SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - If Casa Creed and Annapolis meet for a third time this year, it won’t happen until the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita on Nov. 4. Casa Creed, who defeated Annapolis for a second time this meet when beating him by three-quarters of a length in Saturday’s Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap, won’t run again until the Breeders’ Cup, trainer Bill Mott said Sunday. Casa Creed earned a fees-paid berth in the BC Mile by virtue of his Fourstardave victory. Annapolis, who also finished second to Casa Creed in the Grade 3 Kelso Handicap earlier this meet, will likely target the Grade 1, $1 million Coolmore Turf Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 7. Annapolis won that race last year. In the last two months, Casa Creed, a 7-year-old son of Jimmy Creed, finished third in the Grade 1 Jaipur, won the Grade 3 Kelso and the Grade 1 Foustardave. :: Get Saratoga Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  “I think as hard as he’s run the last two times, if you start wheeling him back too quick, you’re asking to be disappointed, you know,” Mott said. Casa Creed won the Fourstardave for a second consecutive year. Remarkably, he ran the same exact time (1:34.20 for the mile) both years. In 2022, that resulted in a 104 Beyer Speed Figure. On Saturday, it resulted in a 101 Beyer Speed Figure. Mott believes if Casa Creed delivers the same type of performance in the Breeders’ Cup that he put forth in his two stakes wins here, that makes him a contender in the Mile - at least among the North America-based runners. “When you get to the Breeders’ Cup it’s always a stacked group,” Mott said. “You get the Europeans and those milers have to really be respected.” Mott said he’s always liked Santa Anita’s turf course. He won the 2016 BC Mile at Santa Anita with Tourist. “I always thought that was one of the better and more fair turf courses,” Mott said. Trainer Todd Pletcher said Annapolis came out of his race in good order. Pletcher offered no excuse for Annapolis’ defeat. “He got outrun,” Pletcher said. “Sometimes it happens.” Pletcher was disappointed with Emmanuel’s fifth-place finish in the Fourstardave. “He got a good trip, he just didn’t deliver,” Pletcher said. Pletcher said a quick turnaround in the $2 million Mint Millions on Sept. 2 at Kentucky Downs is possible. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.