INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Life Is Sweet, winner of the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 6, may not be done racing this year.

After she worked a half-mile in 50 seconds at Hollywood Park on Wednesday, trainer John Shirreffs said the 4-year-old filly could try for her fifth stakes win of 2009 in the $150,000 Bayakoa Handicap over 1 1/16 miles on Dec. 5.

Wednesday's workout was Life Is Sweet's first since the Ladies' Classic win. Owned by breeders Marty and Pam Wygod, Life Is Sweet has won 6 of 15 starts and $1,770,810.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The winners of the twin 2-year-old stakes that opened the Churchill Downs fall meet Nov. 1 will return for what their connections hope will be the same ol' story Saturday, when a second "Stars of Tomorrow" program will close the meet.

Sassy Image, winner of the Pocahontas Stakes, is one of seven fillies entered in the Golden Rod Stakes, while Thiskyhasnolimit, winner of the Iroquois Stakes, is one of nine colts and geldings in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.

Up at Churchill Downs, 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra is back on the track, training again for the Steve Asmussen stable. But down at Fair Grounds, the Asmussen barn has 3-year-old colt Friesan Fire dressed up and ready to roll - somewhere, sometime, and presumably in the not-too-distant future.

On Monday, Friesan Fire worked six furlongs in 1:12.60 seconds, as fast as many six-furlong races are run at Fair Grounds. It was Friesan Fire's sixth published work since he resumed breezing this fall in New Orleans, and his second straight drill at three-quarters of a mile.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - While the raw statistics don't look bad, it's fair to say that trainer Lorne Richards isn't particularly happy with his stable's output this season.

"It's been a pretty lousy year," said Richards, who relocated here from Vancouver in 2001 as the private trainer for K.K. Sangara. "Numbers-wise it looks decent, but those wins were in a lot of cheap races."

Richards was heading into the last two weeks of the meeting with a record of 15 wins and 29 in-the-money finishes from 58 starts, producing percentages comparable to previous seasons.

STICKNEY, Ill. - It's that time of year again. The time of year when Shadowbdancing is ready to race, needs to race, and has no suitable spot in the region where he can race. Trainer Terrel Gore will do what he has to do, even if it means shipping some 1,300 miles.

"I think I'm headed to Zia Park with him," Gore said. "I'll drive him down myself."

Freaky, the nation's leading Quarter Horse, will be a strong favorite in the $750,000 Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos on Dec. 12, and his trainer, Adan Farias, will be quite busy in that race.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - At this time last year, it would not have been preposterous to think that in 2009 a 3-year-old filly could go undefeated, win a Triple Crown race, and perhaps beat older males. It would, however, have been preposterous to think that filly would be someone other than Stardom Bound.

WHO'S HOT

Julien Leparoux won four races Tuesday to take a narrow lead in the rider standings, giving him 22 winners on the meet to Calvin Borel's 21. Counting all of last week through racing Tuesday, he was 11 for 32 - good for a 34 percent win clip. This big week came despite his missing being at Churchill Downs Saturday, when he was at Hollywood Park riding American Lion to victory in the Hollywood Prevue.

Borel, meanwhile, was 9 for 43 over this stretch of six racing days.

Quality Road will not run in Saturday's Grade 1 Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile at Aqueduct, his connections said Wednesday afternoon.

WHO'S HOT

Enrique Arroyo

After going 0 for 11 at Saratoga and 1 for 27 at Belmont's fall meet, Arroyo was 5-1-3 with 19 starters heading into the last week of Aqueduct's fall session: Volos, Captain Sword, Bebob, Elena's Princess, and Chief Export all won claiming races in the $10,000-16,000 range. Chief Export ($8.10) had been legged up in a pair of 1 1/8-mile routes after being reclaimed and was the closest fit date-wise in a restricted claiming sprint Nov. 20.