ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association announced protocols for jockeys wishing to ride at the Aqueduct 18-day fall meet that runs from Nov. 6 through Dec. 6.

Those who are considered members of the Aqueduct jockey colony who ride at another track during the Aqueduct fall meet must provide two negative COVID-19 tests taken within a five-day window in order to return to Aqueduct. For example, those who ride the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup card at Keeneland would need to return to New York on Nov. 8 take a test that day and again on Nov. 12 to ride the Nov. 12 card.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Funny Guy, runner-up to Firenze Fire in the Grade 2 Vosburgh here Sept. 26, returned to the work tab Monday, going an easy half-mile in 49.98 seconds over the main track in company with fellow New York-bred Tale of the Union.

Trainer John Terranova said he would definitely want to stretch Funny Guy out in distance for his next start, which could come as early as this weekend in the $175,000 Empire Classic for New York-breds at 1 1/8 miles, or the following weekend in the Grade 3. $100,000 Bold Ruler Handicap going seven furlongs.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Led by Rushing Fall and Sistercharlie, five of trainer Chad Brown’s possible 12 Breeders’ Cup candidates put in workouts Monday morning over Belmont Park’s yielding inner turf course.

Rushing Fall, working on the outside, and Sistercharlie went five furlongs as a team in 1:02.80, coming home their final quarter in 24.58 seconds around orange cones, referred to as dogs, over a course that had plenty of give in it following weekend rains. It’s the type of course they could encounter at Keeneland in early November.

Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M., has a handful of allowance races for Thoroughbreds on its Wednesday card that should produce starters for next month’s New Mexico Cup.

The New Mexico Cup series of stakes for horses bred in the state is being run over two cards this meet rather than the traditional single program in October. The races for Quarter Horses are on Nov. 9, and the offerings for Thoroughbreds on Nov. 11

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Southern Phantom, the uniquely marked son of Bodemeister who commanded the attention of cameras from New York to Arkansas to Texas to Oklahoma, has been retired from racing, owner Danny Caldwell said.

Caldwell purchased Southern Phantom at auction as a racing prospect. The horse made three starts for the barn, with his best effort a fifth-place finish in a maiden special weight at Lone Star Park. Southern Phantom finished seventh at the same level in his last start, which came Sept. 16 at Remington. Overall, he ran 10 times, starting his career in New York.

Owner Danny Caldwell was looking for an Oklahoma-bred closer when he haltered Dont Tell Noobody at Lone Star Park for $15,000 in late July. He ended up with so much more.

Dont Tell Noobody upset the richest race on offer for Oklahoma-breds last Friday night at Remington Park, the $175,000 Oklahoma Classics Cup. He paid $81.40.

“I knew several horses who were going to be in the race and felt we could get a real hot and heavy pace,” Caldwell said. “One of the reasons I claimed him is because he’s a horse that likes to lay back.

MIAMI – In the aftermath of Boca Boy’s two-length, upset victory over the previously undefeated and odds-on favorite Breeze On By in the 1 1/16-mile In Reality Stakes, there was talk of taking the steadily improving 2-year-old to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland on Nov. 6.

But in the end, the decision of whether or not to go came down to a matter of dollars and sense.

Plans are being finalized for makeshift accommodations at Turfway Park, where the backside is undergoing repairs and other upgrades prior to opening for horsemen on Nov. 1.

An 11-race card with the traditional Stars of Tomorrow format will be staged for the limited number of fans in attendance Sunday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, where a pair of $98,000 stakes will serve as the opening-day highlights.

Entries will be drawn Thursday for the Street Sense and Rags to Riches, the 1 1/16-mile co-features, with maiden-special and allowances making up the balance of a card exclusively for 2-year-olds. The Street Sense and Rags to Riches lead to the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club and Grade 2 Golden Rod on Nov. 28.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tiz the Law, one of the top contenders for the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland, arrived at Keeneland on Sunday from New York and was out for an easy jog early Monday with trainer Barclay Tagg alongside on his stable pony.

“Everything is good,” said Tagg. “He’ll probably breeze Friday or Saturday and we’ll go from there.”

Tagg said he and Heather Smullen, the exercise rider for Tiz the Law, drove down from New York, pulling into Keeneland about two hours before the colt arrived following a long van ride.