LEXINGTON, Ky. – The depth of competition that’s so frequently in evidence at Keeneland may become absurd Wednesday when the Grade 3 Jessamine Stakes is run for the 26th time.

Fourteen 2-year-old fillies will vie for a Win and You’re In berth in the Nov. 4 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita, and more than half rate a reasonable chance at victory in the 1 1/16-mile turf race. The balance of the lineup is typified by the uncoupled George Weaver duo of Majestic Bonnie and Zero Zee, both maiden winners at Saratoga this summer.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Gloryzapper had a narrow lead with a furlong to go in Sunday’s $101,035 L.A. Woman Stakes at Santa Anita, an ideal position from trainer Phil D’Amato’s perspective.

“I like her in that scenario,” D’Amato said. “When she gets her head in front, she loves to fight them off.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. – I’m a Chatterbox came through as the 2-5 favorite Sunday in easily winning the 61st running of the Grade 1, $500,000 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland to stamp her ticket to the Breeders’ Cup.

With a perfect trip under Florent Geroux, I’m a Chatterbox put the 1 1/8-mile race away shortly after straightening for home, winning by seven lengths over Paid Up Subscriber. Genre was another five lengths back in third in a field of just five fillies and mares.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - If you're a Casse, the future looks so bright that you ought to wear shades.

Keep Quiet won the Grade 3, $250,000 Bourbon Stakes Sunday afternoon at Keeneland, giving trainer Mark Casse's operation its fourth graded stakes win with a 2-year-old in 24 hours.

ARCADIA, Calif.- In the morning and afternoon on Saturday, trainer Bob Baffert had his top hopes for the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint on display at Santa Anita.

Drefong, winner of the King’s Bishop Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 27, worked a half-mile in 46.80 seconds. In the afternoon, Lord Nelson won his third consecutive Grade 1 in the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The first- and third-place finishes by Vyjack and Obviously in Saturday’s $201,725 City of Hope Mile gives trainer Phil D’Amato a strong roster of candidates for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, or a chance to diversify his team in other Breeders’ Cup races.

Sunday, D’Amato said Vyjack and Obviously will be considered for the BC Mile, but that Vyjack is also a candidate for the $1 million BC Dirt Mile on Nov. 4, and Obviously may be pre-entered in the $1 million BC Turf Sprint on Nov. 5.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Vyjack ran a mile on turf in course-record time of 1:31.69 in Saturday’s $201,725 City of Hope Mile at Santa Anita. The victory will prompt discussions regarding a Breeders’ Cup race goal for the 6-year-old Vyjack here in four weeks – the $1 million Dirt Mile on Nov. 4, or the $2 million Mile on turf on Nov. 5.

Before the race, trainer Phil D’Amato said he preferred the Dirt Mile. The win in the Grade 2 City of Hope Mile may have changed the outlook.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – She did it again.

Miss Temple City outran the boys Saturday in winning the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile, completing a rare sweep of the two showcase races for older horses held annually on the Keeneland turf.

Rated just off the pace by Edgar Prado, Miss Temple City overtook 62-1 shot Pleuven after turning for home and withstood a torrid late rush by Ironicus to capture the Grade 1 race by a head. Tourist was a half-length behind in third and Mondialiste was another length back in fourth.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Curlin’s Fox won 3 of 8 starts in 2015, a season remembered as much for disappointments as  triumphs.

This year, Curlin’s Fox is having a brighter campaign. After finishing second in her first start of the year in an optional claimer at Del Mar on Sept. 1, Curlin’s Fox won the second stakes of her career in Saturday’s $75,880 Swingtime Stakes for fillies and mares at a mile on turf at Santa Anita.

Curlin’s Fox finished 1 1/2 lengths in front of Kitcat, a Chilean import who is scheduled to start in the Breeders’ Cup Mile here on Sept. 5.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Baseball isn’t the only game of inches.

Fans of the horse Syndergaard  -  including the New York Mets pitcher for whom he was named and who was in attendance Saturday at Belmont Park - were reminded of that as Practical Joke, after a furlong battle, got his nose down on the wire in front of Syndergaard to win the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne.