GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - They have run only one of the first 20 Breeders' Cup Juveniles without D. Wayne Lukas. They weren't about to run another.

Just when it seemed like Lukas would not be represented in the race, Consolidator jumped up and won the Grade 1 Lane's End Breeders Futurity at Keeneland. Now, Lukas will aim for his sixth victory in the Juvenile with a colt who has won a two-turn, 1 1/16-mile race, the same conditions of the Juvenile.

The Jerkens family, Allen and Jimmy, accounted for most of the major action at Lone Star Park on Tuesday morning, sending out all three of their Breeders' Cup hopefuls to work before daybreak under the lights. It was trainer Steve Asmussen's Bwana Charlie, however, who stole the show with his eye-catching half-mile trial following the renovation break.

The morning also produced the first local looks at some of the recent arrivals, including likely Breeders' Cup favorites Pleasantly Perfect (Classic) and Sweet Catomine (Juvenile Fillies).

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Azeri will run in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Lone Star Park, trainer D. Wayne Lukas announced at a luncheon on Tuesday.

Lukas said the decision was made Monday night after consultation with owner Michael Paulson. She had been pre-entered last Wednesday in both the Classic and the Distaff.

"All votes were equal, but obviously his counted more," Lukas said. "It was unanimous on what we decided we wanted to do."

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - There's an old sheriff in town.

Pleasantly Perfect, who won last year's Breeders' Cup Classic, arrived here at Lone Star Park on Monday as activity began to pick up in anticipation of Saturday's 21st Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, in which Pleasantly Perfect will attempt to nail down Horse of the Year with another victory in the $4 million Classic.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Nearly two dozen horses flew to Texas on Monday for Breeders' Cup races, with Pleasantly Perfect leading an 11-horse charge from Southern California and Ouija Board among 11 from Europe.

The contingent from California arrived at the track at 11:30 a.m. Central while a flight from Europe set down in Texas at about 3 p.m. Both flights carried horses for other stakes at Lone Star during Breeders' Cup week. In all, close to 200 horses are coming in for races this week, said Dale Coleman, Lone Star's stall superintendent.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Trainer Ed Dunlop will not make a final decision until Tuesday at the earliest on Ouija Board's status for the Filly and Mare Turf. The 3-year-old English-bred sensation was also pre-entered in the Turf, in which she has first preference.

If Ouija Board's owner, Lord Derby, has the final say, it is likely Ouija Board will compete against her own kind in the Filly and Mare Turf.,

When the decision was made to run Sense of Style in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, trainer Patrick Biancone had three things he wanted to accomplish beforehand.

First, he wanted to run Sense of Style in a two-turn race. Second, Biancone wanted to get Sense of Style to Texas early in order to get acclimated. Third, she was to have a good workout over the track.

Though Afleet Alex suffered his first career defeat in the Champagne, his trainer, Tim Ritchey, believes few people have lost faith in the multiple-stakes-winning colt.

"He's got a bigger fan club than he had before the Champagne," said Ritchey, who believes Afleet Alex encountered significant trouble when beaten a half-length by Proud Accolade in the Champagne. "He's a very popular horse right now. A lot of people like seeing that grit and determination."

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - It could have been a Grade 1 race.

Trainer Bobby Frankel worked Cajun Beat and Midas Eyes in company on Sunday at Belmont in preparation for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Sprint. The horses give the trainer an enviable hand in the six-furlong race, which Cajun Beat won last year at 22-1 for previous trainer Steve Margolis and Frankel won in 2001 with Squirtle Squirt.

A field of 13 is expected to enter the Sprint on Wednesday.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Parting will be such sweet sorrow for those who have been associated for the past three years with the filly Storm Flag Flying. She was a champion at age 2, regressed last year at age 3, but has come back with an excellent campaign this year, one which could lead to another championship should she capture the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff on Saturday at Lone Star Park.