Before heading back to Kentucky, trainer Dale Romans watched his multiple Grade 1 winner Dullahan work five furlongs in 1:00.44 over the Belmont main track Sunday morning. Dullahan is being pointed to Saturday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Jamaica for 3-year-olds on the turf.

Romans had hoped to work on the grass, but turf works were postponed from Sunday to Monday due to the course condition.

Romans was pleased with the way Dullahan was “reaching out” in his work. Others pointing to the Jamaica include Amira’s Prince, Cogito, King Kreesa, Summer Front, and Unbridled Command.

At Saratoga, Breeders’ Cup Classic candidate Mucho Macho Man worked three furlongs in 34.72 seconds over a muddy Oklahoma training track Monday morning, his first breeze since finishing second behind To Honor and Serve in the Woodward on Sept. 1.

Though the track was wet, trainer Kathy Ritvo though it safe enough to begin breezing toward the Breeders’ Cup.

“He had a good time, he was feeling good,” Ritvo said. “We just let him do it on his own. He worked great and came back super.”

Algorithms, one of the early stars of the 3-year-old division before being sidelined in February with a leg injury, worked three furlongs in 37.26 seconds over Belmont’s training track Monday morning.

Algorithms, who won his first three starts including the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park in January, could resurface before the year is over either in New York or at Gulfstream Park.

Though he earned an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint by virtue of his victory in Saturday’s Grade 1 Vosburgh, The Lumber Guy is being considered for both the $1.5 million Sprint and the $1 million Dirt Mile, trainer Mike Hushion said.

Hushion said he and owner Barry Schwartz would size up the competition for both races before making a definitive decision.

Flower Bowl 1-2 finishers Nahrain and Zagora appear headed to the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf.

Nahrain, second in the Filly and Mare Turf last year, earned her spot in the race by winning Saturday’s Grade 1 Flower Bowl by a half-length over Zagora.

Roger Varian, trainer of Nahrain, returned to Newmarket on Saturday night, but no decision yet has been made on whether the filly will stay in the United States to train up to the Breeders’ Cup or return to Newmarket.

Driven by a 9 percent increase in out-of-state betting on its live races, Arlington Park ended its 2012 meet Sunday with a solid overall gain in average daily handle compared with the 2011 season.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Shug McGaughey will ship Joe Hirsch Turf Classic winner Point of Entry to Southern California with confidence, knowing that his horse will get a course firmer at Santa Anita than the one he ran on Saturday at Belmont Park.

Point of Entry ran his winning streak to five straight – and three consecutive Grade 1’s – with his 1 3/4-length victory in the Joe Hirsch, run on yielding turf that his connections didn’t think he particularly liked.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Politicallycorrect was bright and alert walking the shed row Monday at Remington Park, the day after he won the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby and a few hours before he was to board a flight to Southern California to begin preparations for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 3.

“We’re headed to the California sunshine,” trainer Wesley Ward said.

The $1 million-guaranteed Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association Futurity will be the richest race ever run at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La., when it is held Nov. 17. The 400-yard sprint is the highlight of a 46-date meet for Quarter Horses that opens Wednesday night and continues through Dec. 20.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Course condition could play a major role in handicapping Wednesday’s $80,000 Valor Lady Stakes, scheduled for seven furlongs on Belmont Park’s Widener turf course.

On paper, the top contenders appear to be the Christophe Clement uncoupled entry of Future Generation and Fontley, and the Chad Brown-trained Whipsaw City.

While all three of those fillies raced on soft ground in Europe, none was particularly fond of it.

Belmont’s turf course was definitely yielding during morning workouts on Monday and showers were in the forecast for Tuesday.