Horse Racing News by Steve Haskin

Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome is expected to conclude his 2014 season and make his turf debut in the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar Nov. 29.

Tucci Stables' Midnight Aria, wire-to-wire winner of last year's Queens Plate, will look to get back in the stakes column as he takes on five rivals in the $200,000 Autumn Stakes at Woodbine Nov. 9.

It is time for the questions to be answered, as 15 horses, seven of them 3-year-olds, have been entered for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park, with Horse of the Year on the line.

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.

Whitney Stakes winner Moreno drilled six furlongs in 1:12 3/5 Oct. 24 in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Classic Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park.

There are two burning questions regarding this year's Breeders' Cup Classic: Who is going to win and what horse is going to be excluded from the field?

Shared Belief, likely favorite for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, continued his preparation for the 1-1/4-mile race, working five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 Oct. 14 over the Tapeta surface at Golden Gate Fields.

Bourbon Lane Stable's Hashtag Bourbon, who broke his maiden in the Mountaineer Juvenile Stakes and then finished a troubled third in the Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Mike McCarty's Lemon Drop Dream tops a field of eight sprinters in the 162nd running of the $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Oct. 3, on opening day of the Keeneland fall meet.

Centennials Farms' Wicked Strong, who clipped heels in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, stumbling and unseating jockey Rajiv Maragh, will not be sent to Santa Anita Park for the Breeders' Cup World Championships.