SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - California, here he comes.  After spending the last 24 weeks in Saratoga, Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes winner, was scheduled on Wednesday to ship to Southern California, where on Nov. 1 he’ll be the likely favorite in a stacked field running in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar.  On a gorgeous Sunday morning in upstate New York, Sovereignty had his final workout at Saratoga, going five furlongs in 1:01.30 over the Oklahoma training track. Under Neil Poznansky, Mott’s assistant trainer and Sovereignty’s work rider, Sovereignty started one length in front of stablemate Playa Del Mar and went in splits of 12.50 seconds, 24.68 and 36.77 for the opening three furlongs. In upper stretch, when Playa Del Mar, ridden by Taylor Kingsley, came to Sovereignty, Poznansky looked over, opened his hands ever so slightly and Sovereignty, a few paths off the rail, came home in 24.53 seconds. He galloped out six furlongs in 1:14.66 and seven eighths in 1:29.84.  Bill Mott, trainer of Sovereignty, said he wasn’t looking for a work similar to last week, when the colt went five furlongs in 59.94 seconds. In that work, Sovereignty started behind Playa Del Mar. On Sunday, Sovereignty started in front, a style Mott employed in Sovereignty’s works between the Jim Dandy and Travers, not wanting to overdo it.  :: BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC: See DRF’s special section with top contenders, odds, comments, news, and more “We didn’t want 59 [seconds] and we didn’t want 1:03,” Mott said. “He looked good. He’s not one of those horses that breaks the stopwatch. Good solid works, good useful works, but that’s kind of him; he does what he has to do and what you have him do.”  Poznansky said Sovereignty has become a better work horse over the course of the year.  “Just the way he’s doing everything, he never used to breeze like that before,” Poznansky said. “When I looked over at the five-sixteenths, he was in an open gallop, and the other rider was riding to keep up.”  Sovereignty has been based in Saratoga since May 8, five days after he won the Kentucky Derby. Mott and Godolphin, which owns and bred Sovereignty, made it known almost immediately they were not going to run in the Preakness and focused on a campaign that included the Belmont Stakes, Jim Dandy and Travers, all in Saratoga. Sovereignty won them all, including a 10-length triumph in the Aug. 23 Travers.  While that was an easy race, Mott said Sovereignty "certainly did enough. I’m not worried about him conditioning-wise because of that.”  Mott said there is no specific reason why he has elected to ship Sovereignty to California 10 days in advance of the Breeders’ Cup. His colleagues Todd Pletcher, who has four Classic contenders stabled in Saratoga, and Chad Brown, who has defending BC Classic winner Sierra Leone here, plan to have their final works next Friday and Saturday here before shipping on Oct. 26.  “I don’t have any reason to think he wouldn’t adapt quickly or well enough,” Mott said. “A lot of guys like to do their last work and ship and that’s fine. The only reason I want to go a few days early is [potential] travel problems, kind of get it over with. I’ve done it both ways and it’s worked both ways. … I think the main thing is that you bring the right horse and you get them there in good shape.”  With four consecutive graded stakes wins under his belt, Sovereignty is certainly the right horse to bring to the Breeders’ Cup Classic. However, this year’s Classic is coming up particularly deep with top older horses Fierceness, Mindframe, Antiquarian, Locked, Sierra Leone and Forever Young as well as top 3-year-olds Journalism, Baeza and Nevada Beach.  “It’s almost like going in the Derby,” Mott said. “It’s such a difficult, competitive race. Although the Derby isn’t as loaded with as much quality as this Breeders’ Cup is across the board … but the Derby’s a big challenge because it’s a big field. It’s as difficult to win as a Breeders’ Cup race. From a trainer’s standpoint, you want to get them there, you’re on edge, but by the same token it’s such a deep race, you look across the board and say there’s a lot of good horses and lot of these horses can win.”  Mott said Sovereignty will likely have his final workout for the Classic on Sunday the 26th or Monday the 27th at Del Mar.  Mott is planning to send two other horses to the Breeders’ Cup. Quiet Street, winner of the Untapable Stakes and third in the Grade 2 Miss Grillo, worked five furlongs in 1:01.52 Sunday morning over the Oklahoma turf course in preparation for the Juvenile Fillies Turf. She worked in company with the 4-year-old colt Royal Majesty.  The work was pretty solid Mott said considering that Quiet Street emerged from the Miss Grillo with a laceration on a front ankle, presumably having gotten bumped by another horse during the race.  “She got wrapped on the ankle a little bit, I don’t know if it’s going to be an issue or not,” Mott said before the work.  After the work, Mott said, “I thought she worked pretty damn good.”  Mott’s other BC runner is Scylla, third in the Grade 1 Spinster at Keeneland who is pointing to the Distaff. Scylla stayed in Kentucky and on Saturday worked a half-mile in 48.20 seconds at Churchill Downs.  Mott said assistant trainer Kenny McCarthy “was really pleased. Kenny said it was perfect.”  :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.