MIAMI - J P’s Delight remained undefeated and unchallenged after drawing off to a 6 1/4-length victory in Friday’s main event. The 3-year-old daughter of J P’s Gusto had captured her only previous start by 9 1/4 lengths while racing under a $35,000 claiming tag at Gulfstream Park on July 26, earning an 89 Beyer Speed Figure.

Jaime Rendon rode J P’s Delight to victory for trainer Kathleen O’Connell. He was one of eight different riders to win a race on Friday’s eight-race program.

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ARCADIA, Calif. - Pee Wee Reese was nominated to the $100,000 California Flag Handicap on Oct. 19 at Santa Anita, but trainer Phil D’Amato confirmed Saturday the veteran stakes winner would skip that Cal-bred race and target the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 2.

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ARCADIA, Calif. – A busy morning for John Sadler-trained Breeders’ Cup candidates continued Saturday at 7:50 a.m., when Distaff-bound Ollie’s Candy worked a sharp half-mile at Santa Anita under exercise rider and assistant trainer Juan Leyva. Sadler earlier worked Higher Power (Classic) and Catalina Cruiser (Dirt Mile or Sprint).

Ollie’s Candy worked by herself in 47.20 seconds, a snappy drill that was her first since a better-than-looked third behind Paradise Woods and Secret Spice in the Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes on Sept. 29.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The plan that trainer John Sadler had leading up to the Breeders’ Cup Classic worked so well with Accelerate last year that he’s doing the same with Higher Power, who had the first of his three works in preparation for the $6 million Classic on Saturday morning at Santa Anita.

Higher Power turned in his drill only moments after Catalina Cruiser, also trained by Sadler, worked as well for the Breeders’ Cup, though his race of choice is still to be determined.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Stylishly ran two remarkably similar races to win turf sprints at five furlongs at Del Mar in July and August, closing from off the pace to lead in the final furlong both times.

The wins give Stylishly a leading role in an allowance race with a $62,500 claiming option for fillies and mares at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf at Santa Anita on Monday. A win by Stylishly could lead to a start for her in the Grade 3 Sen. Ken Maddy Stakes at the same distance on Nov. 2.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – It’s never too early to start thinking about next year’s Queen’s Plate, and trainer Mark Casse already has several prospects for the classic race for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds.

Muskoka Gold was a powerful-looking winner in just his second start of the $226,600 Cup and Saucer Stakes, traveling 1 1/16 miles on the grass Oct. 6. Casse said the Lea colt could be headed for the Grade 3 Grey on the Tapeta Oct. 27 in advance of another Tapeta route stakes here, the $225,000 Coronation Futurity Nov. 23.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Vino Rosso worked a half-mile in 49.16 seconds Friday morning over Belmont Park’s training track. It was his first move since he finished first but was disqualified to second in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sept. 28. Vino Rosso worked in company with You’re to Blame, with the pair galloping out five furlongs in 1:02.48 and six furlongs in 1:15.16.

“He’s acting good, to be honest. I liked what I felt today,” said Irad Ortiz Jr., aboard for the work and who will ride Vino Rosso in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

ELMONT, N.Y. – John Hertler, who trained Slew o’ Gold during his 1984 championship season and one of the nicest people on the backstretch, has retired from training following a 41-year career.

Hertler, 69, was down to four horses and has been battling Parkinson’s disease for years. He ran his final horse on Thursday, Yankee Division, who finished fourth in a $30,000 claiming race at Belmont Park.

“I didn’t have any stock. I have Parkinson’s disease, that didn’t help,” Hertler said by phone when asked why now is the time to retire. “Couldn’t make any money training.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Catholic Boy was supplemented to Monday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Knickerbocker Stakes – a 1 1/8-mile turf race – at Belmont Park, a race his connections hope to use as a springboard to a Breeders’ Cup race in three weeks.

ARCADIA, Calif. – There is racing scheduled for Monday, Columbus Day, although there is no stakes on the program.

Next week, there will be a three-day racing week from Friday through Sunday, with the week highlighted by Saturday’s $100,000 California Flag Handicap for statebreds at 5 1/2 furlongs. The next graded stakes at Santa Anita is the Grade 3 Autumn Miss Stakes at a mile on turf for 3-year-old fillies on Oct. 26.