Fresh off dominant victories in their final preps, Covfefe and Come Dancing have emerged as the likely favorites in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.

Covfefe was an eye-catching winner Saturday in the Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs. The next day Come Dancing romped in the final prep in New York, the Gallant Bloom.

“The Dogwood served its purpose, and we’re very happy with the filly,” said Brad Cox, trainer of Covfefe. “Now, we’ll have six weeks between races, which is just right.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Joe Orseno already had a notion to toss Imprimis’s last two starts, and he felt even more inclined to do it after watching his turf-sprint specialist breeze five furlongs in 47.55 seconds over the Gulfstream Park grass course Sunday.

With regular exercise rider Jay Glass aboard, Imprimis cruised around the wide dogs, completing his opening quarter in 25.02 before finishing full of run under light urging down the stretch and galloping out full of energy around the clubhouse turn.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Jeremiah Englehart always felt Pat On the Back was a graded stakes horse and now he has the documentation to prove it.

Pat On the Back won his first graded stakes Saturday when he outfinished Prince Lucky to take the Grade 2 Kelso Handicap by a half-length. He ran a mile in 1:33.97 and earned a career-best 103 Beyer Speed Figure.

“To me, he’s been a graded stakes horse because I know what he puts into his races,” Englehart said. “It’s nice to get that graded stakes under his belt.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Come Dancing will stay at home in New York to do all of her serious training for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, trainer Carlos Martin said Monday.

“She’s comfortable here, she loves this track,” Martin said, referring to the Belmont training track where Come Dancing does the majority of her training. “We’re going to leave her in her comfort zone. That makes the most sense.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Though Famished was a smart-looking winner on dirt at Saratoga, he will be switched to the turf for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Pilgrim Stakes at Belmont Park.

Famished is a son of Uncle Mo out of the Survivalist mare Ravenist. Progeny of Uncle Mo who have been successful on turf include Mo Town, Moon Colony, and Epical.

“The Uncle Mos have run pretty well on the turf. I think the turf division is a little softer than the dirt division, so if you’re entertaining the Breeders’ Cup that might be the way to go,” trainer John Kimmel said.

Anonymity, third in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs last November, will start in the Grade 3 LA Woman Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on Oct. 5 and will not start in Sunday’s Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes at 1 1/16 miles, trainer Richard Mandella said on Monday.

Anonymity, second as the 3-5 favorite in the Grade 3 Rancho Bernardo Handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar on Aug. 11, worked five furlongs in 59 seconds at Santa Anita on Monday. The workout was the fastest of 58 works at the distance.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – When trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. booked an 8:24 p.m. flight back to Florida Saturday night following the Pennsylvania Derby, he never took into consideration the one factor that could possibly keep him from catching his plane: A delay from speaking to the press should his Math Wizard actually win.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Canadian champion Mr Havercamp had been pointing toward the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile on Sept. 14, a race he finished second in last year, but was ultimately not entered by trainer Catherine Day Phillips and owner-breeders Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry. Day Phillips said she has not made any firm plans about Mr Havercamp’s next start, but added he would be pointed toward a winter campaign.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Following Yorkton’s second consecutive victory in the Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes on Sept. 14, trainer Stu Simon said he would point the 5-year-old son of Speighstown to the Grade 2, $250,000 Nearctic Stakes over six furlongs on turf on Oct. 12.

Simon said he also was looking toward the Grade 2, $175,000 Kennedy Road Stakes on Nov. 23 to close Yorkton’s 2019 campaign. Yorkton ran in both races last season, finishing second in the Nearctic before running fourth in the Kennedy Road.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Sadler’s Joy put in a sharp workout Monday morning, going five furlongs in 1:00.84 over Belmont Park’s main track in preparation for a start in the Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes here on Oct. 5.

Under jockey Jose Lezcano, Sadler’s Joy went his first quarter in 25.59 seconds and his final three furlongs in 35.25. He galloped out six furlongs in 1:14.13.

“I was looking for a 1:02. Jose said he was doing it pretty easy. He was just in hand,” trainer Tom Albertrani said.