ELMONT, N.Y. – Uncle Sigh, who placed in multiple graded stakes last year at 3, has been purchased by a group headed by Adam Wachtel and will be transferred to Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.

The sale was finalized Friday morning, which necessitated the colt being scratched from a first-level allowance race for New York-breds on Friday’s Belmont Park card.

Uncle Sigh was owned by Chuck McEwen’s Wounded Warrior Stable and trained by Gary Contessa. Earlier this year, McEwen suffered a stroke, and his stable is being dispersed.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The connections of Grade 1 winner Slumber have had a change of heart and probably will run him in the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf.

Initially leaning against supplementing to the 1 1/2-mile turf race because of the presence of top European horses Golden Horn and Flintshire, Slumber’s ownership group, led by Michael Dubb, likely will pay the $100,000 supplemental fee to go in the Turf, to be run Oct. 31 at Keeneland.

The final decision will be made after Slumber works this weekend at Belmont Park. Pre-entries have to be made by Monday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A number of important works toward the Breeders’ Cup took place Friday at Keeneland and Churchill Downs, with Tepin and Rachel’s Valentina the biggest names on the work tabs.

Tepin, the standout turf filly who will take on males in the BC Mile, had her first work since her seven-length romp in the Oct. 3 First Lady when breezing a half-mile in 50 seconds under regular rider Julien Leparoux at Churchill. She was one of four early BC workers for trainer Mark Casse.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Nyquist was hurried from the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity on Sept. 7 into the Grade 1 FrontRunner Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 26, winning both races to assume the role of leading 2-year-old in California.

The buildup to his next start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland on Oct. 31 is unfolding at a more tranquil pace. On Friday at Santa Anita, Nyquist had his second workout since the FrontRunner, going five furlongs in 1:01.80.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Two weeks out from the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, it was time for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin to get a gauge on the readiness of his 3-year-old Frosted for what will be the toughest race of his career.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Gomo will miss the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies due to an ankle chip discovered after a routine gallop several days after she won the Grade 1 Alcibiades. She is scheduled for surgery at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington within the next several days.

AUBURN, Wash. – Wagering at Emerald Downs increased sharply in 2015 thanks in part to bigger purses and a burgeoning horse population. Average daily handle during the 70-day, April-through-September meeting was $1,262,956, track officials said, up 10.7 percent from 2014.

Trainer Mark Casse worked a quartet of Breeders' Cup hopefuls on Friday morning at Churchill Downs, and perhaps stealing the show was the lone runner who has yet to make his stakes debut.

PIEDMONT, Okla. – Clever Trevor immediately makes his way to Tess Von Hemel when she enters his pasture at her family’s 10-acre farm a half-hour from Remington Park. Yes, he’s interested in the treats she bears. But when the goodies are gone, he’s content to simply keep the company of the 16-year-old he’s watched grow up.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Sam Grossman, better known as Sam the Bugler, returned to work Thursday at Belmont Park after a two-month hiatus following an alcohol-related incident at Saratoga on Aug. 8.

Grossman played the “Call to Post” for Thursday’s opener for the first time at a New York Racing Association track since the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 8. An intoxicated Grossman had to be escorted out of the winner’s circle that day. The following day, Grossman was placed “on leave” by NYRA.