october 20 - juvenile turf

Bittel Road (Tr: Todd Pletcher) - Undefeated Bittel Road had his final work at Keeneland on Sunday and will ship to Santa Anita on Tuesday.

"He seems to be improving with each race and shown some versatility," Pletcher said. "I expect a similar effort."

John Velazquez will ride.

City Style (Tr: Cheryl Asmussen; ex. rider: Cash Asmussen) - Stonerside Stable's homebred gelding City Style worked 5f in 1:03 1/5 over a muddy track at Retama Park on Oct. 15 for trainer Cheryl Asmussen. Her husband and assistant trainer, Cash Asmussen - brother of trainer Steve Asmussen - said City Style would breeze 4f at Retama on Tuesday.

City Style will fly into Ontario International Airport on Wednesday and is expected to be at Santa Anita by noon. The Asmussens will both be at the track on Thursday.

Jockey Tony McNeil has been aboard the son of City Zip in all three starts and retains the mount.

Del Conte (Tr: Bob Baffert) - Karl Watson and Weitman Performance LLC's Del Conte was declared out of the Juvenile Turf last Thursday because of a filling in a front ankle.

Donativum (Tr: John Gosden) - Princess Haya of Jordan's chestnut gelding was on the Godophin flight from England scheduled to arrive Monday afternoon. The son of Cadeaux Genereux has won his last two starts in England for trainer John Gosden. Jockey Frankie Dettori will ride Donativum in the Juvenile Sprint.

Ninth Client (Tr: D. Wayne Lukas) - Graded stakes-placed Ninth Client, pointing to the Juvenile Turf, galloped at Churchill Downs this morning. Owned and bred by Marylou Whitney, Ninth Client is flying to California Tuesday morning. He will be ridden by jockey Julien Leparoux, winner of last year's inaugural Juvenile Turf aboard Nownownow.

Ninth Client last worked at Churchill Downs on Oct. 15, a 1:17 1/5 breeze going 6f on the main track.

Paddy The Pro (Tr: Paddy Gallagher) - Trainer Paddy Gallagher said Monday that jockey Garrett Gomez will ride the colt Saturday. Paddy The Pro arrived at Santa Anita Sunday evening after a flight from Europe on the Breeders' Cup charter. The colt returns to the grass in the Juvenile Turf after winning his last two starts over a synthetic surface in Ireland.

Skipadate (Tr: Mark Casse) - Skipadate galloped 1m and went to school in the gate on Monday. The son of Bernstein is owned by the Heiligbrodt Stable and trained by Mark Casse, whose son Norman is overseeing him and stable mate Sealy Hill (Filly & Mare Turf) until the trainer arrives from his Woodbine base on Wednesday.

Skipadate has made all three of his career starts on the turf and won his first time out at 1 1/16 m in a maiden special weight at Saratoga on Aug. 4.

Star of David (Tr: Steve Asmussen) - Trainer Steve Asmussen said that Star of David remains at Churchill Downs and will not race in the Juvenile Turf.

"He's number 16 on the list," Asmussen said.

Westphalia (Tr: Aidan O'Brien) - The Danehill Dancer colt was on the Coolmore flight scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles Monday afternoon. Jockey John Murtagh will ride Westpahlia, winner of the Group 2 Champagne Stakes on Sept. 13 at Doncaster.