Gary Barber, head of the legendary MGM Studios, will be front and center at Keeneland on Friday and Saturday to watch three horses carry his fortunes in Breeders’ Cup events. But unless he wins, and there’s always that chance, the Breeders’ Cup will be only the second-most-exciting event of his week.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Led by Breeders’ Cup Challenge Win and You’re In race winners Catch a Glimpse and Harmonize, a field of 14, plus an also-eligible, were drawn Monday afternoon for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland on Friday.

The speedy Catch a Glimpse, a five-length winner of the Grade 2 Natalma at Woodbine on Sept. 12, drew well in post 4, with just a furlong run to the first of two turns in the one-mile turf race for 2-year-old fillies.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Keeneland turf course could easily be rated soft for the Breeders’ Cup grass races Friday and Saturday if mid-week rain falls as forecast, according to Keeneland track superintendent Javier Barajas.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Several prominent horses landed potentially tricky posts when 11 of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races to be run Friday and Saturday at Keeneland were drawn early Monday afternoon, including Karakontie, who will again have to overcome an outside draw if he is to repeat in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, and Nyquist, who will have to start from post 13 in a bid to remain undefeated in the Juvenile.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – With American Pharoah completing his serious training for the Breeders’ Cup Classic in California, BEHOLDER has commanded the most attention at Keeneland since her arrival from the West Coast a week ago. Her much-anticipated final work for the Classic came here Monday, and the popular mare did not disappoint her legion of fans while headlining a list of 15 potential Breeders’ Cup starters who breezed over the dirt and turf throughout the morning.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A murky picture for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf got even murkier on Monday, as the likely favorites landed the two outside posts in an overflow field.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Likely favorite Cavorting was assigned the far outside post in a full gate of 14 when entries were drawn Monday at Keeneland for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.

Cavorting will be coming off victories in the Grade 1 Test and Grade 2 Prioress when trying to buck history for Stonestreet Stables and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. Irad Ortiz Jr. will be back aboard for the seven-furlong Filly and Mare Sprint, which goes as the fifth of 12 Saturday races (post time, 1:25 p.m. Eastern).

LEXINGTON, Ky. – As fast as Smooth Roller got to the Breeders’ Cup Classic, he’s taking the slow route there this week.

Smooth Roller has made just four starts, all since June, and in that time went from being an unraced maiden to the winner of the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita last time out. That victory that gave him a fees-paid berth in the $5 million Classic on Saturday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Like most natives of Lexington, Ky., trainer Kiaran McLaughlin is happy to see that after more than three decades, the Breeders’ Cup has finally come to this city’s historic racetrack, Keeneland.

McLaughlin’s six siblings, their spouses, and his mother will be in attendance for the two-day event Friday and Saturday. But what really has McLaughlin jazzed about the 32nd Breeders’ Cup is the four-horse contingent he is bringing, all of whom have a reasonable chance to win their respective races.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Sticksstatelydude was withheld from Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile due to a tendon strain in his right foreleg, trainer and co-owner Greg Burchell said Monday, hours before entries were due.

“It’s not bad, but it’s something that could be a problem if I go ahead with him,” Burchell said. “We’ll go ahead and shoot for his 3-year-old year.”