Decision near on which BC race for Mind Your Biscuits

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mind Your Biscuits had his first breeze since a 4 3/4-length victory in the Sept. 29 Lukas Classic at Churchill before dawn Friday, going five furlongs in 1:00.40 over a fast Churchill track with Tyler Gaffalione up.

Trainer Chad Summers said afterward a decision could be imminent on which Nov. 3 Breeders’ Cup race – the Classic, Dirt Mile, or Sprint – will be chosen for Mind Your Biscuits, whose $4.28 million bankroll is the highest all-time for a New York-bred.

Also, Seeking the Soul, heading to the Classic, breezed an easy half-mile in 51 seconds Friday in his first work since winning the Sept. 29 Ack Ack.

A few firsts for Casse

Surely there will be more firsts as his training career unfolds, but Norman Casse experienced a few Thursday when he sent out Angel of Mischief to win the seventh race, a $68,589 allowance. It was his first win at Keeneland, his first in a non-maiden and/or claiming race, and the first time a horse trained by his father, trainer Mark Casse, completed the exacta behind him (Bridaled Temper).

Casse, 35, went out on his own in March after a lengthy stint as his father’s assistant and now has about 30 horses in training. Angel of Mischief won a Kentucky Downs maiden race on Sept. 8, the day Casse was married to racing-television personality Gabby Gaudet.

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Four stakes next week

A graded stakes will be run on four straight days next week at Keeneland, starting Thursday with the Grade 3 Sycamore for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/2 miles on turf. Arklow, winner of the Kentucky Turf Cup last month at Kentucky Downs for trainer Brad Cox, is expected to face the Mike Maker duo of Bigger Picture and Oscar Nominated in the Sycamore.

The ensuing stakes are the Grade 3 Valley View on Friday, the Grade 2 Raven Run on Saturday, and the Grade 3 Dowager on Sunday. The only stakes remaining will then be the Grade 2 Fayette on closing day, Oct. 27.

The Raven Run card will precede a Bluegrass doubleheader ending with the Vanderbilt-Kentucky football game that evening at nearby Kroger Field.

Trio of Sunday allowances

A nine-race program featuring three allowances (races 2, 6, 8) will bring the five-day race week to an end Sunday. First post is 1:05 p.m. Eastern. A two-hour meet-and-greet featuring personalities from the annual Secretariat Festival in Paris, Ky., will be available to fans starting at 11 a.m.

After Sunday, Keeneland goes dark for two days before another five-day week starts with an eight-race Wednesday card.