Horse Racing News by Jason Shandler

Wise Dan came away with the lead coming off the turn and ran away to a four-length victory in the $150,000 Fayette Stakes.

My Miss Aurelia defeated Stopshoppingmaria for the second time this year, drawing away in the stretch for a convincing 5 1/2-length win in the $300,000 Frizette Oct. 8 at Belmont.

New Zealand-bred Hoofit held off Aikenite by a desperate nose to score an 11-1 upset in the $175,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Oct. 7 on opening day at Keeneland.

Uncle Mo is headed to the Breeders' Cup Classic.

It drew only six, but the lucrative Grade 2 Cotillion Stakes from Parx Racing lured three of the top-ranked sophomore fillies in the nation -- each of them Grade 1 winners.

To Honor and Serve was expected to be one of the top 3-year-olds of 2011 when the season started. It took him more than nine months, but the Bernardini colt has finally lived up to that billing.

Trainer Tony Pecoraro earned his 1,000th career victory in style Sept. 24 when I'm Steppin' It Up held off odds-on favorite King Congie to win the Grade 3, $250,000 Kent Stakes by two lengths at Delaware Park.

Multiple graded stakes winner Banned is expected to undergo an attempt at life-saving surgery Sept. 24 to repair a pair of broken sesamoids in his right ankle, injuries suffered after a routine half-mile work at Santa Anita Park Sept. 22.

Tizway, the expected favorite for the next weekend's Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup, will miss the race, according to trainer Jimmy Bond.

All In Stable's Willcox Inn is the 3-1 favorite for the Grade 3, $250,000 Kent Stakes Sept. 24 at Delaware Park. The 1 1/8-mile turf event has attracted a field of 13 sophomores.