UPDATED: Saturday morning saw a huge amount of works from 2011 Breeders' Cup horses, including a blistering work by Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile contender Shackleford. The Dale Romans trainee zipped five furlongs in 58.20 on the Churchill Downs main track, fastest of 49 works at the distance on the morning. If you liked Shackleford in the Dirt Mile before yesterday, you have to like him even more after an impressive work.
Stopshoppinmaria glided across the Churchill Downs turf course in her first work over grass, which was enough to convince trainer Todd Pletcher and owner Mike Repole to enter her in the Juvenile Fillies Turf and not the Juvenile Fillies.
Three horses worked from the gate Saturday morning - Miss Netta (Juv. Fillies), Alpha (Juv.), and Rattlesnake Bridge (Classic). Miss Netta unleashed a huge move over the Belmont Park training track, going four furlongs in 46.87, fastest of 107 horses to work at that distance. The training track was rated "good" on Saturday morning.
Filly & Mare Sprint contender Tar Heel Mom, turned in a bullet work at four furlongs over the Churchill main track (47.40).
Below is the summary of Saturday's morning works:
| Horse | BC Race | Track | Dist. | Time | Rank | Type |
| Pachattack | Ladies Classic | KEE | 3.0 | 35.60 | 1/13 | Breeze |
| Eldaafer | Marathon | MTH | 4.0 | 46.80 | 1/23 | Handily |
| Force Freeze | Sprint | MTH | 4.0 | 46.80 | 1/23 | Handily |
| Miss Netta | Juvenile Fillies | BEL | 4.0 | 46.87 | 1/107 | Breeze (g) |
| Tar Heel Mom | Filly and Mare Sprint | CD | 4.0 | 47.40 | 1/62 | Breeze |
| My Gi Gi | Juvenile Fillies Turf | SA | 4.0 | 47.80 | 8/68 | Handily |
| Holdin Bullets | Juvenile Sprint | CD | 4.0 | 48.00 | 3/62 | Breeze |
| Her Smile | Filly & Mare Sprint | CD | 4.0 | 48.20 | 6/62 | Breeze |
| Distorted Legacy | Filly & Mare Turf | BEL(T) | 4.0 | 48.61 | 1/8 | Breeze |
| Rapport | Turf Sprint | CD(T) | 4.0 | 49.60 | 1/4 | Breeze |
| Liquidity Trap | Juvenile Turf | BEL | 4.0 | 49.64 | 25/107 | Breeze |
| Trappe Shot | Dirt Mile | BEL | 4.0 | 49.83 | 34/107 | Breeze |
| Jeranimo | Mile | SA | 4.0 | 50.00 | 55/68 | Handily |
| Teaks North | Turf | MTH | 4.0 | 50.00 | 11/23 | Breeze |
| Two Months Rent | Juvenile Turf | BEL | 4.0 | 50.42 | 58/107 | Breeze |
| Chamberlain Bridge | Turf Sprint | CD(T) | 4.0 | 50.60 | 2/4 | Breeze |
| Dubawi Heights (GB) | Filly and Mare Turf | SA | 4.0 | 50.60 | 62/68 | Handily |
| Winchester | Turf | BEL(T) | 4.0 | 50.62 | 4/8 | Breeze |
| Regally Ready | Turf Sprint | CD | 4.0 | 50.80 | 46/62 | Breeze |
| Vexor | Juvenile Sprint | BEL | 4.0 | 50.85 | 66/107 | Breeze |
| Stephanie's Kitten | Juv Fillies/Juv Fillies Turf | CD(T) | 4.0 | 54.60 | 3/4 | Breeze |
| Tequila Factor | Juvenile Turf | CD(T) | 4.0 | 54.60 | 3/4 | Breeze |
| Shackleford | Dirt Mile | CD | 5.0 | 58.20 | 1/49 | Breeze |
| Karlovy Vary | Juvenile Fillies Turf | KEE | 5.0 | 1:00.00 | 4/23 | Breeze |
| Self Preservation | Juv Fillies Turf/Juv Fillies | SA | 5.0 | 1:00.00 | 7/66 | Handily |
| Giant Oak | Marathon | HAW | 5.0 | 1:00.20 | 2/29 | Breeze |
| Amazombie | Sprint | SA | 5.0 | 1:00.40 | 14/66 | Handily |
| Medaglia d'Amour | FiM Turf/LC | SA | 5.0 | 1:00.40 | 14/66 | Breeze |
| Mr. Commons | Mile | HOL | 5.0 | 1:00.40 | 7/54 | Handily |
| Jersey Town | Dirt Mile | BEL | 5.0 | 1:00.73 | 4/45 | Breeze |
| Dullahan | Juvenile/Juvenile Turf | CD | 5.0 | 1:00.80 | 6/49 | Breeze |
| Rattlesnake Bridge | Classic | BEL | 5.0 | 1:00.83 | 4/45 | Breeze (g) |
| Alpha | Juvenile | BEL | 5.0 | 1:00.84 | 6/45 | Breeze (g) |
