Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Flintshire put in his final move in advance of the Nov. 5 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. IT) when he breezed five furlongs in 1:02.85 in company with stablemate Money Multiplier over the inner turf at Belmont Park Oct. 30.

After working Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I)-bound Carina Mia and Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT) runner Tourist Oct. 30, Mott plans to breeze Turf Sprint (gr. IT) contender Celestine and Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) runner Good Samaritan Oct. 31.

While some of his top rivals were out of town to ride in stakes races at other venues, Ramon Vazquez stayed put and racked up five wins from this eight mounts on the night.

Gun Runner wore a saddle towel with “Dirt Mile” sewn into the side during his easy half-mile breeze Oct. 30 at Santa Anita Park, and that’s where he’s almost surely headed for his Breeders’ Cup spot.

Spendthrift Farm’s Cover Song had to wait out an extended inquiry, but her connections still got to celebrate her first stakes victory in the Santa Anita Park winner’s circle Oct. 29.

Keeneland closed its 2016 fall meet, which celebrated the 80th anniversary of racing at the world-famous track, on Oct. 29 with record total on-track attendance of 276,543 and substantial gains in on-track and all-sources wagering. 

The 5-year-old son of Birdstone set a track record Oct. 29 at Keeneland, winning the $200,000 Hagyard Fayette Stakes (gr. II) by 5 3/4 lengths and running 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.75.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission will likely run double-blind quality assurance testing on its lab after the state’s Equine Drug Research Council approved plans to carry out such tests.

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. won the two graded stakes on the Oct. 29 Belmont Park card when he guided Lewis Bay to an easy victory in the Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) and Stallwalkin’ Dude to a clear win in the Bold Ruler Handicap (gr. III).

O B Harbor, the 2016 Emerald Downs Horse of the Meeting, died suddenly Oct. 25 from a twisted intestine.

A plethora of horses pre-entered in the Breeders’ Cup, or their relatives, are cataloged for the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Nov. 8-20.

When Taylor Made Sales inquired last season about whether Jason Loutsch and his father-in-law, Dennis Albaugh, were going to offer their homebred half brother to Liam’s Map at the yearling sales, the response was a prophetic ‘Not this time.’

From his Fair Hill headquarters Oct. 28, trainer Graham Motion talked about the group of horses he will send out for this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

While many Breeders’ Cup pre-entered horses already are in Southern California, several also wrapped up final serious works elsewhere Oct. 29, including I’m a Chatterbox at Keeneland and 2015 Filly & Mare Sprint winner Wavell Avenue at Belmont Park.