Two developments last week dramatically changed the complexion of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

First, the connections of Champagne runner-up Honor Code announced on Oct. 10 that they would skip the Breeders’ Cup and point to the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct on Nov. 30.

Fresh off Kitten’s Dumplings’s victory in Saturday’s Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Keeneland, Ken Ramsey – who owns her with his wife, Sarah – has an even more prestigious race in mind for the filly: the Grade 1, $2 Million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 2.

“Absolutely,” he said, when asked if she was running.

Paynter, in his first work since finishing a distant second to Mucho Macho Man in the Awesome Again Stakes on Sept. 28, went five furlongs Monday morning at Santa Anita, a drill that left trainer Bob Baffert upbeat. Paynter is scheduled to join stablemate Game On Dude in the gate for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita.

“He really put in a good work,” Baffert said. “He did it the right way.”

Martin Garcia, who will ride Paynter in the Classic, was aboard.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The late bloomer Phil’s Dream ($20) emerged from the pack in the stretch to win the $340,400 Nearctic Stakes going away under Justin Stein at Woodbine on Sunday.

The Grade 1 Nearctic is a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In qualifier for the BC Turf Sprint on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita, but Phil’s Dream is not BC-eligible, and owner/trainer Paul Buttigieg said he has no plans to supplement the 5-year-old gelding to the race.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Tap It Rich, an impressive winner in his career debut over one mile Saturday, might start in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita on Nov. 2.

Trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday that he wants to observe Tap It Rich in the next week before finalizing plans. Baffert said he and his clients, Fog City Stable, would give the BC Juvenile “some serious thought if [Tap It Rich] trains well.”

A decision must be made by Oct. 21, the day pre-entries are due for Breeders’ Cup races.

ELMONT, N.Y. – John Velazquez got reacquainted with one old friend and was introduced to a new buddy Sunday morning at Belmont Park, as preparations continued for next month’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita.

Velazquez worked multiple Grade 1 winner Point of Entry five furlongs in 1:01.20 on Sunday over the Belmont turf, a solid move that appears to have Point of Entry on schedule for the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 2.

MIAMI – Scandalous Act completed her sweep of the fillies’ division of the Florida Stallion Stakes with a 5 3/4-length victory over Quinnkat in Saturday’s $300,000 My Dear Girl Stakes at Calder.

But Kathleen O’Connell’s bid to become the first trainer to sweep both divisions of the Stallion Stakes fell short after My Brown Eyed Guy stopped badly and finished ninth and last behind Best Plan Yet in the $300,000 In Reality Stakes.

ELMONT, N.Y. – While her connections were not prepared to make it official Saturday, all indications are that Princess of Sylmar is headed to the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita on Nov. 1.

Mucho Macho Man, in his first work since capturing the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes two weeks ago, went a half-mile in company at Santa Anita on Saturday, the first of three breezes scheduled by trainer Kathy Ritvo as final preparation for the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 2.

Also Saturday, another Classic contender, Moreno, went a half-mile in 48 seconds.

Ritvo said she caught Mucho Macho Man in 47.70 seconds, “but I caught the finish a little late, so he went quicker than that,” she said. Track clockers gave him a time of 47.40.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Tamarando, the winner of the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity on Sept. 4, will not run in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita on Nov. 2 but will start in the $200,000 Golden State Juvenile on Nov. 1, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said.

Hollendorfer said the decision is based on the Breeders’ Cup’s policy of banning the use of the anti-bleeder medication Lasix in the BC Juvenile and other 2-year-old races Nov. 1-2.

“We can’t use Lasix and don’t want to chance him bleeding in that race and sacrificing some of his career,” Hollendorfer said.