Horse Racing News by Jack Shinar

United States-based horses will have their work cut out for them in the $3 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf Nov. 1 with a powerful contingent of foreign horses pre-entered, including Coolmore's defending winner Magician.

The Breeders' Cup unveiled its pre-entrants for the 31st annual World Championships the morning of Oct. 22 at Santa Anita Park, with 201 horses named for the 13-race festival Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

Spendthrift Farm's two-time champion Beholder spiked a temperature of 104 degrees the morning of Oct. 19 and will not be able to defend her title in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park, trainer Richard Mandella said.

Vince Scuderi's homebred Paulassilverlining rallied from off the pace to run past pacesetter Evrybdymstgetstonz to win the 107th running of the Matron Stakes Oct. 5 at Belmont Park.

Favored Daredevil cruised to victory in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes on a sloppy track at Belmont Park Oct. 4, handing trainer Todd Pletcher his third consecutive win in the prestigious race.

Win machine Work All Week remained undefeated in nine starts on dirt and stamped his ticket to the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint with a smart win in the $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes on opening day of the Keeneland fall meet Oct. 3.

Santa Anita Park stewards handed jockey Victor Espinoza a seven-day suspension Sept. 28 for his tactics in the handling of Sky Kingdom in the Awesome Again Stakes the preceding day.

Stuck wide every step of the way, odds-on choice Shared Belief stayed unbeaten in seven starts with a head victory over a game Fed Biz in the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes Sept. 27 at Santa Anita Park.

Main Sequence earned his third consecutive grade I win in the United States since arriving from England when he narrowly outfought Twilight Eclipse by a neck in the $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Sept. 27 at Belmont Park.

Third in last year's Ricoh Woodbine Mile behind Wise Dan, British invader Trade Storm came from off the pace to claim the top prize over Kaigun on the turf at the Toronto-area track Sept. 14.