ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Hard Not to Like, who is heading to next Friday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Churchill Downs, breezed five furlongs in 1:01.80 on the main track at Woodbine on Friday morning.

With jockey Alex Gonzalez in the irons, Hard Not to Like was clocked in 36.80 seconds for her first three furlongs and galloped out six furlongs in 1:14.80.

"She broke off easy, and finished well," said Gail Cox, who trains Hard Not to Like for owner/breeder Garland Williamson. "It was just a perfect breeze."

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -  Trainer Bill Mott said he is pleased with the results he has seen from the experiment to put a one-cup blinker on Breeders' Cup Classic contender To Honor and Serve during training hours at Churchill Downs this past week.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The stakes action comes early and often Sunday, with four $60,000 overnight events helping to close out the 37-day fall meet.

The 1 p.m. opener is the Middle Stage scheduled for the Widener turf at 1 1/16 miles. Eight 3-year-old fillies entered for turf, headed by Good Karma, who makes her U.S. debut for Christophe Clement.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Cozi Rosie, the winner of two Grade 2 stakes this year, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Churchill Downs next Friday after she was found to be “off behind” on Friday morning, according to Dottie Ingordo, the racing manager for owners Jerry and Ann Moss.

Cozi Rosie, trained by John Sadler, is scheduled to undergo nuclear scan tests at Santa Anita next week to further evaluate her condition, Ingordo said.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A day many thought would never come, did in fact arrive Friday with the opening of Resorts World New York, a casino at Aqueduct featuring video lottery terminals and electronic table games.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Graham Motion admitted it was an “emotional moment” when he stepped into Barn 22 on the Churchill Downs backstretch on Friday morning, the same barn that housed Motion and his Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom five months ago.

STICKNEY, Ill. – There is a Midwest market for late-season 2-year-old turf stakes.

A day after the Royal Glint, an open 2-year-old race, attracted a full gate, the Gold Digger for 2-year-old fillies Sunday at Hawthorne drew an overflow field. Twelve are in the main body of the one-mile race, with a 13th horse on the also-eligible list.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Last Saturday, Delta Downs ran the $200,000 Jean Lafitte Stakes, a race won by My Adonis, as the official prep for the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot on Nov. 19.

This Sunday, Churchill Downs is running what might be considered the unofficial prep – the Grade 3, $100,000 Iroquois Stakes, the co-feature on the track’s opening-day, all-juvenile racecard.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The more Peter Eurton investigated, the more he realized how fast Weemissfrankie worked at Santa Anita on Friday.

In her final workout before the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs on Friday, Weemissfrankie zipped five furlongs in 59.20 seconds. Maybe the track was fast later in the morning, Eurton thought briefly. After checking with clockers, Eurton realized that Weemissfrankie had one of the quickest works of the morning, the second-fastest of 44 recorded works at the distance.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Friday morning was the coldest yet since the Breeders’ Cup clocker reports began last Sunday, but at least it was dry and the main track fast. Unfortunately, enough rain fell over the previous two days to keep the turf course closed for a second straight morning, forcing the connections of at least a couple Breeders’ Cup contenders to postpone scheduled grass workouts until Saturday.