There are years in which the favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile is apparent before October.

This isn’t one of those years. A dominant leader, or even a clear pecking order in the division, has yet to be established.

The most established runners entering the fall are Currency Swap and Drill, respective winners of the Grade 1 Hopeful and Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity – Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In races that earned each automatic, paid-entry berths in the Juvenile.

When owner Charles Fipke sent Jersey Town to Barclay Tagg late last summer, he did so with the intention of making the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. Tagg, not content with how the horse was doing physically, said he needed more time and asked Fipke if he could point to the Grade 1 Cigar Mile instead.

Tagg’s decision paid off handsomely when Jersey Town outfinsihed Haynesfield by a head to win the Cigar Mile at odds of 34-1.

After bringing Jersey Town back from ankle surgery this year, Fipke asked Tagg if he could point to the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Inglorious, who suffered her first defeat at Woodbine when third in last Sunday’s Selene Stakes, will not see action again this season.

“She’s going to Ocala,” said Josie Carroll, who conditions Inglorious for the Donver Stable of Donna and Vern Dubinsky. “She’ll have a couple of months off.

“She’s had a long, hard campaign and a couple of rough trips in a row.”

Inglorious was undefeated in two starts at 2, winning the six-furlong Fanfreluche and the 1 1/16-mile Ontario Lassie.

With a couple of flashy 3-year-old fillies – Turbulent Descent and Pomeroys Pistol – among the top prospects, there seems little doubt the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint once again will draw a deep and competitive field.

Throw out One’s Own Accord’s last two starts, which came in the marathon series, and he looks better than most in a $10,000 claiming race that will serve as Friday’s feature at Northlands Park. The one-mile race for 3-year-olds and up drew seven horses and it appears to be a wide-open event.

If One’s Own Accord came into the race off his third-place finish in a $17,500 claiming race going 6 1/2 furlongs Aug. 6, he would look pretty solid. It is hard to say how much his last two starts at marathon distances took out of him, however.

ANDERSON, Ind. – The sight remains fresh from the 2010 Indiana Derby: Bob Baffert and Mike Pegram giddily floating down a flight of stairs toward the Hoosier Park winner’s circle, thrilled with the way Lookin At Lucky had just stamped himself as one of the favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Classic in a highly impressive victory.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Jungle Wave will try to end a 14-race losing streak in Friday’s excellent Woodbine feature, which is scheduled for six furlongs on the grass. The second-level allowance, with a $62,500-$60,000 claiming option, lured 14 runners, including three also-eligibles and a main-track-only entrant.

Jungle Wave is winless since August of 2009, when he captured the Grade 2 Play the King Stakes. He has started six times this year, and finished either second or third on four occasions.

Rapid Redux will attempt to move closer to the all-time North American record of 19 consecutive victories shared by Zenyatta and Pepper’s Pride when he returns to Mountaineer Racetrack for Friday night’s featured eighth race.

Expect a rematch between Shudacudawudya and Tribesman in the Oct. 22 Oakland Handicap at Golden Gate Fields.

The two met last Sunday in a six-furlong allowance, with the 4-year-old Shudacudawudya notching his fifth victory (along with three seconds) in eight sprint tries over Golden Gate’s Tapeta surface, defeating even-money favorite Tribesman by four lengths.

Both geldings came out of the race in good shape, according to their trainers.

Russell Baze, who has won 40 riding titles at Golden Gate Fields, including the past 12, won’t win the title at the six-week summer meet, which ends on Sunday.

Baze goes into the week with 20 winners, five behind Aaron Gryder and one behind Juan Hernandez. He has four mounts Friday but will be gone Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday, he’ll ride Halo Dolly for Jerry Hollendorfer in the $750,000 Cotillion at Parx Racing in Pennsylvania. On Sunday, he is scheduled to ride in three stakes at Hastings Park in British Columbia.