LEXINGTON, Ky. - Julien Leparoux winning on a 33-1 shot isn't a common occurrence, either in Kentucky, where he tends to dominate, or elsewhere. And yet 3-year-old Mimi's Bling was so overshadowed by more accomplished older mares going into the $100,000 Franklin County Stakes on Friday at Keeneland that even the presence of Leparoux in the saddle could do little to keep the filly's odds from floating skyward.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Where’s the Remote, the runner-up in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Turf Championship at Hollywood Park on Oct. 3, may be bound for the Breeders’ Cup after all.

Trainer Mike Mitchell is considering a start in the $500,000 Breeders’ Cup Marathon over 1 3/4 miles on the main track at Churchill Downs on Nov. 6 for the 4-year-old gelding.

“My gut feeling is I will work him twice here and that will tell us what to do,” Mitchell said. “I want to run him in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Marathon, but I don’t want to waste my guy’s money.”

Fastation has been on a stakes tear since the summer and looks like an odds-on favorite to continue her run in the $55,000 Permian Basin at Zia Park. The six-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies also drew stakes winner Squall Wilbud.

Brickyard looks for his third straight win at Hoosier Park and his fifth in a row overall Sunday as part of a full field of 12 Indiana-bred colts and geldings, including a four-horse entry, in the $84,000 To Much Coffee.

ELMONT, N.Y. – When it comes to New York Showcase Day, Dominic Galluscio usually comes well prepared. He has won two runnings of the Empire Classic and one running each of the Sleepy Hollow and Maid of the Mist Stakes.

Next Saturday, when Belmont hosts the annual New York Showcase Day program – an entire card devoted to New York-breds – Galluscio once again figures to be prominent with three major players for the afternoon’s seven traditional stakes races.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Antares World has won six races at her home track, Golden Gate Fields, and lost all four starts in Southern California. So why leave home again?

Because when Antares World runs a mile on turf in the Grade 3 Harold C. Ramser Handicap for 3-year-old fillies Sunday at Hollywood Park, she might be a slam dunk.

“She shipped well, she is training well, and she should be pretty tough,” trainer Steve Specht said.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The sight of Violon Sacre tossing his head about early in his races is probably a bit disconcerting to those who backed him at the windows. But the sight of Violon Sacre lengthening his stride and roaring through the stretch has, more times than not, had a soothing effect on those who put their money down.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Musket Man is headed to the Breeders’ Cup Classic, even though he failed to complete his latest mission.

Prior to the Monmouth Cup on Oct. 9, trainer Derek Ryan said the 4-year-old Musket Man needed to win that race to earn a spot at Churchill Downs. But from Ryan’s perspective, Musket Man turned in a winning effort while finishing second to Etched. Locked along the rail behind slow fractions, Musket Man angled out for clearance on the final turn and continued strongly to the wire with Eibar Coa aboard.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Aside from the very beginning of his Hall of Fame career and the occasional stakes engagement, Kent Desormeaux has never ridden all that often in his home state of Louisiana.

That will change later this year. Desormeaux said he will ride for at least the first month or so at Fair Grounds when the New Orleans track begins its four-month meet on Nov. 25 and could continue into 2011, depending on how things go.

“I’m really looking forward to it,” said Desormeaux. “I usually take December off, but I already got my month off this year.”

MIAMI – Sunday marks the final day of the long Calder session that began April 25. The Tropical at Calder meeting opens Thursday and runs through Jan. 3.