ELMONT, N.Y. – On the first Saturday of October in 2018, Complexity beat Code of Honor by three lengths in the Grade 1 Champagne, a one-turn mile race at Belmont Park. On the first Saturday of October 2020, Complexity and Code of Honor will meet for the first time since the Champagne in the Grade 2, $150,000 Kelso Handicap, also a one-turn mile race at Belmont.

Uni needs to boost her racing energy, Newspaperofrecord must ration hers if trainer Chad Brown is going to win the First Lady Stakes for the third year running.

Brown has four of the 11 entrants in the Shadwell Turf Mile on Saturday at Keeneland and two of the six in the First Lady, a Grade 1, one-mile grass race worth $350,000. The First Lady is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, offering the winner a fees-paid entry into the BC Filly and Mare Turf.

Calibrate and Founder, impressive debut winners sprinting at Saratoga, meet in the Grade 1, $400,000 Breeders’ Futurity on Saturday at Keeneland, a crucial distance test for both that could set them on the path to even bigger things.

The 1 1/16-mile Futurity is the local prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, set for Nov. 6 at Keeneland, and awards the winner a berth into that championship-crucial event. The Futurity also awards its top finishers qualifying points toward the 2021 Kentucky Derby on a 10-4-2-1 scale.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Leinster is making just his third start of the year in the Grade 2, $150,000 Woodford Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland – and not by design. With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting racing schedules nationwide – including cancelling the Keeneland spring meet and postponing the following meet at Churchill Downs – he found himself in a holding pattern while training in Florida.

But the unplanned break may be a blessing in disguise as Leinster now eyes a graded stakes win on his favorite course, which will host the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in four weeks’ time.

ARCADIA, Calif. – If the 16-year drought since a California horse won a Breeders’ Cup Mile ends this fall at Keeneland, it may hinge on what happens Saturday at Santa Anita.

Mo Forza, whose dazzling 1:33.27 mile was the most impressive turf performance of the Del Mar summer season, makes the second start of his campaign as the favorite in the Grade 2 City of Hope Mile. This year’s field came up strong, for a welcome change.

ELMONT, N.Y. – As well as Rockemperor ran in his U.S. debut 15 months ago, it seemed only a matter of time before the Irish-bred colt would find his way to the winner’s circle in a significant race.

Despite some big performances over the last year-plus, Rockemperor is still looking to conquer all. Perhaps his time will come in Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic when he meets six rivals, three of whom he finished ahead of in the Grade 1 Manhattan in July.

On a weekend when he’ll be in Baltimore trying to make Swiss Skydiver the fourth filly to win a Preakness, trainer Ken McPeek has three chances to win his fifth Alcibiades Stakes back home at Keeneland on Friday.

Only four other entrants stand between one of McPeek’s trio – Crazy Beautiful, Oliviaofthedesert, and Simply Ravishing – joining She’s a Devil Due (2000), Take Charge Lady (2001), Dream Empress (2008), and Restless Rider (2018) as McPeek-trained Alcibiades winners.

“I think they all fit,” McPeek said.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Last year, trainer Chad Brown grappled with the decision to run Bricks and Mortar in the Breeders’ Cup Turf or Mile. He eventually chose the Turf and was rewarded when Bricks and Mortar captured that race to complete a perfect season and win Horse of the Year honors.

He has a similar decision to make with Digital Age, recent winner of the Grade 1 Old Forester Turf Classic on Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs.

Mr. Money had a lucrative campaign in 2019, winning four graded stakes, but had struggled to find the win column in 2020. He finally cashed in with a victory in the Grade 3 Ack Ack Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs that likely earned him a return engagement in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

Midnight Bisou, the reigning champion older female, will miss Sunday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland after coming out of a Monday workout at Saratoga a bit off, according to her connections.

Midnight Bisou was to be sent to Dr. Larry Bramlage at the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., for a complete evaluation, according to Jeff Bloom, head of Bloom Racing, which owns Midnight Bisou in partnership with Madaket Stables and Allen Racing. Midnight Bisou is scheduled to leave Saratoga by van on Tuesday and be examined on Wednesday, Bloom said.