Horse Racing News by Tracy Gantz

Secret Circle will try to become the second horse to win back-to-back editions of the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint after a full field of 14 entered the six-furlong race set for Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park.

Del Mar has moved two turf races scheduled for Sunday, July 27 to its main track in light of four breakdowns that have occurred on the course since the meeting began July 17.

A detailed report to the California Horse Racing Board at its Nov. 21 meeting concluded that the cluster of sudden deaths from Bob Baffert's Betfair Hollywood Park barn did not have any similarities to each other and had no single, identifiable cause.

The Breeders' Cup Distaff may only have a field of six, but they have created perhaps the most riveting puzzle in the entire series this year.

Despite 2012 winner Mizdirection returning to try for a double, a full field of 14 entered this year's Geico Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park. Mizdirection, who won last year from post 11, drew the 12 hole this time around.

When the Breeders' Cup World Championships returns to Santa Anita Park Nov. 1-2, several key areas of the grandstand will sport new, updated looks, including the Chandelier Room in the turf club.

Pit last year's European-based Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf winner against New York's finest coming off five consecutive victories, and the 2012 Turf might look like a two-horse race between St Nicholas Abbey and Point of Entry.

A rare "no contest" was declared after Santa Anita's third race March 3 when the starting gate malfunctioned and only three of the seven horses came out of the gate properly.