DEL MAR, Calif. – Calimonco has shown an affinity for Del Mar’s turf course, a trend that trainer John Sadler hopes continues in Sunday’s $200,000 Del Mar Mile.

“I don’t necessarily know why he runs so well here,” Sadler said. “This is his best track.”

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Calimonco is considered by owners Marty Wygod and Don Cohn to be a candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita on Nov. 3. But Sadler said Calimonco must show better form to earn a spot in that race.

The question was innocent enough. Neil Drysdale was asked about the filly Amani, the Chilean champion who will be running against the boys on Sunday in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar.

“You know about her rabbit,” Drysdale said, lending no particular expression to the statement. His visitor bit.

“Her rabbit?”

“Yes, she has a rabbit,” said the trainer.

His visitor drew the obvious conclusion.

“You mean a pacemaker. She’s a stretch-runner. She gets help from a ‘rabbit.’ ”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Currency Swap and Trinniberg split their first two meetings and will square off in the rubber match as part of a highly competitive field of 10 3-year-old sprinters set to go seven furlongs in Saturday’s $500,000 King’s Bishop at Saratoga.

Handicappers may have a difficult time separating eight New York-bred 3-year-old fillies, none of whom has won more than twice, in Saturday’s $75,000 New York Oaks at Finger Lakes. The Oaks is run at 1 1/16 miles.

Two T’s At Two B, unbeaten and virtually untested in three career starts, will be the star of the show on Saturday’s Juvenile Showcase card at Calder.

Two T’s At Two B will be heavily favored to extend his winning streak in the $125,000 Affirmed, middle leg of the open division of the Florida Stallion Stakes. The seven-furlong Affirmed and its filly counterpart, the $125,000 Susan’s Girl are two of the 12 races, all for 2-year-olds, on Saturday’s program.

DEL MAR, Calif. – The winner of the Kentucky Derby has been retired, so too the runner-up, but the third-place finisher, Dullahan, soldiers on, and on Sunday at Del Mar he will attempt to raise his game to a new level when he takes on elders for the first time in the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic.

On Wednesday night, Dullahan landed post 5 in a field of 10 when post positions were drawn for the Pacific Classic. Joel Rosario will ride him for the first time. Dullahan is 6-1 on the morning line of Del Mar’s Russell Hudak, who made Game On Dude the 5-2 favorite.

OCEANPORT, N.J. − Hasay returns to Monmouth Park on Saturday to defend her title in the $60,000 Omnibus Stakes for fillies and mares on the turf.

A 5-year-old trained by Graham Motion, Hasay faces nine rivals in the Omnibus, a 1 3/8-mile marathon around three turns. She captured last year’s Omnibus by one length, scoring her first U.S. victory after starting her career in Europe.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Demonstrative made a strong statement that he is a steeplechase horse with a bright future, winning Thursday’s Grade 1, $150,000 New York Turf Writers Steeplechase at Saratoga by one length over Charminster.

 It was the second straight win at this meet for Demonstrative, who on July 26 took the Jonathan Kiser Novice Stakes by two lengths.

EDMONTON, Alberta – Hastings-based horses will have a big impact on the three stakes races supporting the Grade 3, $200,000 Canadian Derby at Northlands on Saturday. That is especially true in the $50,000 Westerner Handicap for 3-year-olds and up that goes as the 11th race.

EDMONTON, Alberta – The 1 3/8-mile marathon distance of the Grade 3, $200,000 Canadian Derby at Northlands Park on Saturday always plays an important role in the outcome of the race. If the derby was contested at 1 1/8 miles or less, Devil in Disguise would be as close to a lock as you can find. But there is no guarantee he will be able to handle going four turns over the five-eighth-mile Northlands oval for the first time.