Horse Racing News on October 3, 2014

Win machine Work All Week remained undefeated in nine starts on dirt and stamped his ticket to the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint with a smart win in the $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes on opening day of the Keeneland fall meet Oct. 3.

Qatar Racing's Peace and War notched her United States debut Oct. 3 at Keeneland in impressive fashion, taking the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades with a determined closing run to punch her ticket to the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Breeders' Cup said Oct. 3 it will not permit trainer Doug O'Neill to pre-enter horses for this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships "due to recent administrative action" in New York.

Hall of Fame rider Kent Desormeaux is recovering from five fractured ribs and a bruised lung in Covina, Calif., where he and his wife, Rosie, recently bought a home, according to trainer Bob Hess, a longtime friend of the jockey.