KEENELAND Weather: Clear Temperature: 40 Track: Fast LEXINGTON, Ky. – Another crisp day at Keeneland with everyone feeling good in the colder weather (well the horses anyway) as the temperature barely crept into the mid-40s by the time training hours ended at 10 a.m. Only three Breeders’ Cup works here Thursday, but plenty of action to note, especially in regards to the Classic, with just more than a week remaining until the big event. FLIGHTLINE remains the man of the hour while coming out to train an hour later than normal this morning in order to be able to school briefly in the starting gate before merely cantering once around the 1 1/16-mile oval under a tight hold from his rider, assistant trainer Juan Leyva. He is scheduled to have his final Classic work at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Kentucky Derby winner RICH STRIKE, who may just be the second most popular Breeders’ Cup contender training here regularly, disappointed his fans when not going to the track Thursday although he is expected to be back out at his regular time, immediately after the track opens at 5:30 a.m., on Friday. :: Breeders' Cup Pre-Entry PPs Now Available - Exclusively with a BC Package HOT ROD CHARLIE was indisputably the most energetic of the Classic hopefuls to train Thursday, looking as happy as can be barreling through the wire and continuing into the clubhouse turn in nearly work mode, completing his final quarter-mile in 25 and change before coming to hand nicely and pulling up near the six-furlong marker. He was perhaps a little stronger than most, although not atypical for a Doug O’Neill trainee a couple of days prior to a regularly scheduled work, which is expected to take place Saturday. LIFE IS GOOD was the first Classic runner to train, going at his regular time about 5:45 a.m., the first of the large Todd Pletcher contingent on site for the Breeders’ Cup to hit the track. He looked strong and wanted to do more, with his ears pricked at the wire while kept under wraps throughout by his regular exercise rider, Amelia Green. EPICENTER isn’t going to wow anyone watching him gallop in the morning, although he certainly is a pretty sight to watch when he gets down to the real business at hand in the afternoon. He turned in a relatively slow and very leisurely gallop several days removed from his excellent five-furlong work here last Sunday. SENOR BUSCADOR turned in his final prep for the Dirt Mile, going five furlongs in 1:01.18 over the quick surface. He broke off several lengths behind stablemate Sheriff Brown (stakes bound over turf on Friday’s undercard), readily edging clear to the wire while shading 24 for the final quarter going easily before extending his advantage with a strong gallop-out, six panels in 1:14.07, up seven-eighths in 1:26.78. HOT PEPPERS had herself an easier morning, breezing a maintenance-like five furlongs in 38.10 and 1:02.24 for trainer Rudy Rodriguez before easing up on the gallop-out in 1:16.40, which is pretty typical for the barn. She turned in her one big work for the Filly and Mare Sprint, four furlongs in 47.25, over the Belmont Park training track three weeks earlier. FAMILY WAY earned the bullet, shading 1:01, and did so working over the main track in preparation for the very competitive Filly and Mare Turf shortly after the renovation break. Belmont Park At Belmont Park on Thursday morning, Grade 1 winner LEAVE NO TRACE worked a strong half-mile in 46.38 over the training track in preparation for a start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. :: Get access to Breeders' Cup Clocker Reports with our special VIP Package and save off the retail price. Working about 8 a.m., about 15 minutes after the training track opened following a renovation break, Leave No Trace, under Rodrigo Ubillo, backed up to the quarter pole and had an easy gallop through the lane before being pulled up. Ubillo then jogged Leave No Trace around the turn and gradually picked up the pace toward the half-mile pole. Without Ubillo moving his hands on her, Leave No Trace went her first quarter in 23.38 and her second quarter in 23.00. Ubillo did not ask her for anything past the wire, and Leave No Track galloped out five furlongs in 1:00.08. “I’m good with that,” trainer Phil Serpe said. “He was just sitting on her. Fast horses are fast.” Leave No Trace, who won the Grade 1 Spinaway at Saratoga before finishing third in the Grade 1 Frizette at Aqueduct, was scheduled to leave New York on Saturday night by van and arrive in Kentucky Sunday morning. Jose Lezcano will ride Leave No Trace in the Juvenile Fillies. – additional reporting by David Grening :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.