ARCADIA, Calif. – In an ideal scenario, Bandua will stalk the pace for the first mile of Saturday’s Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf under jockey Tyler Gaffalione before moving closer to the front.

“He’ll have his head in front and be there or thereabouts and give us some excitement,” trainer Jack Sisterson said on Sunday.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Royal Dornoch, a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Win and You’re In qualifier to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, won’t be making the trip from Ireland to Santa Anita, Breeders’ Cup racing officials said Sunday.

Royal Dornoch won the Royal Lodge Stakes to qualify for a slot in the Juvenile Turf but won’t be taking it, though he was among the pre-entered horses in the race last week.

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ARCADIA, Calif. – A large portion of the overseas Breeders’ Cup contingent arrived early Sunday at Santa Anita following a long trans-Atlantic and trans-continental flight. The Sunday arrivals included horses from France, England, and Ireland and after clearing quarantine that set of horses will be permitted to train Tuesday morning.

The shipment of Aidan O’Brien-trained horses, coming on a private charter from Ireland, arrives Monday night and will clear quarantine in time to train Thursday, standard timing for O’Brien international shippers.

Santa Anita Park
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019
Weather: Clear
Track: Fast
Temp: 60

Arcadia, Calif. – A contrast in styles between a pair of Hall of Fame trainers highlighted Sunday’s Breeders’ Cup training action at sunny Santa Anita, where weather conditions remained ideal and the racetrack fast but still somewhat on the dullish side.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Nearly a decade after Shared Account recorded a 46-1 upset in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Churchill Downs in 2010, her filly Sharing will start in Friday’s Grade 1 BC Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita.

Shared Account gave trainer Graham Motion his second of three wins in Breeders’ Cup races to date. Motion, 55, trains Sharing and is preparing the filly with the belief she can record a surprise win, too.

“I feel good about running her,” he said in a phone interview on Sunday morning. “I think we’re coming in under-the-radar.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Aside from a cut on the back of his right front ankle, Maximum Security came out of his victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Bold Ruler Handicap at Belmont Park in good shape, trainer Jason Servis said Sunday morning.

Servis said the cut to Maximum Security’s ankle likely happened when he wheeled on the way back to the winner’s circle and, unseating jockey Luis Saez who was able to hold onto the reins.

Klaravich Stables, trainer Chad Brown, and jockey Manny Franco all won titles during the Belmont Park fall meet that closed on Sunday. The 38-date season wrapped a tad earlier than scheduled, as heavy rains and winds forced Belmont to cancel following the first race Sunday.

The Klaravich Stables operation headed by Seth Klarman won the owner title with 10 wins, one more than Peter Brant, according to a press release from the New York Racing Association. From a total of 40 starts, Klaravich Stables had meet earnings of $903,765.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Bill Mott will have three chances to win two Breeders’ Cup races next Saturday at Santa Anita, and all three of his prospects went out for maintenance drills on Sunday morning, part of a group of dozen Breeders’ Cup runners who tuned up here.

Most of the 12 works were of the kind that are simply trying to keep a horse on a regular schedule days out from a championship event. Their quality, and the reaction of their trainers, ranged from a brilliant work by Improbable for the Dirt Mile to a Classic work for Mongolian Groom that his trainer worried was too slow.

Belmont Park was forced to cancel the balance of its closing day card after the first race Sunday due to high winds and heavy rains. There were three stakes on the program and those races have been rescheduled, while track officials are looking to move the scheduled mandatory payout in the Empire 6 to Aqueduct, which opens its meet Friday.

The Chelsey Flower and Zagora will be held next Sunday at Aqueduct, with entries for those races to be taken Thursday. 

The Pumpkin Pie will be run Nov. 9 at Aqueduct. Entries are Nov. 6. 

ELMONT, N.Y. – Code of Honor’s final work for the Breeders’ Cup Classic was not exactly what trainer Shug McGaughey wanted.

Code of Honor breezed a half-mile in 53.80 seconds Sunday morning over Belmont Park’s main track, his final move before Saturday’s $6 million Classic at Santa Anita for which he figures to be one of the favorites. With rain in the forecast Sunday morning, the main track was sealed for training,