Horse Racing News on October 26, 2014

It was 6:10 on the morning of Oct. 26 when the Hubbard horse van pulled into Santa Anita Park after the 45-minute van ride from Los Alamitos Racecourse.

Salutos Amigos had his connections thinking about wheeling him back in one week for the Breeders' Cup Sprint after he captured his first stakes in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Bold Ruler Handicap at Belmont.

Canadian classic heroine Lexie Lou was making her U.S. bow on Saturday in the Grade 3, $101,250 Autumn Miss at Santa Anita Park, and the bay filly did not disappoint.

Pick of the Litter found a seam between favorites Departing and Long River inside the final sixteenth and was just up to defeat the former by a neck in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Fayette, the closing day feature of the Keeneland fall meet.