Stable Notes

• CHILE TODAY, HOT TOMORROW FOR BERRIOS IN GRADE II LAS PALMAS?

• DOG DAY AFTERNOON HAS HAPPY ENDING FOR TRAINER ARMSTRONG

BERRIOS LIKES HIS CHANCES ON PRIVATE AFFAIR IN SUNDAY FINALE

Hector Berrios is hoping history repeats with Private Affair in Sunday’s Grade II, $150,000 Las Palmas Stakes for fillies and mares at one mile on turf, closing day feature on the Santa Anita Autumn Meet program.

Berrios, a 24-year-old native of Santiago, Chile, won his first stakes race in the United States when he piloted Private Affair to a 2 ½ length victory in the CTT & TOC

• WALSH HOPES ‘SARAH’ SMILES IN GRADE II LAS PALMAS SUNDAY

• BEJARANO, ROSARIO DEADLOCKED IN RACE FOR RIDING HONORS

• WEEMISSFRANKIE SHARP FOR TODAY’S BC JUVENILE FILLIES

• BOXING STARS MARQUEZ, BRADLEY WORK OUT AT SANTA ANITA SATURDAY

IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED FROM SARAH’S SECRET ON SUNDAY

Sarah’s Secret is wheeling back in three weeks for Sunday’s Las Palmas Stakes, but trainer Kathy Walsh is confident that the 3-year-old filly will improve from her last two finishes, a sixth in the Grade II San Clemente Handicap and a fifth in the Grade III Harold C. Ramser Sr.

• ALL STAR HEART ALL HEART FOR GRADE II LAS PALMAS

• PACE MAKES THE RACE FOR ‘LEROY’ IN LURE STAKES

• GOMEZ HAS RICH OPPORTUNITES IN BREEDERS’ CUP

• TOP BOXERS MARQUEZ, BRADLEY SPAR AT SANTA ANITA SATURDAY

• TOP COP DICK HONAKER RETIRES AFTER 23 YEARS AT SANTA ANITA

GRADE II LAS PALMAS TEST FOR ALL STAR HEART SUNDAY

Brice Blanc has ridden All Star Heart in each of her six starts in the United States, winning four, a .667 average.

• BREEDERS’ CUP: SO FAR IT’S A ‘10’ THIS YEAR FOR BAFFERT

• WINNING EASES PAIN FOR TRAINER DON WARREN

BAFFERT ‘ALL IN’ FOR BREEDERS’ CUP, HIS MAIN EVENT

The Kentucky Derby is America’s race, but in the eyes of Bob Baffert, who has won the Run for the Roses three times, the Breeders’ Cup is an inspirational and motivating event that has the potential to attract new blood and new bucks in an industry that sorely needs both.

Baffert should know. He has started 57 horses in Breeders’ Cup races since its inaugural run in 1984, winning seven.

• DUBAWI HEIGHTS, AMAZOMBIE AMONG BC WORKERS AT SANTA ANITA

• ANNOUNCER JOHN LIES TO PINCH HIT FOR BC-BOUND DENMAN

GRADE I WINNERS DUBAWI HEIGHTS, AMAZOMBIE DRILL FOR BREEDERS’ CUP

Dubawi Heights, a consistent English-bred daughter of Dubawi who won the Grade I Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Santa Anita last out on Oct.

• HEADLEY TALKS SMACK, HAS M ONE RIFLE READY TO FIRE IN CAL CUP SPRINT

• DEFENDING CHAMP SOUL CANDY BACK IN CAL CUP CLASSIC

• STARLIGHT MAGIC STRETCHES OUT IN CAL CUP JUVENILE FILLIES

• SON OF UNUSUAL HEAT SET FOR CAL CUP JUVENILE

• CALIFORNIA NECTAR TRIES DOWNHILL COURSE FOR FIRST TIME

NO TURNING BACK FOR M ONE RIFLE IN CAL CUP SPRINT

The $100,000 Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint is not lacking speed. That said, trainer Bruce Headley makes no bones about strategy for his charge, 2009 Malibu Stakes winner M One Rifle.

• BOB BLACK JACK RETURNS IN CALIFORNIA CUP SPRINT

• CHAMPIONS GATE TRIES TWO TURNS IN CAL CUP JUVENILE

• RACING COMMUNITY MOURNS PASSING OF OWNER MACE SIEGEL

• LOCAL JOCKEYS COMMIT TO BREEDERS’ CUP MOUNTS

P.VAL ON BOB BLACK JACK INSURES FAST PACE IN CAL CUP SPRINT

Put Patrick Valenzuela on a committed front-runner and a potentially fast pace is a virtual certainty in Saturday’s $100,000 Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint.

• CANANI SEES CLASSIC FORM IN NEW ADDITION HOLLADAY ROAD

• CARACORTADO, CALIFORNIA FLAG DRILL FOR BREEDERS’ CUP

• TOP BOXERS TO SPAR AT SANTA ANITA ON SATURDAY, NOV. 5

HOLLADAY ROAD SEEKS FIRST STAKES WIN IN CAL CUP CLASSIC

Julio Canani anticipates further dividends Saturday from Holladay Road, a 6-year-old gelding he claimed for owners Gary and Wendy Broad on July 31 at Del Mar.

The son of Street Cry was an eventful fourth next out after the claim, on Aug. 27, beaten only a length, then won by one length at Santa Anita going 6 ½ furlongs on dirt Oct.

• FIRST BREEDERS’ CUP, CAL CUP AWAIT TRAINER MIKE PENDER

• SANTA ANITA JOINS IN FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

• AMAZOMBIE LEADS BREEDERS’ CUP WORK TAB AT SANTA ANITA

PENDER WORKERS ADVANCING TOWARDS MAJOR GOALS

Mike Pender has a lot to look forward to these days. On his way to his first-ever Breeders’ Cup as a trainer with Oak Tree Mile winner Jeranimo, the 45-year-old conditioner also has Oak Tree Derby winner Ultimate Eagle targeting the Hollywood Derby at 1 ¼ miles on turf on Nov.

• CAL CUP SPRINT SHOWDOWN LOOMS BETWEEN MALIBU WINNERS

• RIVALS RUNNING FOR SECOND AGAINST ODDS-ON SISTER MOON?

• STEADY ROBBIE’S WAR SET FOR UNIFORMITY STAKES

• ‘LUCKY’ BARRY ABRAMS EYES MELBOURNE CUP WITH CAL-BRED

M ONE RIFLE, BOB BLACK JACK SET TO SQAUARE OFF IN CAL CUP SPRINT

Two of the nation’s fastest Thoroughbreds, both winners of one of America’s most prestigious sprint races—the Grade I Malibu Stakes—are on course for a showdown in the California Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Oct.