MIAMI – Trainer David Fawkes said Sheer Drama will have her final work for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at Gulfstream Park West. Fawkes did not work Sheer Drama last weekend after having sent her out to breeze five furlongs on each of the last three Sundays dating to Sept. 20.

“She’s doing great, so I’m just going to two-minute lick her this week, probably on Thursday, with her final work for the Breeders’ Cup scheduled for the 21st,” said Fawkes.

Sheer Drama is listed as the 3-1 favorite by Daily Racing Form linemaker Brad Free for the Distaff.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A consultation with attending veterinarian Robert Hunt was planned for early this week to determine whether Ageless can resume training soon enough to make the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, trainer Arnaud Delacour said Monday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Salama didn’t win her North American debut Saturday, but trainer Charlie LoPresti was pleased nonetheless with how the 3-year-old filly performed when closing stoutly to be second behind Lavender Chrissie in a 1 1/8-mile optional claimer at Keeneland. Salama earned a 79 Beyer Speed Figure and will run next as a longshot in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.

“That’s just what we were setting her up for,” said LoPresti.

In June, Salama won a Win and You’re In race in Peru, where she had raced eight times before being sent to LoPresti at Keeneland this summer.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Noted racing-surface specialist Mick Peterson was scheduled to return to Keeneland early this week to reassess the safety of the main track in the wake of four fatal equine breakdowns during the meet as the Breeders’ Cup approaches.

Breeders’ Cup Sprint candidate Ivan Fallunovalot is scheduled to work over the weekend at his Remington Park base, trainer Tom Howard said. It will be the horse’s first breeze since winning the $151,650 Remington Park Sprint Cup on Sept. 27.

Howard said Ivan Fallunovalot’s final work for the Breeders’ Cup will be around Oct. 25. From there, assuming he gets into the Sprint, he will ship to Keeneland for the Oct. 31 race.

“We’ll try to move over, providing everything goes as planned, a day or two after the work,” Howard said. “We might ship the 26th or the 27th.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Smooth Roller, the winner of the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 26, will have his first start outside of California in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland on Oct. 31, a race jockey Tyler Baze wishes would arrive sooner.

“I can’t wait,” he said. “I think he’ll be competitive and he’ll be right there.”

On Saturday at Santa Anita, Smooth Roller worked a half-mile in 48.20 seconds under Baze, the 4-year-old gelding’s first workout since the Awesome Again Stakes.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Rock Fall, a multiple Grade 1 winner who figured as one of the favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint on Oct. 31, was euthanized after suffering a catastrophic leg injury while galloping out from a workout Saturday on the main track at Keeneland.

The 4-year-old colt had just completed a moderate breeze, going five furlongs in 1:02.80 in company, when he fell past the wire. Sources reported no major injuries to the exercise rider or other horses.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer David Jacobson will double down on this year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint as he plans to run both Salutos Amigos and Stallwalkin’ Dude in the $1.5 million race Oct. 31 at Keeneland.

Salutos Amigos and Stallwalkin’ Dude were a head apart when second and third behind Rock Fall in the Grade 1 Vosburgh at Belmont Park on Sept. 26. Afterward, Jacobson said he definitely was planning to send Salutos Amigos to the Breeders’ Cup, but he hedged on what he was going to do with Stallwalkin’ Dude. He has opted to give that 5-year-old gelding by City Place the chance to run.

ARCADIA, Calif. – While American Pharoah and Beholder were the major names working at Santa Anita on Friday morning, the unbeaten 2-year-old colt Nyquist stayed on course for his appearance in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Oct. 31 at Keeneland with an easy half-mile work in 52 seconds for trainer Doug O’Neill.

“Just a little leg-stretcher,” O’Neill said. “He two-minute licked around there and came the last half-mile in 52 seconds. He looks fantastic.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Few horses in Breeders’ Cup history have won in more amazing fashion than Bobby’s Kitten. A Ken and Sarah Ramsey homebred, Bobby’s Kitten passed 13 horses in the stretch run of the Turf Sprint last year at Santa Anita, giving the Ramseys their third BC winner.

Things haven’t gone so well for Bobby’s Kitten this year, but that won’t preclude the 4-year-old from defending his title Oct. 31 in the BC Turf Sprint at Keeneland.