ARCADIA, Calif. - Brandon Boulanger was suspended three days and three riders were fined $100 to $200 for recent violations of strict whip rules that went into effect Oct. 1 in California. The riders were cited for instances in races at Santa Anita on Oct. 4, and on Friday and Saturday.

Riders are limited to six under-handed strikes per race and no more than two strikes in succession without giving a horse a chance to respond. The rules were approved by the California Horse Racing Board in June and went into effect earlier this month.

ARCADIA, Calif. - An all-star team of Breeders’ Cup hopefuls worked at Santa Anita over the weekend led by Sunday appearances from top older horses Improbable and Maximum Security.

Improbable, the winner of three consecutive Grade 1 races since early June, worked a half-mile in 47.20 seconds, a time slightly faster than Maximum Security’s clocking of 47.80 seconds.

Improbable and Maximum Security were first and second in the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 26, their final prep races for the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland on Nov. 7.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Tim Hamm’s decision to give Dayoutoftheoffice a mid-summer break should have her a pretty fresh horse entering the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies next month at Keeneland. Her performance in Saturday’s Grade 1 Frizette makes her a dangerous one as well.

ELMONT, N.Y. - The big question surrounding Jackie’s Warrior entering the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile will be his ability to get two turns and 1 1/16 miles. His rider, Joel Rosario, seems to be confident it won’t be a problem for the undefeated 2-year-old.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Shug McGaughey has taken the conservative route with Civil Union most of the year. But after her victory over My Sister Nat in Saturday’s Grade 1 Flower Bowl Stakes at Belmont Park, and after consulting with owner Joe Allen, McGaughey will send Civil Union to Keeneland for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf on Nov. 7.

Owner Joe Allen “feels like if she comes out of it well, it’s worth taking a chance,” McGaughey said Sunday morning.

As of Sunday, at least, Civil Union came out of the victory in good shape.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Leading trainer Mark Casse’s tremendous roll with his 2-year-olds at Woodbine continued when he captured Saturday’s $250,400 Cup and Saucer Stakes with Master Spy.

Owned by Tracy Farmer, Master Spy is well regarded by Patrick Husbands, who won the Cup and Saucer for the sixth time on him. It was the fifth win in the turf route for Casse, who said the Silent Name colt is a prospect for next year’s Queen’s Plate. His half-brother, Cool Catomine, won the second leg of the 2017 Canadian Triple Crown, the Prince of Wales at Fort Erie.

Corluna, a multiple stakes winner in her native Texas, returns to the overnight ranks Wednesday night at Remington Park in Oklahoma City.

She goes in race 8, a conditioned allowance at a mile on turf that carries an optional claiming price of $40,000. The race, for fillies and mares, drew eight including main-track-only entrant Blue Moonrise.

Jockey Rico Flores, who sustained a cervical spine injury in a Sept. 1 spill at Louisiana Downs and has since been based at a physical therapy facility in New Orleans, is scheduled to return home to Shreveport, La., later this month, according to his longtime girlfriend, Sally Warne.

Terra’s Angel, a multiple stakes winner who long has been a fixture in the Southwest, has been retired, according to her co-owner and trainer, Terry Eoff.

Terra’s Angel is a 5-year-old by Drosselmeyer who won 6 of 23 starts and earned $259,562. She won stakes on both dirt and turf; among her wins were the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf and the La Senorita at Retama Park.

“She was just was an exceptional horse for us,” said Eoff, who raced Terra’s Angel with Johnny Evans. “She took us on a nice ride.”

Chief Cicatriz is under consideration for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint after running one of the best races of his career late last month at Remington Park.

He won the David M. Vance with a Beyer Speed Figure of 102 on the Oklahoma Derby undercard Sept. 27. Chief Cicatriz rallied from off the pace for a two-length win, and covered six furlongs on a fast track in 1:08.52.

“He’s back to where he was a couple years ago,” trainer Shawn Davis said. “He ran big. That’s the best race he’s run since the Aristides at Churchill Downs.”