Even before the defection of Tizway, owner Rick Porter said he was considering running his top older filly Havre de Grace in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Ultimately, Porter and trainer Larry Jones decided to stay in next Saturday’s Grade 1, $350,000 Beldame Invitational against females.

Porter said he and Jones preferred the shorter distance of the Beldame, run at 1 1/8 miles, while hoping the race would be an easier spot to prepare for the Breeders’ Cup – whether it be the Classic against males or the Ladies’ Classic against females.

Lyric of Light earned an automatic berth for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4, and a low future-book price for the 2012 English 1000 Guineas, after winning Friday’s Group 1 Shadwell Fillies’ Mile for 2-year-olds at Newmarket, England.

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MIAMI – Friday was decision day for owner Shivananda Parboo and his father, trainer Bisnath Parboo, regarding the upcoming itineraries of stable stars Giant Ryan and Trinniberg. They finally made plans after both horses had finished cooling out about two hours after each worked a half-mile over a fast Calder strip.

“Trinniberg will ship to New York on Sunday and likely run in the Champagne,” the younger Parboo confirmed. “Giant Ryan will stay here and skip the Vosburgh, which was our original intention although he’s still on target to run in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.”

Acclamation is back in the Breeders’ Cup picture following a change in plans that call for California’s top older horse to make his next start Oct. 2 at Santa Anita rather than travel to Woodbine.

Trainer Don Warren said Friday that Acclamation will stay home and run in the Grade 2, $150,000 Clement L. Hirsch at Santa Anita next Sunday. A previously planned ship to Woodbine for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Canadian International on Oct. 16 was scrapped because of complicated shipping arrangements.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Though Tizway will miss next Saturday’s $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, trainer James Bond still plans to point the Horse of the Year contender to the Breeders’ Cup Classic at 1 1/4 miles on Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.

Bond said the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile – for which Tizway has already earned an automatic berth by virtue of his Metropolitan Handicap victory in May – is not a race he is considering.

ELMONT, N.Y. − When looking for a spot to prep Pomeroys Pistol for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, owner and trainer Amy Tarrant didn’t want something that was going to be too easy.

With the Breeders’ Cup having been expanded this year to 15 races, six of the races will run Friday and nine – including the Classic – on Saturday, when the event is run for the 28th time Nov. 4-5 at Churchill Downs, the Breeders’ Cup announced Thursday.

In addition, the Breeders’ Cup announced an expanded menu of wagers, most notably a new pick five with a 50-cent minimum both days, 10-cent superfectas, and a pick six for both days that can carry over to Saturday is no one hits it Friday.

Trainer Michael Stoute, a regular participant in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, might have another horse for the race’s 2011 edition in the 3-year-old Sea Moon. Sea Moon most recently finished third as the favorite in the Sept. 10 St. Leger Stakes over 1 3/4 miles at Doncaster, but in his previous start won the Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes over 1 1/2 miles by eight lengths.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Tar Heel Mom could be running for a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint when she heads a field of seven entered in Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont Park.

Tar Heel Mom will most likely be retired at the conclusion of the year, so her connections – trainer Stanley Hough and owner Alex Rankin – may seek a grand finale, provided Tar Heel Mom runs well in the Gallant Bloom at 6 1/2 furlongs.