ARCADIA, Calif. – Mr. Roary, who won his first graded stakes in the Grade 3 Eddie D Stakes on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita last Friday, is a candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 4, trainer George Papaprodromou said.

Owned by Rustin Kretz, Mr. Roary closed from well of the pace to win the $101,725 Eddie D Stakes. At the Del Mar summer meeting, Mr. Roary was third in the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes in July and last of 13 in the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap Aug. 19.

“I don’t know what happened the last time,” Papaprodromou said of the Del Mar Handicap.

ARCADIA, Calif. – A minor bout of colic prevented Shenandoah Queen from starting in the Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita last Saturday and has eliminated her from consideration for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 3.

She could run Nov. 4 in the BC Filly and Mare Sprint at seven furlongs, trainer John Sadler said.

“I have to figure out a plan,” Sadler said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Flavien Prat has won or tied for riding titles at four meetings in Southern California since the summer of 2016. Last Saturday, Prat won three Grade 1 races on a card for the first time in his career at Santa Anita on horses bound for Breeders’ Cup races at Del Mar on Nov. 3-4.

On Sunday, Prat reflected on the recent riding titles and the big day on Saturday. He was quick to answer which milestone meant more.

“Those days are better,” he said of Saturday.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Luck abandoned Itsinthepost at a pivotal time in the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap on Aug. 19. The story was reversed in Sunday’s Grade 2 John Henry Turf Championship at Santa Anita, where Itsinthepost had much better fortune.

Guided by Tyler Baze, Itsinthepost rallied between runners in the stretch to win by a head over Prime Attraction, a 7-1 shot. The win left owners Jed Cohen and his family and trainer Jeff Mullins considering a start in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 4 for Itsinthepost, a 5-year-old French-bred gelding.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Significant Form eased the pain of being disqualified from victory in a maiden race at Saratoga with a good-looking, one-length triumph in Sunday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Miss Grillo Stakes at Belmont Park that likely will lead to a start in the Breeders’ Cup next month at Del Mar.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Curlin’s Approval successfully passed her final test in advance of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, drawing away to a 4 3/4-length victory over Money Or Love and five other overmatched rivals in Sunday’s Barely Even Handicap, one of four $50,000 stakes on closing day of the Gulfstream Park summer meet.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Stellar Wind, the leading older female in California, worked five furlongs in 1:02.40 at Santa Anita on Sunday for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar on Nov. 3.

Trainer John Sadler timed Stellar Wind in a quicker 1:01. He described the workout as “beautiful.”

Stellar Wind won the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on July 30 in her last start. Sadler said he plans to work Stellar Wind four more times before the BC Distaff. The last of those workouts, tentatively scheduled for Oct. 29, could be at Del Mar, he said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Two Grade 1 wins on the same day would be a career-defining afternoon for most trainers.

For Hall of Famer Richard Mandella, two Grade 1 wins on Saturday’s program at Santa Anita made for his best day of 2017 – but brought him only halfway to a personal milestone. On Saturday, Paradise Woods won the Zenyatta Stakes, while Avenge won the Rodeo Drive Stakes.

Remarkably, Mandella’s best day came in 2003, when he won four Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup races on the same program at Santa Anita, led by Pleasantly Perfect in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

This could be a good weekend for English trainer John Gosden. It certainly has started that way.

On Friday at Newmarket Racecourse, Juliet Capulet (9-1) edged 2-1 favorite Nyaleti by a head in the Group 2, $146,000 Rockfel Stakes over seven furlongs. On Sunday at Chantilly Racecourse in France, the Gosden-trained Enable is favored in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Europe’s top race.

Ransom the Moon secured a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 4 with a win in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at that track in July.

On Oct. 7, Ransom the Moon can solidify his status among the nation’s sprinters when he has a final prep race for the BC Sprint in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Sprint Championship at six furlongs. The $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship is the final Grade 1 prep race for Breeders’ Cup races at Santa Anita’s autumn meeting.