ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Arlington Million winner The Pizza Man will be supplemented to the Breeders’ Cup Turf at a cost of $100,000, co-owner and breeder Rich Papiese said on Wednesday, and to get to that $3 million race, The Pizza Man will go to Laurel Park.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Avanzare returned from a layoff of nearly seven months to win his second consecutive Grade 2 stakes in Sunday’s $201,250 Del Mar Mile. The win left jockey Gary Stevens thinking he has found a mount for the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 31.

Stevens guided Avanzare from off the pace with a five-wide rally to score a mild upset, paying $15.40. Avanzare was seventh for most of the race, and rallied late to finish a half-length in front of 5-2 Talco.

Asked if Avanzare belongs in the BC Mile, Stevens had a quick answer. “Definitely,” he said.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Appealing Tale, who won the first stakes of his career in the $245,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday, may not start again until the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 30.

The 5-year-old Appealing Tale earned a fees-paid berth for the BC Dirt Mile with the win in the Grade 2 O’Brien Stakes at seven furlongs. Sunday, trainer Peter Miller said he does not have firm plans of how he wants to prepare Appealing Tale for the Dirt Mile.

“We’ve got to figure out whether to train him up to the Breeders’ Cup or run him in between,” he said.

DEL MAR, Calif. - The absence of the $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship at the Santa Anita autumn meeting this year has left several California trainers scrambling on ways to prepare their marathon turf horses for potential starts in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Oct. 31.

It shows how deeply Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has worked his way into our collective racing consciousness that after Honor Code’s thrilling decision over Liam’s Map in the Whitney a few weeks ago and Beholder’s sensational score over males in Saturday’s Pacific Classic, the most popular topic of discussion from the general racing public was how American Pharoah might have fared against those horses in those races.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Beholder, who scored a dazzling victory against males in the Pacific Classic on Saturday, pulled up “better than I did,” trainer Richard Mandella said at his Del Mar barn on Sunday morning.

 “That was very, very exciting,” Mandella said. “She came out of the race in great shape. We went to the Rancho Valencia after the race. I had a drink called the Bourbon Beast that I found very interesting.”

The Pacific Classic celebrated its silver anniversary on Saturday at Del Mar with a platinum-level performance, as Beholder, the only mare in the 10-horse field, became the first female to win the Grade 1, $1 million race with an authoritative, 8 1/4-length victory that immediately brought forth questions to trainer Richard Mandella if the Breeders’ Cup Classic was possible.

 “Everything’s possible,” Mandella said. “but I’m just gonna enjoy the hell out of this.”

DEL MAR, Calif. - A winter rest for Big John B led to a win in Saturday’s $250,750 Del Mar Handicap.

Closing from last in a field of eight, Big John B rallied four-wide entering the stretch and caught leader Ashleyluvssugar in the final strides to win the Grade 2 race at 1 3/8 miles on turf for the second consecutive year.

The Del Mar Handicap was Big John B’s fourth start, and richest win, of a 2015 campaign that began in late April. He did not start from late November of last year until April 25.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Trainer Richard Mandella got into the Hall of Fame back in 2001, and he has spent the years since reminding everybody of why he got there in the first place. There has been no decline in his ability, no diminution in his passion to excel, and every decision he makes is done with plenty of forethought.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Three months ago, Finnegans Wake would have been an odds-on favorite to win a race such as Saturday’s $250,000 Del Mar Handicap. He had four wins in graded stakes on turf in the preceding six months and was rising in the national turf division.