While some horses ran their way into the Breeders' Cup in last Saturday's at Santa Anita, Parading ran himself out by tiring to finish fourth. Trainer Shug McGaughey said Wednesday that Parading had been shipped from Santa Anita to Keeneland and is out of Breeders' Cup consideration.

With her up-in-the-shadow-of-the-wire victory in last Saturday's at Keeneland, a win that kept her undefeated on synthetic surfaces, Informed Decision might have secured the role as second favorite in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint. Now, Informed Decision can set her sights on race favorite and defending Filly and Mare Sprint winner Ventura, much like she did when the two met last April in the Vinery Madison Stakes at Keeneland.

History - as well as talent - may be on the side of Blind Luck in this year's $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Though the Juvenile Fillies looks more contentious than usual, Blind Luck figures to go off the favorite based on her victory in the Oak Leaf Stakes, run over the Pro-Ride surface at Santa Anita, the same track that hosts this year's Breeders' Cup. Favorites in the Juvenile Fillies have won 15 of the previous 25 runnings, including the last seven.

Although Michael Stoute is apparently pointing defending Breeders' Cup Turf titleholder Conduit to the Japan Cup on Nov. 29, it is still possible that Conduit, winner of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, could run in the Turf. There will be 22 days between the Turf and the Japan Cup, while the break between the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - in which Conduit finished fourth, just two heads behind runner-up Youmzain - and the race in Tokyo is eight weeks.

Icon Project, who skipped last Sunday's Spinster Stakes at Keeneland, has a "less than 50-50 chance" of running in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic on Nov. 6 at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting, trainer Marty Wolfson said Wednesday.

According to Wolfson, Icon Project bled during a workout at Calder in preparation for the Spinster. She has been sent to a farm in Ocala, Fla., where she is receiving regular treatments in a hyperbaric chamber.

The one-two finish by Raven's Pass and Henrythenavigator in last year's Breeders' Cup Classic was certain to embolden Europeans to head en masse to the race this year, and if they needed any more encouragement to run against America's best on a synthetic surface, they got it last Saturday, when the previously unheralded Gitano Hernando scored an upset victory in the , the final prep at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting for the BC Classic.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Journeyman rider Robert Landry seemingly reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the $1 million Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race, aboard Niigon in 2004. But Landry, a 47-year-old Toronto native, is in the midst of what could end up being his most lucrative year ever, thanks mainly to Careless Jewel, whom he guided to victories in the Grade 1 Alabama and the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks during the summer.

Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard said he will consider the Nov. 7 Breeders' Cup Marathon for the Sovereign Award winner Cloudy's Knight, who on Sept. 19 won his lone start of the year, the Grade 3 Kentucky Cup Turf.

"I guess we'd have to think about it if he seems to like the synthetic surface here [at Keeneland] and he runs well in the Sycamore," set for Oct. 22 on Keeneland turf, said Sheppard. "He's very fresh, and it's the end of the year, so the timing [16 days] wouldn't be a big concern."

The 8-year-old Ball Four had just a two-race schedule in 2007 before making three starts in 2008. This year he might even stretch that to four races.

Trainer Patrick Biancone said Tuesday that Ball Four could start in the Nov. 7 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita, provided he trains well in the weeks ahead. Monday marked his first breeze that goal, a half-mile breeze in 48 seconds at Santa Anita.

"He has old legs, you know," said Biancone. "We'll let him talk to us."

The prep party's moving west.

A handful of fillies who were scratched from last weekend's Miss Grillo at Belmont Park when the race was moved from turf to dirt because of inclement weather are being rerouted to Keeneland. They are pointing for next Thursday's $150,000 Jessamine, a Win and You're In race for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 6.