Turf milers? Bill Mott’s got ’em this year, and if things break the right way, Mott could have three starters in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland.

Tourist and Seek Again race Saturday in the Shadwell Turf Mile, a course and distance prep for the BC Mile, and strong showings by either will lead to a trip to the big dance. Waiting in the wings, and training at Saratoga, is Lea, who exits a second-place finish in the Woodbine Mile on Sept. 13 and will come into the BC Mile a relatively fresh horse.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Maybe she hasn’t seen enough horses get shut off or shuffled back after breaking from the inside post in sprint races. Or maybe it’s her willful exuberance and youth that can overcome all.

Whatever the case, Maria Borell is refreshingly optimistic that nothing can stop Runhappy in his march toward greatness – not even post 1 in a lineup jammed with opposing speed.

“I believe in my horse,” said Borell, a 31-year-old trainer with all of four career wins.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Big fields were entered Tuesday for the opening-day features of the Keeneland fall meet, the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades and Grade 3 Phoenix, back-to-back stakes that anchor a 10-race Friday card.

The $250,000 Phoenix drew a field of 12 and presents a fascinating matchup between horses drawn on opposite ends of the starting gate: Runhappy (post 1), entered off his blazing victory in the King’s Bishop Stakes, and Work All Week (post 12), the defending champion in the North American sprint division.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Sheer Drama, the leading Breeders’ Cup candidate on the Gulfstream Park grounds, continues to work forwardly for her role as one of the favorites in the BC Distaff, breezing five furlongs in 1:00.73 on Sunday, with her final half-mile in a dazzling 46.40 seconds. She galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.79.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown finished one-two in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf with Dayatthespa and Stephanie’s Kitten. On Saturday, he will try to finalize his lineup for this year’s Filly and Mare Turf when he sends out four runners in the Grade 1, $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes at Belmont Park.

Brown’s Flower Bowl roster comprises Stephanie’s Kitten, last year’s Flower Bowl winner; Watsdachances, elevated to first in the Grade 1 Beverly D.; Dacita, the winner of the Grade 2 Ballston Spa in her 2015 and U.S. debut; and Rosalind.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Ivan Fallunovalot is back in triple-digit Beyer Speed Figure territory following his win Sunday in the $150,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup, earning a 101 in his final prep for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. It is the fifth triple-digit Beyer in six starts this year for Ivan Fallunovalot.

In the Sprint Cup, Ivan Fallunovalot settled into a stalking position before going on to a 2 1/2-length win. He covered six furlongs in a quick 1:08.42 while collecting his third stakes win of the year.

“What a great horse,” said trainer Tom Howard. “He answers it every time.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Strut the Course earned a berth in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf by virtue of her win in the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes here Sept. 13, but trainer Barb Minshall said Strut the Course will bypass the Breeders’ Cup in favor of the Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes.

The E.P. Taylor carries a purse of $500,000 and will be run over 1 1/4 miles on turf at Woodbine on Oct. 18.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Enough of this conquering stakes up and down the West Coast.

Alert Bay, the winner of Sunday’s $200,750 City of Hope Mile at Santa Anita, is bound for Kentucky and the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 31.

“This race should let us look at that,” said trainer Blaine Wright. “He wasn’t blowing too hard.”

Alert Bay ($10.80) closed from fifth of eight to win the Grade 2 City of Hope Mile by a length over 18-1 pacesetter Big Cazanova. Avanzare, the 8-5 favorite, and the winner of the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile in August, finished third.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Flutterby won her third stakes in her last four starts and may have earned herself a trip to the Breeders’ Cup in the process after leading nearly every step of the way en route to a three-quarter length victory over the 4-5favorite  Kiss to Remember in Sunday’s $75,000  Elegance Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Ivan Fallunovalot ran a powerful race Sunday in his final prep for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, when he darted to a 2 1/2- length win over Candip in the $150,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup. Ivan Fallunovalot covered six furlongs in a quick 1:08.42.

The Sprint Cup was one of seven stakes on a card led by the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby.