ARCADIA, Calif. – Unbridled’s Note joined the list of contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 3 with a sharp win in his turf debut in Friday’s $100,000 Eddie D Stakes.

Unbridled’s Note had no difficulty handling the surface or the unique layout of the hillside turf course at Santa Anita, winning the about 6 1/2-furlong race by 1 1/4 lengths over Chosen Miracle. The importance of the win was not lost on Scott Blasi, trainer Steve Asmussen’s assistant.

Steeler gamely won the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday by one length over Artigiano. Steeler, by Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Raven’s Pass, gained a fees-paid berth into the BC Juvenile Turf, the Royal Lodge being a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, but trainer Mark Johnston said the Racing Post Trophy would be Steeler’s primary fall objective. Steeler, ridden by Kieren Fallon, has won three of his five starts.

Groupie Doll had her final work toward the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes when breezing a swift half-mile Saturday morning in 46.20 seconds over the main track at Churchill Downs.

“She went about two seconds faster than I wanted,” said trainer Buff Bradley. “Three horses broke off right behind her and that pumped her up, but she relaxed once she got away from them. We’ll just go real easy with her the rest of the week.”

Trainer Charlie Lopresti said Wise Dan remains “on the fence” for the Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland on Saturday after having his first workout since romping to victory in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile.

Lopresti said he and Morton Fink, the owner-breeder of Wise Dan, will “have a long talk in the next few days” about whether to run Wise Dan in the Grade 1, $750,000 Shadwell, the richest race of the 17-day Keeneland fall meet that starts Friday.

Snow Fairy, one of the favorites for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe next weekend, and an eagerly anticipated runner in the Breeders’ Cup, won’t race again in 2012 after suffering an undisclosed injury during a workout on Friday in England.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Unbridled’s Note won his turf debut in Friday’s $100,000 Eddie D Stakes at Santa Anita, earning a trip to the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint here on Nov. 3.

Ridden by Corey Nakatani, Unbridled’s Note ($8) was always near the front, and took the lead in the final furlong to win by 1 1/4 lengths over 12-1 Chosen Miracle. Mensa Heat, a 16-1 shot, finished third in the field of 12.

Unbridled’s Note was a slight favorite. He ran about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course in 1:12.45.

The $250,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship on Saturday is expected to be led by Amazombie, the winner of the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Churchill Downs and the champion sprinter last year.

Amazombie won the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar on July 29 in his last start.

The six-furlong Santa Anita Sprint Championship is part of the Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In program, offering a fees-paid berth he Breeders’ Cup Sprint to the winner.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Off-the-board finishes last out will not prevent Slim Shadey and Turbo Compressor from entering the Grade 2 John Henry Turf Championship as key contenders Sunday at Santa Anita.

It will be a different story Nov. 3 in the Breeders’ Cup Turf. The field will be stronger, the distance longer, and Bourbon Bay and Casino Host will be fully cranked after using the $150,000 John Henry as their tune-up prep.

The urgency Sunday is greater for Slim Shadey and Turbo Compressor.

Battle of Marengo, who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Trial at Leopardstown, can move closer to a potential trip to California for the Breeders’ Cup in November when he starts in Sunday’s Group 2 Beresford Stakes at the Curragh in Ireland.

Trained by Aidan O’Brien, Battle of Marengo is part of a field of five in the Beresford Stakes, which is run over a mile for 2-year-olds and worth approximately $117,600. The turf course at the Curragh is expected to be soft to heavy on Sunday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The $400,000 Kelso Handicap may officially be labeled a Grade 2 race, but it drew a Grade 1 field led by Woodward winner To Honor and Serve and Metropolitan Handicap winner Shackleford.

The Kelso, which last year was moved from the turf to one mile on the dirt, is a Win and You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita on Nov. 3.

Shackleford earned his way into the BC Dirt Mile by winning the Met Mile here in May by a nose over Caleb’s Posse, the winner of last year’s BC Dirt Mile who is now retired.