Abbondanza – Owner Michael Ueltzen and trainer Tim Tullock termed Friday's exercises by the Sprint longshot “saving energy.”

The two-time stakes winner from the mid-Atlantic region jogged a mile on the Lone Star main track and strolled back in the shedrow.

“He's been getting better every day since we got here,” said Tullock. “His best two days have been his last two, and hopefully he can do even better (Saturday) and give those horses a run.”

Ueltzen races under the nom de course Germania Farms and was eager to send over the biggest star in his family's 27-year racing history.

“When we picked this horse out it was actually a rare unanimous decision for Tim and I,” said Ueltzen. “He didn't go all that fast at the sale, but we both agreed this horse just had a wonderful way of moving. His action was just so perfect. I've had some pretty good horses, but none as good as him. He's the thrill-maker.”

Bwana Charlie — Exercise rider Carmen Rosas schooled Bwana Charlie in the starting gate Friday morning and then galloped him for a half mile. “He was upset that he didn't get to break from the gate,” said Rosas. “But he's doing fine.”

Bwana Charlie is to be ridden by jockey Richard Migliore, who was taken to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. after being unseated from his mount prior to the fourth race at Aqueduct. Fortunately, he was not injured and is due to arrive in Dallas today. (For more info on Migliore, see Artie Schiller in Mile)

Trainer Steve Asmussen expressed little concern over the issue, saying, “Everything seems to be good.”

Migliore has ridden in 10 Breeders' Cup races over the years, but has yet to win one of the Championship events. The jockey rode Bwana Charlie once, a third-place effort at Saratoga in July 2003.

Asmussen said that Bwana Charlie will jog on the morning of the race. “He is a very physical horse. He needs to do a little something (exercise) so he doesn't hurt himself in the stall.”

Cajun Beat – Padua Stables and Joe and John Iracane's Cajun Beat, the defending champ in the Breeders' Cup Sprint, turned in his final bit of serious exercise for this year's renewal of the 6f race Friday morning at approximately 6:35 under the spotlights at Lone Star Park.

The husky Grand Slam gelding, who was an upstart 3yo when he won last year's edition of the Sprint at Santa Anita by 2 ¼ lengths, had exercise rider Humberto Gomez up and stablemate Midas Eyes – also a Sprint entrant – at his flank as he headed through the 6f gap to begin his drill.

Looking on was his trainer – Hall of Famer Robert Frankel, who had taken up a spot on the backside right next to the gap – and one of his owners, Padua owner Satish Sanan, who watched from the frontside near the finish line.

Gomez backtracked Cajun Beat to the five-eighths pole, then turned him and shifted to the middle of the track to begin a 10-furlong gallop. The Kentucky-bred sprint specialist accomplished his maneuver with enthusiasm and drew a positive report upon his return.

“He went well and changed leads perfectly,” Gomez noted for Frankel as he headed back to the barn.

Frankel noted that the Cajun Beat would have a short jog on race morning to keep him loose. Cornelio Velasquez rides, coming out of post No. 11 in the 13-horse field.

Champali — Exercise rider Bryan Theall took Champali on a 45-minute tour of the Lone Star stable area, a practice known as “hacking.” The “Champ” noticeably enjoyed the exercise, getting a break from his usual gallops in preparation for the Sprint. He will simply walk the shedrow on the morning of the Breeders' Cup.

“We're just looking for a good break, a good spot and a clean trip,” said trainer Greg Foley of what is always a very competitive race.

Champali is named after boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a native of Louisville, Ky. Co-owner Tim Sweeney explained that one of the partners in the Lloyd Madison Farms IV LLC, Fred Schwartz, named the son of Glitterman.

“It was right when that movie `Ali' was in the theaters. Muhammed is aware that this horse is named for him. He's been invited to races when he runs, but the Parkinson's (disease) keeps him from doing so. But his people tell us that he is aware of and follows the horse.”

The owners have named another racehorse after a Louisville native. She is an unraced 2yo filly named Jennierees, whose namesake, Jennie Rees, is the turf writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Clock Stopper

“Sometimes the leaders just don't stop,” said Stewart. For sure, Clock Stopper will be running fast late; it will just be a question of whether he can catch the frontrunners just before the finish line.

Lit de Justice (1996) and Elmhurst (1997) were two come-from-behind runners that have won the Breeders' Cup Sprint. It is indeed a challenge for a horse with that running style to win at six furlongs.

Riding Clock Stopper will be Pat Day, the leading Breeders' Cup jockey by money won with $22,913,360 in purses. He has won 12 Breeders' Cup races, but has never won the Sprint. He is the only jockey to have participated in every Breeders' Cup since the championship day's inception in 1984.

According to Equibase, through Oct. 24, Day has won 8,752 races for earnings of $294,855,257. That makes him the all-time leader for money won and third in the all-time wins category, behind Laffit Pincay Jr. (retired) and the late Bill Shoemaker. Day has five mounts on Breeders' Cup day, including the call on Azeri in the Classic.

Cuvee — Named after a fine champagne, Cuvee was sparkling in his one-mile gallop at Lone Star on Friday morning.

