Brill, fourth as the favorite in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante on Sept. 1, will start in Saturday’s Grade 1 Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita after a succession of fast workouts in recent days.

On Sunday, Brill worked five furlongs in 1:00.20, the third-fastest of 100 recorded works at the distance. On Sept. 15, Brill worked five furlongs in 58.60 seconds, the fastest of 78 recorded works. On Sunday, Brill worked in company with stablemates who served as targets for the filly, who races for Larry Best.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Code of Honor, an impressive debut winner at Saratoga on Aug. 18, worked a fast half-mile in 46.22 seconds Sunday morning over the Belmont Park main track. He is preparing for the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes here on Oct. 6.

McGaughey said he wasn’t necessarily looking for such a fast move – Code of Honor went off in 22.82 seconds – but he noted that the track had been yielding fast times this weekend.

McGaughey said exercise rider Lexi Peaden told him Code of Honor “just fooled me a little bit.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Fresh off his five-win Saturday at Belmont Park, trainer Chad Brown sent out a bevy of horses for workouts Sunday morning for upcoming stakes engagements.

Robert Bruce, the Arlington Million winner, worked five furlongs in 1:01.33 over the Belmont turf as he prepares for next Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic. Robert Bruce went in company with Almanaar, the Million runner-up, who is being pointed to the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 6.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Catholic Boy, the Travers winner, worked three furlongs in 39 seconds Sunday morning at Belmont Park as he begins to ratchet up preparations for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs.

Exercise rider Tracey Morgan kept Catholic Boy several paths off the rail and had the colt under a snug old as he cruised around the main track shortly after it opened following a midmorning renovation break. Catholic Boy galloped out a half-mile in 51.76 seconds.

BENSALEM, Pa. - McKinzie and Axelrod, the first- and second-place finishers in the Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Saturday, will both be headed home to California as their trainers consider where they will start next.

Trainer Bob Baffert sent out McKinzie for a 1 3/4-length score in the Pa. Derby off a more-than-six-month layoff. Jockey Mike Smith challenged for the lead with McKinzie on the far turn of the 1 1/8-mile race and came into the stretch in front by himself. He turned back a solid bid from Axelrod in midstretch to prevail.

BENSALEM, Pa. - The top three finishers in the Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx Racing on Saturday came out of the race well and will be sent to Churchill Downs to resume training. Midnight Bisou and Monomoy Girl will be pointed to the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Distaff at Churchill, while Wonder Gadot is a "possibility" for that race.

Midnight Bisou and Monomoy Girl both ran strong races in the 1 1/16-mile Cotillion. Monomoy Girl appeared to have the race in hand entering the stretch, but possibly lost her focus when she found herself several lengths in front.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Gronkowski, the Belmont Stakes runner-up, completed preparations for a start in next Saturday’s Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup by working five furlongs in 1:00.87 Saturday morning over the Belmont main track.

Gronkowski worked in company with the Chilean-bred mare Wow Cat - who is pointing to the Grade 1 Beldame on Oct. 6 - with the two getting their final quarter in 24.21 seconds. They galloped-out six furlongs in 1:13.70.

“I think the horse is fit and strong,” trainer Chad Brown said. “He went perfect for me.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Sistercharlie, the leader of the female turf division, most likely will miss the Grade 1 Flower Bowl at Belmont Park on Oct. 7 and be trained up to the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Churchill Downs on Nov. 3, trainer Chad Brown said Saturday.

Sistercharlie, a three-time Grade 1 winner this year, missed some training due to a foot bruise, Brown said. She has not worked since winning the Grade 1 Beverly D. at Arlington Park on Aug. 11, though she is scheduled to breeze Sunday morning at Belmont.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – She Takes Heart, hopelessly overmatched against Abel Tasman and Elate in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign last month at Saratoga, is back home and in the entries here at Gulfstream on Sunday.

But she’ll need some help from Mother Nature to run, since she’s entered as one of the three main-track-only horses in the $48,000 eighth race, an optional claimer for fillies and mares at 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Which 2-year-old has registered the highest Beyer Speed Figure in the division at this point of the season? A hint: He’s not stabled on the West Coast with Bob Baffert or Jerry Hollendorfer. Nor is he based in New York with either Chad Brown or Todd Pletcher.