Horse Racing News by Steve Andersen

The $150,000 Oak Tree Mile at Hollywood Park on Saturday was more of a prep for the $100,000 California Cup Mile on Oct. 30 than the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 6.

Sidney's Candy, a four-time graded stakes winner in California this year, was scratched from the Grade 2 Oak Tree Mile on Saturday at Hollywood Park because of a pending sale, trainer John Sadler said Saturday morning.

The most important race of Smiling Tiger's brief career is Saturday's $250,000 Ancient Title Stakes at Hollywood Park.

Hollywood Park canceled its eight-race Wednesday program after a significant downpour in late morning led to erosion in two places on the backstretch.

Through the final quarter-mile of Sunday's $250,000 Clement Hirsch Turf Championship, Champ Pegasus's chances of winning went from dim to glowing.

Jaycito, winless in his first two starts, including a second-place finish in the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity last month, ran down favored J P's Gusto to win Saturday's $250,000 Norfolk Stakes at the Oak Tree at Hollywood Park meeting.

Hibaayeb may have earned a trip to the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Churchill Downs next month after winning Saturday's $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Hollywood Park.

When Bourbon Bay and Champ Pegasus meet for the first time in Sunday's $250,000 Clement Hirsch Turf Championship at Hollywood Park, they do so at a time when their careers are headed in different directions. Literally.

In the spring and summer of 2009, Lilly Fa Pootz was collecting wins in $7,500 claiming races at Emerald Downs in Washington. She had yet to start on turf.

The cast of fillies and mares who will challenge Zenyatta in Saturday's $250,000 Lady's Secret Stakes at Hollywood Park includes a mare who gave her a test in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar.