Arabian Lion won a maiden special weight race at six furlongs by a convincing three lengths Sunday at Santa Anita, the latest success by a 2-year-old male for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

Ridden by Ramon Vazquez, Arabian Lion ($3.40) set the pace and pulled clear of stablemate Ellwood Blues in the final furlong. Navy Man, a first-time starter trained by Michael McCarthy, finished third, beaten 5 1/4 lengths.

Arabian Lion and Ellwood Blues were both first-time starters by Justify who had worked together in recent weeks.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Whatmakessammyrun, winner of the Grade 2 Eddie D Stakes on the hillside turf course on Oct. 1 at Santa Anita, will skip the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

Trainer Mark Glatt said Sunday that Whatmakessammyrun will be pointed to the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez Stakes, a $250,000 race on the hillside turf course on Dec. 31 at Santa Anita.

“We’re not going to Kentucky,” Glatt said.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Chad Brown will be seeking to extend his own record for wins by a trainer in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup when represented here Saturday by McKulick and Dolce Zel in the final Grade 1 race of the fall meet.

A terrific lineup of older turf marathoners is set for the Grade 3, $300,000 Sycamore Stakes, the Friday feature at Keeneland.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Keeneland stewards have handed out three-day suspensions to superstar jockeys in town for opening weekend to the fall meet.

Joel Rosario and the Ortiz brothers Irad and Jose all will sit out Oct. 19-21 after being cited for riding infractions on the opening-day card Friday. All three riders are Eclipse Award winners based mainly in New York.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher was at Keeneland to watch Malathaat win the Spinster Stakes on Sunday and not at Aqueduct to see Nest win the Beldame earlier in the day. There’s absolutely no reading into what any of that means, simply because a person can’t be in two places at one time.

Human cloning still forbidden, Pletcher availed himself to watching Nest via simulcast, and in both races, he very much liked what he saw.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – No Name Dude made a name for himself here Saturday and showed a new dimension in the process when overcoming a sluggish start to capture the Hollywood Beach Stakes going five furlongs over the Tapeta surface.

No Name Dude, a 2-year-old son of The Big Beast, entered the Hollywood Beach having made just two previous starts, both on the main track, having won his maiden at second asking in wire-to-wire fashion in a race restricted to Florida-breds on Sept. 17.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Sunday’s program at Santa Anita begins with a racing rarity – a carryover of $406,147 in the 50-cent early pick five.

The carryover was clinched when Going to Vegas ($7.20) led throughout the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes, Saturday’s fifth race. Going to Vegas was by far the lowest $2 mutuel in the early pick five on Saturday.

The other winners were Weemissgrammy ($41.40), Apprehend ($19.80), Izzy Em ($37.80) and Blessed Touch ($12).

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Smooth Like Strait was among the early scratches Saturday from the Grade 1 Coolmore Turf Mile at Keeneland because of a minor cut on his knee, according to trainer Michael McCarthy.

Smooth Like Strait, owned by Cannon Thoroughbreds, was the 9-2 second choice in an oversubscribed lineup of older horses in the $1 million Coolmore Turf Mile, the 10th of 11 races on a blockbuster Saturday card. The Coolmore is a Win and You’re In toward the Breeders’ Cup Mile, to be run Nov. 5 on the Keeneland turf.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Flightline was the first worker after the 6:30 a.m. break Saturday at Santa Anita, strolling through a five-furlong drill as his flawless preparation continues for the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

Under exercise rider Juan Leyva, Flightline broke off by himself at the five-eighths pole and crossed the wire in 1:00.20. His gallop-out was strong; clockers gave the colt a six-furlong time of 1:12.40. Either way, Flightline was his typical professional self.