LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The last flight of Breeders’ Cup horses has arrived in Louisville, with a plane from New York landing here at 5:35 local time Tuesday. Among the horses on the Tuesday evening flight was Gio Ponti, who will challenge Goldikova in the Mile.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Zenyatta drew post 8 and was made the 8-5 favorite on the morning line of Churchill Downs’s Mike Battaglia when a field of 12 was entered on Tuesday for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, the highlight of the 14 BC races, worth $25.5 million, to be run Friday and Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Zenyatta is the lone mare in the field, just like a year ago, when she won the Classic at Santa Anita. She is seeking to become the second repeat winner in the Classic, joining Tiznow, who prevailed in 2000 and 2001.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum won the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile with Midshipman under his Darley Stable banner with trainer Bob Baffert. Last year, Sheikh Mohammed won the Juvenile again with 30-1 shot Vale of York, who raced for Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin Stable and trainer Saeed bin Suroor.

How tough is the $1 million BC Turf Sprint? The program favorite, Silver Timber, has been pegged at 4-1 in a race that drew 15 entries, including one also-eligible, and nine more starters are listed at 12-1 or lower.

Silver Timber, with Julien Leparoux to ride, was assigned post 5, with the other program favorites being Chamberlain Bridge (post 1, 6-1), Rose Catherine (post 9, 6-1), Unzip Me (post 4, 8-1), and Quick Enough (post 8, 8-1).

There were winners and losers alike at Tuesday’s post position draw, and it was easy to tell who was who from the smiles and frowns on the faces of trainers with horses in the various Breeders’ Cup races. One trainer smiling ear to ear after the draw was Carl O’Callaghan, whose Kinsale King received post 7 for the Sprint.

Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, which had been expected to be oversubscribed, came up just short of a full field when 13 horses were entered Tuesday, led by 9-2 morning-line favorite Master of Hounds.

Major Gain, the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity winner, was not entered after he ran a temperature Tuesday morning, said trainer Wayne Catalano.

The biggest surprise at the post position draw for this year’s Breeders’ Cup races came when Morning Line was entered in the $1 million Dirt Mile as opposed to the $5 million Classic.

The second-biggest surprise came when Mike Battaglia installed him as the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the race, which drew a field of 13. The 3-year-old Morning Line, who will be ridden by Javier Castellano, drew post 10.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – She won the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Mile from post 11, and Goldikova will be asked to overcome another wide draw, post 10, in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

With regular rider Olivier Peslier named, Goldikova was installed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite to succeed in a quest for an unprecedented third Breeders’ Cup victory. Goldikova was one of four European invaders entered in the Mile, along with Paco Boy, Delegator, and Beethoven.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Workforce drew post 6 and was installed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite for the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf. The question for coming days is whether Workforce will actually contest the race or scratch and go home.