LEXINGTON, Ky. - Led by a bevy of juveniles, a number of Breeders' Cup candidates breezed on a chilly Thursday morning at host track Keeneland.

After receiving regulatory approvals, Fort Erie has announced the rescheduled closing day for the 2022 meet will be on Monday with a 12:25 p.m. post time.

The card will be Fort Erie’s fan appreciation day. Fans will receive free programs and prizes will be given away between races.

There will be a mandatory payout of over $11,000 in the Jackpot Hi 5 pool on the final race.

Fort Erie canceled what was scheduled to be closing day last Tuesday when persistent rain created unfavorable racing conditions.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Wicked Halo will be aiming for her fourth straight stakes victory when she faces eight other 3-year-old fillies Saturday in the Grade 2, $350,000 Raven Run at Keeneland.

Wicked Halo will have Tyler Gaffalione aboard when she breaks from post 8 in the Raven Run, the ninth of 10 Saturday races and the last of two seven-furlong stakes for 3-year-olds on the card. The $250,000 Perryville, which drew eight colts and geldings, goes as Race 6.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Gail Tiller, the wife of long-time Woodbine trainer Robert Tiller, died last Sunday in Toronto General Hospital. The 61-year-old had been battling cancer.

The Tillers were married for 42 years, and Gail was present for many of the stable’s major wins, including the remarkable run by five-time Canadian champion male sprinter and 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year Pink Lloyd.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Kangaroo Court, the easy winner of a maiden special weight race for California-breds at Del Mar in August, will miss the $175,000 Golden State Juvenile at Santa Anita on Oct. 29.

Trained by Tim Yakteen, Kangaroo Court was scratched from the $125,000 I’m Smokin Stakes for statebred 2-year-olds at Del Mar on Sept. 9 because of a minor injury.

“We’ll let him tell us when he’s ready to come back,” Yakteen said on Sunday. “He’s a nice horse and we want to be conservative. You want them to be right.”

The waiting game is on for the people surrounding Lane Way, an outside candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland on Nov. 5.

Lane Way worked three furlongs in 34 seconds at Santa Anita on Monday, his first workout since a game second in the Grade 2 Eddie D Stakes at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course on Oct. 1.

But a loss by three-quarters of a length in the Eddie D Stakes has hampered Lane Way’s chances of a start in the $1 million BC Turf Sprint at 5 1/2 furlongs.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Trainer Ian Kruljac was fined $1,000 by Santa Anita stewards on Sunday for recent discourteous behavior toward a member of the state veterinary staff, according to a ruling published by track stewards.

The incident, which involved profanity in an email, occurred at Del Mar in August and was Kruljac’s fourth infraction for disorderly conduct.

Kruljac has been ordered to undergo evaluation by the Winners Foundation regarding anger management issues and sign a testing agreement with the California Horse Racing Board, according to the ruling.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The penny-breakage rules that went into effect on the Kentucky circuit on July 8 have translated into more than $1.1 million in additional winnings to horseplayers, according to a Monday release from the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation based in Lexington.

The $1.1 million figure only stems from win-place-show wagering at Thoroughbred meets, and no exotic wagers. Penny breakage is the first of its kind in North American racing and was part of a broader racing-related tax package approved earlier this year by the Kentucky legislature.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Spooky Channel won back-to-back turf stakes last fall, ending with the Grade 3 Sycamore Stakes at Keeneland, but now the stretch-running gelding has yet to race in more than a year.

“He came up with a little tendon injury when we were getting him ready for a race at Fair Grounds,” said trainer Jason Barkley. “It did not require surgery, and we just let him heal up naturally. We’ll probably start him back early at Fair Grounds.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A pair of 3-year-old fillies trained by John Terranova arrived before dawn Monday at Keeneland to take on some of their more accomplished classmates in what’s shaping up as a terrific renewal Saturday of the Grade 2, $350,000 Raven Run.

Midnight Stroll and Union Lake were vanned overnight from their New York base, said Terranova, who will be on hand Saturday for the seven-furlong Raven Run.

“They both settled in great,” said Terranova. “I think we’ve got a couple of fillies with some real quality to them.”