ARCADIA, Calif. – A win by Big Bane Theory in the Grade 2 City of Hope Stakes for turf milers at Santa Anita on Saturday may not result in an automatic appearance in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile on Nov. 1.

On Sunday, trainer Carla Gaines was non-committal about plans for Big Bane Theory, who won his first stakes in his 11th start. Aside from the BC Mile, another option is the $250,000 Seabiscuit Handicap over 1 1/16 miles on turf Nov. 28 at Del Mar, a race known as the Citation Handicap when run in past years at the now-closed Hollywood Park.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Big Bane Theory is rounding into career-best form at an ideal time this fall.

Saturday, Big Bane Theory won the first stakes of his career in the $201,500 City of Hope Stakes over a mile on turf. The victory could lead to a start in the Breeders’ Cup Mile here on Nov. 1.

Big Bane Theory was ridden by Joe Talamo, his third win on turf on Saturday at Santa Anita. Sent off favored, Big Bane Theory ($7.60) raced on the rail throughout. Talamo had Big Bane Theory in fifth on the backstretch and closed steadily on the turn to take the lead in early stretch.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The world traveler in Rich Tapestry took to American racing easily in Saturday’s $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship.

Starting in his third country this year, Rich Tapestry scored an upset win in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Sprint Championship, catching stretch leader, and 4-5 favorite, Goldencents in the final stride to win the six-furlong race by a nose. Ridden by Olivier Doleuze, Rich Tapestry ran six furlongs in 1:07.57 on a track that played quick all day.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Carpe Diem ran like he was indeed worth a million bucks in winning Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland on Saturday.

A $1.6 million purchase at the Ocala Breeders Sales Company sale in March, Carpe Diem pushed his record to 2 for 2 in winning the Breeder’s Futurity by 6 1/4 lengths, stamping himself as a one of the leading contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 1 at Santa Anita.

ELMONT, N.Y. -- The East Coast 2-year-old filly division got turned upside down Saturday as By the Moon, a well-beaten second in the Grade 1 Spinaway in the slop at Saratoga, splashed her way to a 2 1/4-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park.

Wonder Gal finished second, a length ahead of Feathered.

CYPRESS, Calif. -- California Chrome, in his first workout since finishing sixth in the Pennsylvania Derby two weeks earlier, went a half-mile in 47.40 seconds on Saturday morning at Los Alamitos with his regular jockey, Victor Espinoza.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Peace and War rallied from well off a hot pace to post a 23-1 upset Friday in the 63rd running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Darley Alcibiades Stakes as Keeneland unveiled its new dirt surface on opening day of the fall meet.

Making her North American debut after three races in England, Peace and War came from second-to-last in a field of 12 to win the 1 1/16-mile race by a half-length over Top Decile. Julien Leparoux was aboard for the Qatar Racing of Robert Levitt and trainer Olly Stevens.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland officials say one of their primary objectives in switching the main track back to dirt was to entice the top-flight horses who were dodging them when Polytrack was the main surface.

And just like that, Close Hatches, the leader of the filly and mare handicap division, will be here Sunday to run in one of the track’s long-standing signature events, the Grade 1, $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes.

Trainer Doug O’Neill, recently suspended by the New York State Gaming Commission for a medication violation and facing potential additional sanctions from the California Horse Racing Board, will be prohibited from pre-entering horses in the Breeders’ Cup, the Breeders’ Cup announced Friday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – As he gets back on his preferred surface, the promising Danny Boy may be flying under the radar against a field that includes three stakes winners in the Grade 3, $250,000 Dixiana Bourbon Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on Keeneland’s turf.

The race is a Win and You’re In qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf on Oct. 31 at Santa Anita.