LEXINGTON, Ky. – A quick glance at the prospective lineup for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf seems to make it a nice little 3-on-3 matching Chad Brown versus the Europeans.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The field for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies is holding together quite nicely, with almost all of the top finishers from the last three major preps running back in the Nov. 4 race at Keeneland.

The top three in the Grade 1 Frizette at Aqueduct are all accounted for – Chocolate Gelato, You’re My Girl, and Leave No Trace.

Jack Christopher is on schedule for a Breeders’ Cup appearance Nov. 5 at Keeneland, but it’s to be determined whether the 3-year-old with a 5-for-6 record starts in the $1 million Dirt Mile or the $2 million Sprint.

“After his next work, I’ll have a better idea,” trainer Chad Brown said Tuesday.

Jack Christopher is the second choice for both races on Daily Racing Form’s early lines, set by handicapper Brad Free. Jack Christopher is 3-1 for the Dirt Mile and 4-1 for the Sprint.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – What could have been a storybook ending to an outstanding career simply will not be.

Bell’s the One, the most accomplished horse ever trained by Neil Pessin in his 37-year career, has been withdrawn from consideration for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint because of what Pessin termed “a minor setback.”

In a little more than a week, Highland Chief and Bye Bye Melvin won and finished second in marathon stakes on turf earlier this month to convince trainer Graham Motion they belong in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

Bye Bye Melvin finished second to the exciting mare War Like Goddess in the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at the Belmont at the Big A meeting on Oct. 8 in his 2022 stakes debut.

Highland Chief won the Grade 3 Sycamore Stakes on Oct. 14 at Keeneland, his second graded stakes win in five starts since arriving from Europe last winter.

Cave Rock is the “now horse” in the 2-year-old division. Trainer Tom Amoss hopes that isn’t the case in a couple of weeks when he sends out Curly Jack against that multiple Grade 1 winner in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 4 at Keeneland.

“The ‘now’ horse changes quite a bit in the 2-year-old season,” Amoss said. “I fully respect the competition. I fully recognize for Curly Jack to be competitive he’s got to improve. That’s what it’s about. We think he’s training well, and we think he has a chance to do that.”

Veterinarian Dr. Rolph de Gannes passed away on Sept. 30. The native of Trinidad and Tobago was 87.

Well-known in the Ontario horse racing community for decades, de Gannes was the resident veterinarian for E.P. Taylor’s famed Windfields Farm from 1973-1987.

Visitation for de Gannes will take place at the Rod Abrams Funeral Home at 1666 Tottenham Road in Tottenham, Ontario, on Oct. 28 from 2-4 p.m. and from 6-8 p.m.

A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 29 in St. Mary’s Church at 190 MacTaggart Drive in Nobleton, Ontario.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The only thing that was out of the ordinary for Flightline early Saturday morning at Santa Anita was the light mist falling from the sky.

Otherwise, it was business as usual, in virtual darkness, for the undefeated colt who is expected to start as the odds-on favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike had his penultimate race breeze toward a potential start in the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Classic when going a half-mile in 47.60 seconds well before dawn Saturday at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.

With regular exercise rider Gabriel Lagunes aboard, Rich Strike galloped out in a minute flat over a fast track.

“He worked like a monster,” trainer Eric Reed said afterward. “He went real easy the first part and just took off down the stretch. Gabe liked to have never got him pulled up.”

Jack Will, a respected longtime turf writer and publicist, died Oct. 2 in South Florida due to complications from a stroke he suffered in September. He was 78.

Will served in many capacities during his career in racing, serving full-time and free-lance stints at various publications, including Daily Racing Form and The Racing Times. He also worked in the public relations departments of the three racetracks in South Florida – Gulfstream Park, Calder Racecourse, and Hialeah Park. Will also worked in publicity at Pimlico Racecourse.