Dr. Venkman, winner of the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 23, worked five furlongs in 59.80 seconds at Santa Anita on Saturday in preparation for a likely start in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 1.

Trainer Mark Glatt said Dr. Venkman is being considered for the $1 million BC Dirt Mile, but that the Sprint at six furlongs is preferred.

“We’re probably leaning toward the Sprint, but we’re keeping an open mind,” Glatt said. “The Sprint doesn’t look nearly as deep as the (Dirt) Mile potentially could be.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Twenty days after a maiden romp at Santa Anita, 2-year-old filly Super Corredora will jump into the deep end.

“She’s going in the big one,” trainer John Sadler said Saturday morning, referring to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Oct. 31 at Del Mar. It’s a big jump from maiden to Grade 1, but Super Corredora ran like a stakes filly when she stretched to a mile and crushed.

“She won with a big number, she won easily, and (the Breeders’ Cup) is right in our home court,” Sadler said. “She’s a Gun Runner, they run better when you stretch them out.”

The recent stakes winners Hey Nay Nay and Intrepido, both intended runners in Breeders’ Cup races for 2-year-olds at Del Mar on Oct. 31, worked at Santa Anita on Friday in moderate and slow times.

Hey Nay Nay, winner of the Grade 3 Del Mar Juvenile Turf on Sept. 7 and undefeated in three starts, worked five furlongs in 1:00.80, which ranked as the 20th-fastest time of 43 works at the distance. Hey Nay Nay is scheduled to start in the BC Juvenile Turf at a mile.

“The track was a little heavy this morning,” trainer John Sadler said. “He’s right on schedule.”

Jose Ortiz will ride Journalism for the first time in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1.

Aron Wellman, the managing director of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, a syndicate that co-owns Journalism, said the decision was made on Friday morning to replace previous rider Umberto Rispoli.

Wellman declined to elaborate on the reason for the change.

Matt Nakatani, Rispoli’s agent, said late Friday morning that he did not have an immediate replacement mount for Rispoli in the BC Classic.

All-sources handle in California continues to show declines compared to 2024, according to data released at Thursday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting.

Through September, handle at all venues in the state, including ontrack, simulcast, and account wagering sources, was more than $1.98 billion, a decline of 5 percent from a figure of more than $2.09 million in 2024.

The California Horse Racing Board approved racing days for 2026 for the Southern California Thoroughbred circuit that largely mirrors a calendar in place since 2017.

The board also approved a year-round night meeting at Los Alamitos for Quarter Horses and lower-level Thoroughbreds.

Later at the meeting, the board heard from a promoter of Northern California racing about the desire to resume race meetings in that part of the state for the first time since 2024.