ELMONT, N.Y. - Keen Ice did enough in a six-furlong workout Sunday morning at Belmont Park to convince his connections to pre-enter the 2015 Travers winner in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 5 at Santa Anita.

Keen Ice, who has only one start in seven months, went six furlongs in 1:12.84, working in company with Tommy Macho. Keen Ice, with Javier Castellano up, went his opening three furlongs in 37.08 seconds and his last three-eighths in 35.76. He galloped out seven furlongs in 1:26.20 and a mile in 1:39.80.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Found, the winner of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly Racecourse in France earlier this month, will be pre-entered for the BC Turf and BC Classic at Santa Anita, trainer Aidan O’Brien said on Sunday.

Both races will be run on Nov. 5. Pre-entries are due on Monday and will be announced on Wednesday.

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ARCADIA, Calif. – Action toward the Breeders’ Cup two weeks hence picked up noticeably Saturday morning in Southern California, with California Chrome tuning up at Los Alamitos for the $6 million Classic on Nov. 5 while a pair of his potential challengers – Melatonin and Hoppertunity – were among those recording workouts here later in the morning at Santa Anita.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Paulassilverlining, the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom winner, will make her next start in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita, owner Vincent Scuderi said Friday.

“I want to take a shot,” Scuderi said “She earned it winning that last stake. If she didn’t win that last stake, I probably wouldn’t have gone. But she showed me something there – she’s rateable.”

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ARCADIA, Calif. – Stellar Wind, last year’s champion 3-year-old filly, had a talented exercise partner Friday when she worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 at Santa Anita in advance of the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 4.
Stellar Wind worked with Hard Aces, the winner of the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita in 2015. Hard Aces served as a pacemaker for Stellar Wind, who will face the toughest assignment of her career in the BC Distaff against three-time champion Beholder and Songbird, the undefeated champion 2-year-old filly of 2015.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Mind Your Biscuits keeps giving signals that he could be a live longshot in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

Six days after working a solid five furlongs, Mind Your Biscuits worked a strong half-mile in 47.17 seconds Friday over the Belmont Park main track.

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ELMONT, N.Y. – Keen Ice, who upset Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers, is being considered for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, his connections said Friday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kasaqui, an Argentine-bred gray, was unknown when he pulled a 30-1 upset in the April 17 finale at Keeneland, defeating eventual graded stakes winner Can’thelpbelieving in a second-level turf allowance. A highly eventful and productive year followed that will end when Keeneland closes its 17-day fall meet next Saturday with the Grade 2, $200,000 Fayette Stakes.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The champion females Beholder and Songbird are approaching their first meeting in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita on Nov. 4 in excellent form – and on the same exercise schedule.

On Thursday at Santa Anita, Beholder and Songbird recorded quick workouts about an hour apart. Songbird worked at dawn, going six furlongs in 1:12.80. Beholder worked five furlongs in 59.20 seconds shortly after the start of the 7:45 a.m. training session.