ELMONT, N.Y. – Merry Meadow earned a fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint by virtue of her victory in the Grade 2 Princess Rooney Stakes at Gulfstream Park in July. On Monday at Belmont Park, Merry Meadow had her final workout for the Breeders’ Cup, breezing four furlongs in 47.10 seconds over the main track.

Merry Meadow worked following the renovation break. Under Gustavo Delgado, she went in even splits of 23.50 seconds and 23.60 before galloping out five furlongs in 1:00.77. Last week, Merry Meadow worked five furlongs in 1:01.66.

ELMONT, N.Y. – While Honor Code used the one-mile Kelso Handicap as a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Classic at 1 1/4 miles, Wicked Strong apparently used the 1 1/4-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup as a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

On Monday, Wicked Strong breezed four furlongs in 47.67 seconds over the Belmont Park training track in preparation for the Dirt Mile. With exercise rider Kelvin Pahal up, Wicked Strong went his first quarter in 23.77 seconds and his second quarter in 23.90. He galloped out five furlongs in 1:01.31.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Honor Code heated up a cold Monday morning in these parts by blazing five furlongs in 58.16 seconds over the Belmont Park main track, his final major move for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland on Oct. 31.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – All racing partnerships should work out this way. A wire-to-wire victory Saturday at Keeneland by I’m Already Sexy produced a scene in the winner’s circle that could be described just one way.

“Very bittersweet,” said Anna Seitz, who assembled and managed the Hit the Board Stables partnership that owns the 5-year-old mare.

I’m Already Sexy was making her final start for a sizable group that enjoyed an exhilarating run of 26 races. She will be sold at auction Nov. 1 at nearby Fasig-Tipton, where Seitz works in public relations and client development.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes winner Gamble’s Ghost will not run in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland and instead will point toward the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Woodbine, trainer Josie Carroll said. The Princess Elizabeth Stakes is restricted to Canadian-bred 2-year-old fillies and will be run over 1 1/16 miles on Polytrack on Nov. 1.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Prominent Canadian owner and breeder Jim Sapara died last Thursday, trainer Josie Carroll said. The trainer didn’t know his age or cause of death.

“I’ve trained for him for 18 years,” she said. “He’s got a pretty big history in the game.”

A successful businessman in western Canada, Sapara and his wife, Alice, initially started Winsong Farms as a hobby in 1975. Carroll and the Saparas teamed up to win their first Queen’s Plate with Edenwold in 2006.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – After Grade 3 wins against males in the Canadian Derby and British Columbia Derby, Academic will tackle older fillies and mares in the Grade 3, $150,000 Maple Leaf Stakes at Woodbine on Oct. 31, trainer Reade Baker said.

The Maple Leaf covers 1 1/4 miles on Polytrack. Justin Stein, who has ridden Academic in each of her three stakes wins this year, retains the mount, Baker said.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown on Monday said he pre-entered 14 horses for this year’s Breeders’ Cup – to be held Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland – adding two horses to his lineup who just won maiden races over the weekend.

Trainer Bill Mott, who said he'll have a trio of Breeders’ Cup pre-entries, sent a pair of those runners out to work Monday at host track Keeneland.

Mott worked the 2-year-old filly Harmonize in company with Grade 1 winner Seek Again shortly after the morning maintenance break. Harmonize, who earned an automatic berth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf with her win in the Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland, finished her four furlongs in 48.89 seconds, according to Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch. Seek Again stopped the timer in 49.19.

Trainer Chad Brown and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. teamed up to win four races on Sunday’s card at Belmont Park, extending their lead to almost insurmountable levels in their respective standings with two weeks remaining in the meet.

The dynamic duo teamed up to win four of the last six races on Sunday’s 10-race program.