ARCADIA, Calif. – The Grade 3 Autumn Miss Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on turf historically has had large fields, and on Saturday the race will have a maximum field of 14 starters, according to Santa Anita racing officials.

The candidates for the $100,000 race at a mile include the stakes winners Ms Bad Behavior, Pulpit Rider, Rayya, Streetwithnoname, Tesora, and Toinette, as well as Flammetta, Hey Negrita, K P Pergoliscious, Movie Moment, So Hi Society, Spring Lily, Streak of Luck, and West Palm Beach.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Andrew Lerner, a 29-year-old trainer who launched a stable in 2017, has three runners on Friday’s eight-race program at Santa Anita.

Lerner, who trains 17 horses, is hoping to grow his stable substantially, in part by buying horses at upcoming sales.

“I want to get to 40 by January,” he said on a recent morning. “We’ve got some new partners.”

Lerner is starting to attract attention with recent success. This year, he has won with 7 of 56 starters, and has won with 5 of his last 25 runners since July 14.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Pete and Kosta Hronis, whose stable includes the Breeders’ Cup hopefuls Accelerate and Catalina Cruiser, recently committed to buying a berth in the $9 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 26, trainer John Sadler said.

As to which horse will start is unclear. Accelerate, who goes to stud in Kentucky in 2019, is the future-book favorite for the BC Classic at Churchill Downs on Nov. 3, the same day Catalina Cruiser is expected to be favored in the BC Dirt Mile.

“We have two that are going good,” Sadler said.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Withdrawn from Breeders’ Cup consideration after a subpar last effort, Hofburg will take a different route in seeking to restore his lofty reputation Saturday in the closing-day feature at Keeneland, the Grade 2 Fayette Stakes.

Six older opponents will line up against 3-year-old Hofburg in the $200,000 Fayette, a 1 1/8-mile race that anchors the 10-race finale. Jose Ortiz will be aboard Hofburg, and they break from post 6.

Undefeated colts from two of the most powerful barns in the sport headline the 15 horses pre-entered in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, to be run Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs.

Since his upset victory in the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar, Talismanic has won twice in six starts in three countries.

He was second in the Hong Kong Vase last December, won stakes in France in spring and summer, and ran ninth in the Dubai World Cup on dirt in March and 13th in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Oct. 7.

Catalina Cruiser will put a perfect race record on the line when he starts as the probable favorite in the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 3, but the field he will face is in flux with 10 of the 16 horses pre-entered Monday also pre-entered in a second Breeders’ Cup race.

The 2-year-old fillies Concrete Rose and Newspaperofrecord have made up for a lack of experience this year with identical unbeaten records in two races.

Each won a maiden race at Saratoga a day apart in August before being sent in different directions for their first start in stakes. Newspaperofrecord won the Grade 2 Miss Grillo Stakes at Belmont Park on Sept. 30. Concrete Rose won the Grade 2 Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 10.

There is rarely a shortage of turf sprinters, and when Breeders’ Cup pre-entries were announced Wednesday the cast for the $1 million Turf Sprint numbered 20. That left a half-dozen hopefuls for the 5 1/2-furlong race stranded on the also-eligible list.

The first seven entries into the field were filled by Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series winners and the top points earners in graded stakes. The other seven were selected by a Breeders’ Cup committee.

There were few real surprises when pre-entries were announced Wednesday for the six-furlong $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

As expected, the connections of Promises Fulfilled, Whitmore, and Limousine Liberal all gave the Sprint first preference over the Dirt Mile, and the owners of X Y Jet decided they will put up the fees necessary to make their horse eligible for the race. The field will be far from full, with only 11 starters likely for the event.