The smallest field among the graded stakes Saturday at Santa Anita will be the Zenyatta Stakes for fillies and mares over 1 1/16 miles.

Beholder, the two-time champion, will be a heavy favorite against Iotapa, Tiz Midnight, and stablemate Tiz the Key. Trainer Richard Mandella said he plans to run Tiz the Key to give the filly a chance in a Grade 1 race.

Tiz the Key was a troubled 11^th in the Grade 2 San Clemente Handicap on turf in July. She won her only career start on dirt, a maiden race at Santa Anita in April.

ARCADIA, Calif. - American Pharoah went from a fifth-place finish in a maiden race in his debut in early August to the winner’s circle of the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity in his second start on Sept. 3.

The next leap is equally as significant, a start in Saturday’s $300,000 FrontRunner Stakes over 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita. The Grade 1 FrontRunner can confirm American Pharoah’s status as a top 2-year-old, and move him closer to a potential start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita on Nov. 1.

BENSALEM, Pa. - As he watched on television his 3-year-old Bayern dominate Saturday’s Grade 2, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby-  a field that included Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome - trainer Bob Baffert had a flashback.

“When he crossed the wire the first thing in my mind, ‘There’s little Dude,’ ” Baffert said from his home in Southern California.

Baffert was referring to Game On Dude, his multiple Grade 1-winning gelding whose retirement was announced this week.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Thank You Marylou might well have run herself into the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint by posting a breakthrough victory Saturday in the Grade 3, $112,000 Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs.

With Miguel Mena aboard, and wearing blinkers for the first time, Thank You Marylou had a perfect outside stalking trip before gliding clear to win the seven-furlong Dogwood by 6 1/2 lengths.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Garry Simms has won with five of his last eight starters at Churchill Downs and elsewhere, but he hasn’t been around to go to the winner’s circle. He has the future to consider.

Simms has been making a conscious effort to conserve his precious energy to shop at the Keeneland yearling sale.

“I’ve bought five of them for a little more than a half-million dollars,” Simms, a Churchill-based trainer since 1992, said Thursday evening.

German star Sea the Moon, the antepost betting favorite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe before a surprising defeat Sept. 7 in the Grosser Preis von Baden, has been retired because of an injury.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trade Storm, who was third in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile to Wise Dan last season, changed his fortunes in this year’s $1,053,200 edition of the race with a half-length victory over Kaigun.

Trainer David Simcock said the pace setup on Sunday – and the notable absence of Wise Dan – suited Trade Storm much better this time around.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario—Trade Storm, the lone European shipper in the field, rallied effectively after emerging from traffic to win Sunday’s Grade 1, $1,053,200 Woodbine Mile, a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In qualifier.

Trade Storm ($11.10) got a patient ride from Jamie Spencer, who bided his time along the inside at the back of the pack through the turn. After awaiting room early in the lane, Trade Storm closed between rivals in the final furlong to prevail by a half-length over a charging Kaigun.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario— Deceptive Vision benefited from a patient ride from Eurico da Silva to win her first stakes Sunday at Woodbine in the Grade 2 Canadian, a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In qualifier.

Cursory Glance won the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes at The Curragh in Ireland by a neck over Lucida, giving trainer Roger Varian and jockey Andre Atzeni their second Group 1 victory in 24 hours. Saturday at Doncaster in England, the pair teamed to win the St. Leger with favored Kingston Hill.