ARCADIA, Calif. – Officially, John Johny Jak worked seven furlongs in 1:26.60 at Hollywood Park last Saturday. What the time does not reflect is a moment of suspense attached to the workout, the 4-year-old’s last before Saturday’s $150,000 Oak Tree Mile at Santa Anita.

Midway through the workout, a horse from a different stable working in front of John Johny Jak had its exercise disrupted by a slipped saddle. That forced trainer Kristin Mulhall, who was working John Johny Jak, to take evasive action to prevent a collision.

Zenyatta, the Horse of the Year for 2010, will be the focus of a fund-raising event at Churchill Downs on the first day of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Friday, Nov. 4.

Tickets for the event, whose elements will include lunch, a hospitality suite, and after-party, range from $40 to $170. Zenyatta will be seen on a live video feed from her stable at Lane’s End Farm.

Proceeds will benefit the Breeders’ Cup Charities. More information is available at www.zenyattashop.com.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Throughout the year, owner Bud Johnston and trainer Don Warren have debated which races to run Acclamation in, and at every turn, their decision has been spot-on, Acclamation's win streak reaching five in the Clement Hirsch Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita.

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By getting so good, so fast, the 3-year-old German filly Danedream might have run herself out of a start in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin’s stable isn’t known for winning with first-time starters. So when Alpha rolled to a six-length victory in his debut at Saratoga on Sept. 3, it was noteworthy.

Just how good a horse Alpha is will be better known Saturday, when he makes the leap into stakes company in the Grade 1, $300,000 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park going one mile. The Champagne is a Win and You’re In race, meaning the winner gets a paid trip to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 5.

General-admission tickets for this year’s two-day Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Churchill Downs became available for purchase online on Monday at a $5 discount to the walk-up ticket prices.

The tickets, available at the Breeders’ Cup’s website, cost $10 for general admission on Friday, Nov. 4, and $20 for Saturday’s card. The Friday card includes six Breeders’ Cup races, capped by the $2 million Ladies Classic, and the Saturday card includes nine Breeders’ Cup races, concluding with the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Saturday, Oct. 1 | Sunday, Oct. 2

Belmont

Cape Blanco, who won Saturday’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic and was a leading contender for the Breeders’ Cup Turf, has been retired from racing after veterinarians discovered a slab fracture in his knee after the race.

The 4-year-old Galileo colt’s stud plans haven’t been announced yet.

Saturday, Oct. 1 | Sunday, Oct. 2

Parx

ARCADIA, Calif.- The closer the calendar gets to November, the more the outlook on the season changes for the people surrounding the unbeaten 2-year-old filly Weemissfrankie.

After winning the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante in her stakes debut last month, Weemissfrankie made her first start around two turns, and first start on a dirt track in Sunday’s $250,000 Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita.