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Twirling Candy, one of the top older horses in California this year, is out of the Breeders' Cup with an injury and will be retired to stud at Lane's End farm in Kentucky in 2012, trainer John Sadler said Saturday.

Twirling Candy, one of the top older horses in California this year, will make his next start in a Breeders' Cup race at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5 after missing training earlier this month because of a bruised foot, trainer John Sadler said on Friday.

Twirling Candy won the Grade 2 Strub Stakes by 4 1/2 lengths over Tweebster, a margin that could have been much greater if jockey Joel Rosario had urged the colt at all in the final furlong.

Cost of Freedom will start in Saturday's $100,000 California Cup Sprint at Hollywood Park and not the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint at Churchill Downs on Nov. 6, according to trainer John Sadler.

Calvin Borel will ride the Grade 1 winner Tell a Kelly in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5, trainer John Sadler said on Monday.

Sidney's Candy, a four-time graded stakes winner in California this year, was scratched from the Grade 2 Oak Tree Mile on Saturday at Hollywood Park because of a pending sale, trainer John Sadler said Saturday morning.

Skipshot led for the only stride that mattered in Saturday's $196,000 Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park - at the finish.

Cost of Freedom's win in an optional claimer at Hollywood Park on May 6 left trainer John Sadler thinking that the race was the best of the 7-year-old gelding's career.

The decision to keep Crisp near the front throughout Saturday s $250,000 Santa Anita Oaks gave the filly her first win in a Grade 1 race, and led to an upset of division leader Blind Luck.

Jockey Chantal Sutherland began the weekend without a graded stakes win in her career at Santa Anita. By Sunday night, she had two.

Perfect after three starts, Lookin at Lucky will be the focus of Sunday's $300,000 Norfolk Stakes at Santa Anita. He is the race favorite, California's leading 2-year-old, and a colt trying two turns for the first time at a pivotal point of the season.

Jockey Rafael Bejarano, who suffered facial injuries in a spill on July 22, is targeting Aug. 28 for a comeback, according to his agent Joe Ferrer.

Seven-furlong races are defining Evita Argentina's career.

To win her third consecutive start in Saturday's $150,000 A Gleam Handicap at Hollywood Park, Coco Belle must do something she has never done - win over seven furlongs.

In 2008, the Grade 2 American Handicap at Hollywood Park was the start of a successful campaign for Whatsthescript that was dominated by mile turf races.

The Grade 2 Beverly Hills Handicap at Hollywood Park is becoming Black Mamba's annual career saver.