LEXINGTON, Ky. – Big fields have been entered for the two opening-day features – as well as for the other eight supporting races at Keeneland, where the 17-day fall meet will be off and running Friday with a full head of steam.

The Grade 1, $400,000 Darley Alcibiades drew 13 2-year-old fillies for its 62nd running, while an oversubscribed field of 15 sprinters was entered in the Grade 3, $200,000 Phoenix. Like all but two of the other seven graded stakes on the opening three-day FallStars Weekend, they are Win and You’re In preps toward the Nov. 1-2 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita.

Racing secretary Tom Doutrich admits he had a sleepless night Sunday after taking entries for Friday’s card at the Big Fresno Fair, which opens a nine-day meet Thursday.

The opening-day card saw an average field size of 7.8 horses for the five Thoroughbred races. But Fridays are traditionally big attendance days at the fair, and the seven Thoroughbred races average less than seven runners.

ARCADIA, Calif. – There will be no way to hold back Distinctiv Passion in Saturday’s $250,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship over six furlongs.

“He’s the quickest horse I’ve had in a long time,” trainer Jeff Bonde said.

Distinctiv Passion has won 4 of 8 starts and $191,930 and starts for the first time in a Grade 1 stakes in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship. In nearly all of his races, he has led after the opening quarter-mile, all of which have had a fractional time of less than 22 seconds.

Ize in Trouble tracked and pounced for a neck win over Koko Loca in Monday’s $55,000 Chaves County at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M. Winter Book, the 2-5 favorite seeking to run her career record to 5 for 5, finished fifth. It was her first start at two turns.

Ize in Trouble ($7.40) was content to track Winter Book through fractions of 23.92 seconds for the opening quarter, 47.17 for the half-mile, and 1:10.25 for six furlongs. The eventual winner went on to cover the mile for fillies and mares in 1:37.67.

Chamois came through as the 2-5 favorite in the $50,000 Stanton Stakes at Delaware Park on Wednesday, but only just.

In a scratch-reduced field of four 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on turf, Chamois got up by a neck over Smash and Grab, the longest shot on the board at 6.60-1. Cerro finished 1 3/4 lengths farther back in third, with Fredericksburg fourth and last.

Under Joe Bravo, Chamois covered the distance in 1:41.41 on firm turf and paid $2.80. There was no show wagering.

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ELMONT, N.Y. - In Trouble, a good-looking 2 1/4-length winner of Sunday’s Grade 2 Futurity, will likely head back to New York for the Grade 2, $200,000 Nashua Stakes at Aqueduct on Nov. 3, trainer Tony Dutrow said Monday.

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ELMONT, N.Y. - Owner Ed Stanco said Sunday that he is leaning toward stopping on Princess of Sylmar for 2013, but he is definitely planning on bringing her back for a 4-year-old campaign.

Evangeline Downs will put on the richest Quarter Horse meet in Louisiana during the course of its 46-date season that opens Wednesday night. The meet held in Opelousas, La., continues through Dec. 19.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Derby winner Broadway Empire has a handful of options for his next start, ranging from the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile to the Zia Park Derby, trainer Robertino Diodoro said Monday. The Oklahoma Derby, which was run Sunday at Remington Park, was the third straight stakes win for the horse, whose streak includes a victory in the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at Northlands Park.

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ELMONT, N.Y. – Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who finished last in Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, will most likely not run again this year and no decision has been made on whether he will return as a 4-year-old, co-owner Stuart Janney III said Monday.

“I would suspect he’s done racing this year,” Janney said by phone Monday morning. “We’ll figure out what we want to do next year.”