candyman Can made his first appearance at Santa Anita on Tuesday morning following his arrival from Kentucky the previous day. His connections having decided to carry on and run in the Breeders' Cup Sprint despite the death of co-owner and breeder Dr. Joseph Rauch last Saturday.

Trainer Ian Wilkes said Capt. Candyman Can's co-owner, David Zell, was devastated by the loss of his close friend but felt that Rauch would have wanted to continue on with the original plan to compete in the Sprint.

ARCADIA, Calif. - It was in July that Rosemary Homeister Jr. became the second-winningest female jockey in North American racing history.

She would like November to be the month when she becomes the second female jockey to win a Breeders' Cup event.

ARCADIA, Calif. - With the expansion of the Breeders' Cup program in recent years, there is all sorts of new ground to cover, and trainer Ken McPeek is wasting little time doing so.

This is the second year the Breeders' Cup will offer four races for 2-year-olds, and remarkably, McPeek will have at least one starter in each.

"It just kind of all came together for us," said McPeek. "I don't know how to look at it except that we're here to win all four, not just run in them."

Mastery, the solid favorite for the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon, was among the Sunday arrivals here following a long journey from England. Those horses were in quarantine Monday but were expected to be released in time to train Tuesday.

Michael Stoute's two highly regarded Turf candidates, Conduit and Spanish Moon, made their first appearances on the Santa Anita turf course Monday morning, along with Stoute's Mile hopeful Zacinto.

Conduit cantered six furlongs under restraint without being asked for much of an effort. He was followed by Spanish Moon and Zacinto. They too cantered under even heavier restraint with Spanish Moon leading his stablemate throughout the move, during which Zacinto was pulling throughout.

Bob Baffert thought he had the competition "over a barrel'' in the 1998 Juvenile Fillies with Silverbulletday. He was pretty confident entering the 2007 Juvenile Fillies with Indian Blessing as well. Five days out from the 26th running of the Juvenile Fillies, Baffert is more hopeful than confident in the chances of Always a Princess in what is shaping up a very competitive race.