OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Unbeaten at the distance, undefeated at Keeneland and now with a victory against males, the 5-year-old mare War Like Goddess may have established herself as North America’s top contender for the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

In 2000, Mike Gatsas put up $360,000 to supplement Gander to the Breeders’ Cup Classic and walked away with nothing as the New York-bred gelding finished ninth, 12 3/4 lengths behind Tiznow.

Twenty-two years later, Gatsas is ready put up another hefty fee to participate in the Breeders’ Cup. At least this time he has partners. Gatsas, Hidden Brook Farm and Randy Hill will pay a $100,000 supplemental fee to run You’re My Girl in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 4 at Keeneland, Gatsas said Sunday.

The majority of the traditional stakes races at Keeneland’s front-loaded fall meeting may be in the books, but the action is just heating up at the track, even as the weather cools. Trainers are beginning to consolidate their Breeders’ Cup arsenals at the host track, and, as Lexington saw its first frosts on Saturday and Sunday mornings, the Keeneland worktab began to get crowded with leading contenders for the Nov. 4-5 races.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla - Atomically, impressive winner last Saturday at Gulfstream Park of the My Dear Girl Stakes, the finale of the filly division of the Florida Sire Stakes, has been sold privately to Eclipse Thoroughbreds, her owner-breeder-trainer, Jose Pinchin, reported Saturday.

Willis Horton, a longtime breeder and owner who raced champions Will Take Charge and Take Charge Brandi, died Friday at a Fayetteville, Ark., hospital after a bout with pneumonia, according to his son, Kevin Horton.

Willis Horton was 82.

Lemons Forever, who won the Kentucky Oaks in 1996, was co-owned by Willis Horton. Will Take Charge was the champion 3-year-old male of 2013 and Take Charge Brandi was the champion 2-year-old filly of 2014.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Owner-breeder Charles Fipke and jockey Eurico Da Silva are among the 2022 inductees to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Fipke is a successful Canadian geologist and prospector who was involved in the discovery of the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories. He entered the Canadian Thoroughbred industry in 1981, and over the past 45 years, bred and owned numerous stakes winners.

Edwin Broome, who trained in the mid-Atlantic and Florida for nearly four decades, died on Monday at his home in Hallandale Beach, Fla., according to a family member. Broome was 71.

Though Broome only trained a handful of stakes winners, he consistently posted strong winning percentages, especially in a 20-year run from the early 1990s through the first decade of the new millennium. He topped the $1 million mark in annual earnings 10 times in that span, while hovering around a 20 percent win rate.

Last year, Mira Mission was a 3-year-old gelding who had yet to start in a stakes and had won a $50,000 claimer for maidens at Gulfstream Park in 2020. This fall, Mira Mission is on the verge of a start in the nation’s leading grass race, the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Nov. 5.

The Platinum Queen, fittingly, launched her racing career in the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. A dedicated Thoroughbred owner and breeder, Queen Elizabeth died in September, and The Platinum Queen has continued to provide tribute.

The 2-year-old filly bested older foes in the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye on Oct. 2 – albeit, with a huge weight allowance – and appears headed for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland, where Queen Elizabeth II visited and has a race named in her honor.

A pair of 4-year-olds coming off outstanding performances and based on opposite coasts with Hall of Fame trainers will make for an intriguing matchup in the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

Laurel River is the 5-2 early favorite for the race on Daily Racing Form’s line set by Brad Free. The Bob Baffert-trained runner earned a berth into the race for his win in the Pat O’Brien on Aug. 27 at Del Mar.