Breeders’ Cup Bulletin

· GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. hero California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) covered five furlongs in :59.60 (3/20) under regular pilot Victor Espinoza at his Los Alamitos base yesterday morning as he eyes the Nov. 1 GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. “He worked great,” said Alan Sherman, assistant to his father Art. “We’re real happy with him. He’ll go five or six furlongs next Saturday.” Los Alamitos head clocker Russ Hudak offered, “He looked good. He wasn’t pressured much on the gallop out. It didn’t look like he was pushed real hard. It was a good, steady work.” California Chrome was last seen finishing a disappointing sixth in the GII Pennsyslvania Derby Sept. 20. 

· C R K Stable’s Breeders’ Cup Classic possible Candy Boy (Candy Ride {Arg}), second in the GII West Virginia Derby Aug. 2 and third last time in the Pennsylvania Derby, was clocked in 1:00.80 (31/70) while working five panels at Santa Anita Saturday. “He’s training up for it, but we’re not a definite yet,” trainer John Sadler said. “We want to look and see how it shapes up… We’re in our own backyard and we’ll make up our mind when the money is due. It’s a lot of money to run. A mile and a quarter should be good for him.” Pre-entries for the Breeders’ Cup will be taken Oct. 20. 

· Crossed Sabre’s Farm’s Lochte (Medaglia d’Oro), winner of the GI Gulfstream Park Turf H. in February, is entered in a one-mile turf allowance at Gulfstream Park West Sunday, which he could use as a potential springboard to the Nov. 1 GI Breeders’ Cup Mile. “I got the Breeders’ Cup in the back of my mind, at the time,” offered trainer Marcus Vitali. Second in Santa Anita’s GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile in March and third behind likely Mile favorite Wise Dan (Wiseman’s Ferry) in Keeneland’s Apr. 11 GI Maker’s 46 Mile, the dark bay returned to winning ways in Gulfstream’s The Vid S. Sept. 13 after four somewhat disappointing efforts. “He was a little off this summer at Monmouth,” Vitali said. “I don’t think he liked the track there. I ran him in the last couple of races to see if I have him back on track. I expect him to run well (Sunday). He’s doing good. If he runs well we’ll discuss it (the Breeders’ Cup) and make a decision.” 

· Frank Calabrese homebred Fast Anna (Medaglia d’Oro) fired a five-furlong bullet in :57.56 yesterday at Gulfstream as he preps for the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint Nov. 1. “He did it all on his own and he came back great,” said trainer Kathy Ritvo of the GI King’s Bishop S. and GIII Gallant Bob S. runner-up. “We worked him with blinkers on today and we will race him with blinkers on. I just think it keeps him a little more focused.”

· Priscilla Vaccarezza’s Little Alexis (Mr. Greeley), a close third in Saratoga’s Aug. 2 GI Test S., will cut back for the Nov. 1 GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Sprint off a fourth in Parx’s GI Cotillion S. Sept. 20. The bay sophomore earned the second-fasted five-furlong clocking in Hallandale yesterday at :58.96. “I’m extremely pleased with the work,” said trainer Carlo Vaccarezza. “[Rider] Edgard [Zayas] said he loved the way she has another gear. He said she did it easy. We’ll get a couple of works in her at Santa Anita and we’ll be ready to go.”