ELMONT, N.Y. – Effinex, the runner-up to American Pharoah in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, worked five furlongs in 1:00.46 over the Belmont Park training track Monday in preparation for this year’s $6 million BC Classic on Nov. 5 at Santa Anita.

Under exercise rider Kelvin Pahal, Efffinex went his first three furlongs in 36.29 seconds, which prompted trainer Jimmy Jerkens, watching from the eighth pole, to raise his hand to have Pahal slow the horse down. He got his final quarter in 24.17 seconds and galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.91.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Todd Pletcher said on Monday that he pre-entered nine in the Breeders’ Cup, including Keen Ice, who will start in the Classic on Nov. 5 at Santa Anita.

Keen Ice, who beat American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers, is coming off a third-place finish in an allowance race at Belmont on Oct. 7, his first start since running eighth behind California Chrome in the Dubai World Cup.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Led by top turf runners Flintshire and Lady Eli and dual Grade 1 dirt winner Practical Joke, trainer Chad Brown said he pre-entered 12 horses on Monday for the Breeders’ Cup races Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita.

If all 12 get to run, it will equal the number of starters Brown had last year, when he won the Filly and Mare Sprint with Wavell Avenue and the Filly and Mare Turf with Stephanie’s Kitten. Wavell Avenue is among Brown’s pre-entrants this year in the Filly and Mare Sprint.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Lightstream was transported Monday from Keeneland to Belmont Park and rejoined trainer Brian Lynch, who said he will consider the Grade 1 La Brea in December after initially saying the filly was finished racing this year.

“I’ve had second thoughts on her break,” Lynch said.

The La Brea is a seven-furlong race Dec. 26 at Santa Anita.

Belvoir Bay, winner of the Unzip Me Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the hillside turf course Oct. 1, is one of 11 3-year-old fillies nominated for Saturday’s $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes at a mile on turf at Santa Anita.

The Grade 3 Autumn Miss Stakes is the only graded stakes on the upcoming weekend. Sunday’s main race is the $70,000 Lure Stakes at a mile on turf, which drew 24 nominations.

Nominees for the Autumn Miss Stakes include the stakes winners Barleysugar, Dreamarcher, Great Page and Lookout Sister.

Jockeys Stewart Elliott and Santiago Gonzalez will serve three-day suspensions at Santa Anita in coming days after losing appeals of suspensions issued at Del Mar earlier this year.

Elliott and Gonzalez are suspended Saturday and Sunday, and on Thursday, Nov. 3. They were given three-day suspensions for causing interference in separate races Aug. 13. The cases were heard by the California Horse Racing Board, which recently rejected the appeals.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Mastery, the easy winner of a maiden race for 2-year-olds in his debut at Santa Anita on Saturday, will make his stakes debut at Del Mar next month.

Trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday that he is considering the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes at seven furlongs Nov. 19 for Mastery.

Mastery ($2.60) led throughout a maiden race at six furlongs. He held an advantage of as much as 1 1/2 lengths through the opening half-mile before pulling away to win by 4 1/4 lengths over 7-2 Sheer Flattery.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Daniel Vella will return to the Breeders’ Cup for the first time since 2010 when he sends out Channel Maker in the Juvenile Turf on Nov. 4 at Santa Anita.

“We’re going to go to the big dance and see just how good he is,” Vella said. “We had a bit of a troubled trip last time, and I think we’re competitive, so we’re going.”

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ARCADIA, Calif. - Trainer Phil D’Amato took center stage at Santa Anita on Sunday morning, working more than a half-dozen of his potential Breeders’ Cup starters.

Getting the most attention was multiple graded stakes-winning 3-year-old GUN RUNNER, who breezed shortly after dawn on an overcast but pleasant morning at the site of this year’s Breeders’ Cup.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Union Strike will have a gap of nine weeks between starts when she runs in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita on Nov. 5.

Owner Mick Ruis insists the break is not an issue. Union Strike will be ready, he said.