Grandeur, pre-entered for the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 2, did not have an ideal journey from England this week, casting doubt on his participation in America’s richest turf race.

In a brief phone conversation Friday, trainer Jeremy Noseda did not go into detail about Grandeur’s condition. Grandeur arrived from England late Wednesday and remained in quarantine Friday morning.

“At this moment, we have a few issues,” Noseda said. “Time will tell where we are. I’m dealing with the Breeders’ Cup.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Ron Moquett’s first trip to the Breeders’ Cup came with a 160-1 outsider, Asher, in the 1999 Juvenile Fillies. He’ll like his chances a whole lot better when he comes back a second time next Saturday with Gentlemen’s Bet, one of the leading contenders in the Sprint.

Asher finished a well-beaten sixth behind Cash Run in the 1999 Juvenile Fillies while up against one of the strongest fields in the history of the event.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Tale of a Champion was a surprise pre-entrant this week for the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf on Nov. 2. A five-furlong workout in the fog at Santa Anita on Monday was the deciding factor, trainer Kristin Mulhall said.

“He went five-eighths, and he came home the last quarter in 23 and change,” Mulhall said. “He wouldn’t pull up.”

Mulhall was aboard Tale of a Champion for the workout. She said it was not the first time this year that Tale of a Champion had a strong workout in advance of a stakes.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The Breeders’ Cup is always rich with good story lines, but few would top Caracortado if the 6-year-old gelding wins the Turf Sprint next Saturday at Santa Anita.

Produced by a giveaway mare following a free mating, Caracortado has overcome his latest hurdle, a serious injury to his right front hoof, to emerge as a contender for the $1 million Turf Sprint.

ELMONT, N.Y. – My Miss Aurelia’s long-awaited return to the races has been delayed even longer.

My Miss Aurelia, the champion juvenile filly of 2011, was scratched from Thursday’s $100,000 Punkin Pie Stakes at Belmont Park after suffering an injury to her left front foot, known as “shedding a frog.” The frog is at the bottom of a horse’s foot and is akin to a shock absorber.

“She shed a frog on Monday; it’s significantly better but not enough to run,” trainer Todd Pletcher said Thursday. “On to the Go For Wand.”

The connections of King Kreesa, winner of the Mohawk Stakes last weekend against New York-breds, are hoping to receive an invite to the Hong Kong Mile on Dec. 8, trainer Jeremiah Englehart said Wednesday.

Englehart said he nominated King Kreesa to that race and hopes to hear within two weeks if he will get an invite.

“It’s an opportunity you don’t get to do very often and the horse has been able to do a lot of things,” Englehart said. “I don’t think a trip like that would bother him.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Initially headed north of the border for this weekend’s $1 million Canadian International at Woodbine, Twilight Eclipse instead is now heading west for the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 2.

Twilight Eclipse prefers firm ground over soft turf and with wet weather forecast over the weekend in Canada, his connections felt it was pointless to run at Woodbine.

“We know he doesn’t handle the soft turf,” said Tom Albertrani, who trains Twilight Eclipse for West Point Thoroughbreds. “We decided to go to the Breeders’ Cup.”