“He is so easy to train,” said exercise rider Carmen Rosas, who has been getting on Cuvee for three days since the colt's arrival from Kentucky on Tuesday. “I've never been on such a nice horse. He's all business. Steve (trainer Steve Asmussen) told me before he got here, `Just wait until you get on Cuvee, you won't like Bwana Charlie as much anymore.' ” Not to say that Bwana Charlie isn't a nice horse, explained Rosas. “They are simply different. They have completely different styles.”

The Sprint will be Cuvee's second appearance in the Breeders' Cup. He was the favorite in the 2003 Juvenile, but finished last. Soon afterward, he had surgery to remove a chip in his knee. He has raced twice since then, both times finishing second in Kentucky stakes at the 6f distance.

He will be ridden by Robby Albarado, who has participated in the Breeders' Cup four times. His best finish was in the 2002 Juvenile Fillies aboard Westerly Breeze, a sixth-place effort.

Gold Storm – After two days walking trainer Bubba Cascio's shedrow, the local longshot in the Sprint was coiled like a spring when back on the track Friday morning for a mile-long gallop.

“He got out there and turned and kicked like a two-year-old and nearly dropped me,” said exercise rider Dewey Smith. “That son of a gun is on tilt. Those horses in there better pack a lunch.”

Smith was able to stay in the saddle and report back to Cascio, who continues to host a steady stream of well-wishers as the veteran of Quarter Horse racing's biggest events takes a swing at the biggest thoroughbred race of his long career.

“I'm thankful that were going to get to run in the Breeders' Cup,” said Cascio. “I wanted to say we're lucky to be here, but that's not right. This horse has earned the right to be here.”

Kela — Trainer Mike Mitchell has not said a word to Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, who will climb aboard Kela for the first time Saturday. And he doesn't plan to give him many last-minute instructions.

“A couple of years ago, I saw that Bailey was coming to ride a stake at Santa Anita, and called his agent, Ron Anderson, to ask if he could ride in an earlier race for me,” said Mitchell. Anderson took the call.

“I was so surprised,” said Mitchell of their first meeting just before the race. “He had it all figured out. He said exactly what I was going to tell him. He had read the Form. He does his homework. I will have little to say to him before the Sprint.”

Kela jogged two miles under exercise rider Jorge Alvarez on Friday and will school Saturday at 10:30, according to Mitchell.

Kela, who came from well off the pace to sweep the Bing Crosby and Pat O'Brien handicaps at Del Mar in his last two starts, is expected to be near the back of the pack in the early going. “If speed is sticking, the jocks on the speed horses will send even more,” said Mitchell, not worried about the race being stolen. “Five or six horses have speed, and the scenario could set up for a horse coming out of it no matter what the speed bias is.”

Midas Eyes – Edmund Gann's colt Midas Eyes moved through the dark at 6:35 Friday morning, heading from Barn B2 to the Lone Star racetrack with some leg-stretching on his agenda. The 4yo son of Touch Gold has an appointment in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Sprint, a 6f spin that has drawn 13 runners, including his Bobby Frankel-trained stablemate Cajun Beat.

Cajun Beat joined Midas Eyes for the Friday exercise, each with their regular exercise riders aboard– Nuno Santos on Midas Eyes and Humberto Gomez on Cajun Beat. Frankel joined the pair to observe as they eased through the six-furlong gap and began their drills.

Midas Eyes backtracked all the way around to the five-eighths pole, then turned and shifted to the middle of the strip to commence a robust gallop of 10 furlongs. Santos had a good hold on the Florida-bred bay and a good report for Frankel as he came off the track: “He liked it, Bobby; he liked the track,” the exercise rider said.

Frankel said Midas Eyes, winner of the Forego Handicap at Saratoga in his most recent start, would go for a short jog Saturday morning prior to his start in the Sprint. The horse has drawn the outside No.13 post and will be handled by Edgar Prado.

My Cousin Matt – A two-mile jog was the Friday morning prescription for the veteran sprinter representing owner Richard Englander. John Martin, a trainer at Bay Meadows, is deputizing for regular trainer Jeff Mullins, who is in the midst of moving his family into a new home in Southern California. Martin trains a half-dozen Englander horses in Northern California.

Our New Recruit — The 5yo horse galloped 1 1/8 miles on the main track under exercise rider Jose Lopez Alferez.

“He's very low key until it's time to perform,” said trainer John Sadler.

The blocky chestnut, nicknamed “Gordo” in the barn, is a son of Alphabet Soup, winner of the 1996 Classic.

Jockey Tyler Baze, who turned 22 on Oct. 19, seeks to become the youngest jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race. Walter Guerra was also 22, but slightly older, when he won the 1984 Juvenile Fillies on Outstandingly.

Pt's Grey Eagle – “He's coming into this race really well,” said trainer Craig Dollase, regarding his winner of Santa Anita's Ancient Title Breeders' Cup Handicap. The 3yo son of Pleasant Tap galloped 1 1/8 miles Friday morning on the main track as he moved one step closer to his Saturday date in the 6f Sprint.

“I'm hoping for a brisk pace, because my horse comes from off the pace,” the trainer said. “It looks like Speightstown is committed to go to the lead from the inside post. Maybe that will get the pace going.”

Speightstown – Like the others in trainer Todd Pletcher's barn, the Sprint contender did little more than gallop on the main track Friday.

“He's breaking from post 2, which is not my preference, because it might force him to go early,” Pletcher said. “It's a tough race, but he is a tough horse and he fits with all of these.”