Wesley Ward already owes a debt of gratitude to Cannonball. The impetus behind Ward going to Royal Ascot in June was a pair of races for Cannonball, but what ended up happening was Ward being celebrated for a historic breakthrough with two other horses he took there.

"Cannonball was the horse that made it all happen," said Ward, who wound up becoming the first American trainer to win Ascot stakes races when he took the Windsor Castle with Strike the Tiger and the Group 2 Queen Mary with Jealous Again.

Courageous Cat, a 3-year-old graded stakes winner, delightfully fooled jockey Garrett Gomez during a five-furlong turf workout at Santa Anita on Monday.

Just five days before the Breeders' Cup Mile here, Courageous Cat worked in 1:01, much quicker of a time than Gomez expected, considering the colt was working well off the inside rail, around temporary cones.

"That's a pretty good work around the dogs," Gomez said.

Trainer Bill Mott said he thought that Courageous Cat did as much sightseeing in his first work at Santa Anita as running.

Trainer Mike Maker was a little surprised the Breeders' Cup selection panel put Kera's Kitten ahead of Dean's Kitten - he trains both colts - on the preference list. As of Monday, Maker was holding out hope that both could find their way into the field for the $1 million Juvenile Turf.

Kera's Kitten should be in as Eskendereya has seemingly landed in the Juvenile field. The expected defection of Vale of York into the Juvenile field puts Awesome Act into the Juvenile Turf, leaving Deans Kitten needing one more defection to get into the field.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Monday was a perfect morning, from a weather standpoint (sunny, 61 degrees), for working horses at Santa Anita and nearly a perfect morning from trainer Bob Baffert's standpoint after three of his Breeders' Cup contenders turned in impressive-looking workouts, including Sprint favorite Zensational and Juvenile hotshot Lookin at Lucky.

Monday also marked the first local appearance by members of the imposing European contingent, six of whom were released from quarantine in time to stretch their legs near the end of training hours.

ARCADIA, Calif. - A few weeks in California, and look how well Mine That Bird and Chip Woolley are moving. Mine That Bird, the Kentucky Derby winner, has progressed since running sixth in the Goodwood Stakes last month, and completed his preparation for Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic with a five-furlong work at Santa Anita on Monday morning that had Woolley beaming.

"He really looked smooth," Woolley said.

ARCADIA, Calf. - While their workouts took place 2,500 miles apart Monday morning on opposite ends of the country, the two favorites for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile elicited similar glowing reviews from their trainers.

Lookin at Lucky worked a half-mile at Santa Anita, after which Bob Baffert confidently stated, "That was good, he's ready." Joe Steiner worked Lookin at Lucky in company behind El Martillo; Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch timed him in 47.35 seconds.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Had circumstances - and the race surface - been different, trainer Graham Motion would have had no reservations about running Whitney Handicap winner Bullsbay in Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. But with Bullsbay losing a week of training time in early October because of a foot injury and with the Breeders' Cup being run over Santa Anita's synthetic Pro-Ride surface, Motion opted to play it conservative and run in the $1 million Dirt Mile.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Godolphin Racing's Regal Ransom and Girolamo will both be entered to run in Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita and not the $1 million Dirt Mile, it was announced Monday. Godolphin will still be represented in the Dirt Mile by Pyro and Midshipman.

According to Rick Mettee, the North American-based assistant for Godolphin, both Regal Ransom and Girolamo trained satisfactorily over Santa Anita's Pro-Ride surface to warrant taking a shot in the $5 million race.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Kodiak Kowboy, winner of the Grade 1 Vosburgh in his last start, has been taken out of consideration for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. The decision came just hours after Kodiak Kowboy had worked a slow half-mile in 52.54 at Santa Anita on Monday.

Kodiak Kowboy was scoped following his workout on Monday and was discovered to have some mucus in his lungs, said Tom Ludt, general manager of the Vinery, which owns Kodiak Kowboy in partnership with Tom Porter's Fox Hill Farm.

Television coverage of the two-day Breeders' Cup championship event from Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., will total nine hours and include live broadcasts of all 14 races, with 3 1/2 hours on Friday and another 5 1/2 hours on Saturday, the Breeders' Cup announced Monday.

All of the Friday coverage will be on ESPN2, with the broadcast running from 3:30 to 7 p.m. (all times Eastern). On Saturday, the first two hours (1:30-3:30) will be shown on ABC, with the remaining block (3:30-7) on ESPN.