| Drosselmeyer | Classic | CD | 5.0 | 1:01.00 | 8/49 | Breeze |
| Birdrun | Marathon | CD | 5.0 | 1:01.20 | 14/49 | Breeze |
| Jake Mo | Juvenile Sprint | CD | 5.0 | 1:01.40 | 17/49 | Breeze |
| Super Espresso | Ladies Classic | CD | 5.0 | 1:01.80 | 20/49 | Breeze |
| Tres Borrachos | Dirt Mile | HOL | 5.0 | 1:02.00 | 35/54 | Handily |
| Putthebabiesdown | Juvenile Fillies | CD | 5.0 | 1:02.20 | 27/49 | Breeze |
| Brilliant Speed | Turf | BEL | 5.0 | 1:03.12 | 27/45 | Breeze |
| Aruna | Distaff/F&M Turf | CD | 5.0 | 1:03.20 | 41/49 | Breeze |
| Majestic City | Juvenile Turf/Juvenile | SA | 5.0 | 1:03.40 | 4/8 | Breeze |
| Stopshoppingmaria | Juv Fillies Turf/Juv Fillies | CD(T) | 5.0 | 1:04.20 | 1/3 | Breeze |
| Sweet Cat | Juvenile Fillies Turf | CD(T) |
5.0 | 1:04.40 | 2/3 | Breeze |
| Dynaslew | Filly & Mare Turf | CD | 5.0 | 1:05.40 | 3/3 | Breeze |
| State of Play | Juvenile Turf | KEE | 6.0 | 1:13.80 | 2/4 | Breeze |
| Speightscity | Juvenile | BEL | 6.0 | 1:14.12 | 2/7 | Breeze |
Original Post - Friday Works: Final preparations are being made for each of the horses pre-entered into the 2011 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs. Ruler On Ice was the only Classic contender to work on Friday, breezing four furlongs in 47.80 over the Monmouth Park main track. Juvenile Fillies Turf contender Somali Lemonade turned in a very nice work over the Keeneland main track, going four panel in 47 seconds flat, fastest of 30 to work at the distance (see video below).
The longest work of the day came from one of the also eligible for the Juvenile Fillies, Frolic's Revenge. The daughter of Vindication worked a mile at Calder, covering the distance in 1:47.20. Out at Hollywood Park, Harmonious and Miss Match (ARG) both went seven furlongs in 1:26.80.
The post position draw for the 2011 Breeders' Cup will take place on Monday, Oct. 31st at 1pm Eastern.
Below is a snapshot of the Friday morning works for 2011 Breeders' Cup contenders (data via Equibase).
| Date | Horse | Race | Track | Dist | Time | Rank | Type |
| 28-Oct | A. U. Miner | Marathon | CD | 3.0 | 36.40 | 1/11 | Breeze |
| 28-Oct | Somali Lemonade | Juv Fillies Turf | KEE | 4.0 | 47.00 | 1/30 | Handily |
| 28-Oct | Ruler On Ice | Classic | MTH | 4.0 | 47.80 | 1/5 | Breeze |
| 28-Oct | Lucky Chappy (IRE) | Juvenile Turf | KEE | 4.0 | 48.00 | 5/30 | Breeze |
| 28-Oct | Perfect Officer | Turf Sprint | Fair Hill | 4.0 | 48.00 | 1/14 | Breeze |
| 28-Oct | Shotgun Gulch | Filly & Mare Sprint | REM | 4.0 | 48.59 | 2/13 | Breeze |
| 28-Oct | Rocket Twentyone | Juv Fillies Turf/Juv Fillies | CD | 4.0 | 50.00 | 21/36 | Breeze (g) |
| 28-Oct | Union Rags | Juvenile | Fair Hill | 5.0 | 1:00.80 | 1/5 | Breeze |
| 28-Oct | Camp Victory | Turf Sprint | HOL | 5.0 | 58.80 | 1/21 | Handily |
| 28-Oct | Turbulent Descent | F&M Sprint | HOL | 5.0 | 59.00 | 2/21 | Handily |
| 28-Oct | Weemissfrankie | Juvenile Fillies | SA | 5.0 | 59.20 | 2/44 | Handily |
| 28-Oct | Champagne d'Oro | FM Sprint/Ladies Classic | SA | 6.0 | 1:12.40 | 3/13 | Handily |
| 28-Oct | Tanda | FM Sprint | HOL | 6.0 | 1:14.20 | 2/7 | Handily |
| 28-Oct | Harmonious | Filly & Mare Turf | HOL | 7.0 | 1:26.80 | 1/4 | Handily |
| 28-Oct | Miss Match (ARG) | Ladies Classic | HOL | 7.0 | 1:26.80 | 1/4 | Handily |
| 28-Oct | Frolic's Revenge | Juvenile Fillies | CRC | 8.0 | 1:47.20 | 1/1 | Breeze |
Video from Keeneland of Juvenile Fillies Turf contender Somali Lemonade's work on Friday morning.
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