Better Talk Now (Tr: Graham Motion; ex. rider: Fenella O'Flynn) - The Graham Motion-trained 9yo gelding Better Talk Now worked 6f Monday morning over the Tapeta racing surface at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland.

Timed in 1:14 3/5 under exercise rider Fenella O'Flynn in preparation for Saturday's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf, Better Talk Now is scheduled to be shipped to Southern California on Tuesday.

"He worked in company with Jade's Revenge," said Motion, whose workers had identical clockings. "I was really pleased with the work for both horses."

Better Talk Now, who captured the Turf at Lone Star Park in 2004, will be making his fifth straight appearance in the 1 1/2m event. The Bushwood Stables' star finished fourth last year at Monmouth, a close second behind Red Rocks at Churchill Downs in 2006 and seventh at Belmont in 2005.

"We're really not just going there so that he can run in his fifth Breeders' Cup Turf," Motion said. "We feel that he belongs in the race and feel that he has a good chance to win."

Ramon Dominguez will make his fifth straight Turf appearance aboard Better Talk Now.

Conduit (Tr: Sir Michael Stoute) - The St. Leger winner arrived at Santa Anita early Monday morning (12:15 a.m.) after a flight from England, and spent today in quarantine.

Michael Stoute trains the 3yo by Dalakhani, who will be ridden by Ryan Moore, the jockey who guided the colt to victories at Goodwood and Epsom this year.

Dancing Forever (Tr: Shug McGaughey) - Dancing Forever walked the shedrow at Santa Anita Monday morning after working 1:00 1/5 over the turf course Sunday.

The Shug McGaughey-trained 5yo has come into his own this year, including a victory in the Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park.

"A year ago at Saratoga he was running in a two-other-than (allowance condition). I guess the light came on," said Buzz Tenney, McGaughey's longtime assistant.

"He had a good year this year, as long as the grass is firm and fast. When you get a softness or a cut in the ground, he doesn't really care for it. His last two starts were both on soft ground, so I think that's the reason for the lackluster races."

Tenney was encouraged by Dancing Forever's workout over Santa Anita's firm course.

"Judging from what I saw (Sunday) in the work, he absolutely loved it out there," Tenney said. "He couldn't have worked better. The dogs were way out and he went a minute and a fifth."

Rene Douglas has the return mount aboard Dancing Forever.

Eagle Mountain (Tr: Mike de Kock) - Eagle Mountain, a 4yo son of Rock of Gibraltar arrived early Monday from England and was in quarantine today.

Eagle Mountain won the Joel Stakes at Newmarket in his first start for trainer Mike de Kock. The colt was trained previously by Aidan O'Brien. Kevin Shea, who was aboard in the Newmarket win, retains the mount.

Grand Couturier (Tr: Robert Ribaudo) - A routine 1 ½ m gallop on Belmont Park's fast main track under exercise rider Enrique Garcia was the order of business on Monday morning for Marc Keller's 5yo Grand Lodge horse.

Trainer Bobby Ribaudo said that Grand Couturier will leave Belmont Park at approximately 6 a.m. on Tuesday and will catch a 7 a.m. Tex Sutton flight from Republic Airport [East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.] That flight will take a number of horses from New York to Santa Anita, with a stop at Kentucky to pick up others competing in the Breeders' Cup races on Friday and Saturday.

"We got permission from the racing office here to breeze him on the turf last Wednesday, and that is all we're going to do with him as far as works go," said Ribaudo of Grand Couturier's half-mile of 51, breezing on the firm course.

Grand Couturier beat only two horses in the 2007 Turf at Monmouth Park, but comes into Saturday's race on a two-race winning streak, including a 10 ½-length victory in Belmont Park's Joe Hirsch Turf Classic on Sept. 27.

"During the last 20 years, the term 'bounce' came into our language and it is the talk and the fear of owners, trainers and handicappers," Ribaudo said. "So, everyone is worried about their horse bouncing after a big effort. It's like a pitcher throws a no-hitter, and you say, 'He can't do that again next time.'

"It is certainly tough to keep a horse at peak level, and I wish he had saved that effort in the Turf Classic for Saturday. But I have been around this horse every day for two years. He came out of the Turf Classic, and it didn't take him an extra day or two to come back. He was back on his game and back on his feed right away. I know he is dead-fit and, visually, he looks terrific."

Jockey Alan Garcia has the mount on Grand Couturier for the Turf.

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"This horse has shown he can handle almost anything," Ribaudo said. "Last year, that course at Monmouth was just a bog after all the rain. But he won the Sword Dancer in 2007 at Saratoga on a rock-hard course, won the Sword Dancer again this year on a good course, and won the Turf Classic on a yielding course. I don't think this race will be determined by the course, but rather by the pace and the trip."

Out of Control (Tr: Robert Frankel; ex. rider: Goncalino Almeida) - The Brazilian horse, bred and owned by Stud TNT, walked the shedrow Monday morning at Santa Anita after turning in a 5f work Sunday in 1:01 at Santa Anita. The move, accomplished under jockey Goncalino Almeida, was the 5yo's final prep for the Breeders' Cup Turf.

"I experimented with him on the main track, but he's a turf horse," trainer Robert Frankel noted Monday. "He's doing good right now and he's coming up to this race the right way. His last race was good (second to Red Giant in the Clement L. Hirsch Sept. 27 at Santa Anita in world-record time of 1:57 for the mile and a quarter on grass). I'm expecting him to run well Saturday."

Garrett Gomez will be aboard Out of Control in the Turf, the fifth time he has ridden the son of the Machiavellian sire Vettori.

Red Rock Canyon (Tr: Aidan O'Brien) - The 4yo Red Rock Canyon who set much of the pace in the Arc de Triomphe only to finish last of 16, was scheduled to arrive Monday afternoon with the Aidan O'Brien-trained Coolmore horses.

Red Rock Canyon, still a maiden after 17 starts, will be ridden again by Colm O'Donoghue.

Red Rocks (Tr: Mark Hennig) - J.P. Reddam's Red Rocks, the 2006 Turf winner at Churchill Downs, walked the shedrow Monday morning at trainer Mark Hennig's barn at Belmont Park. He will leave for Santa Anita on Tuesday morning.

The 5yo Irish-bred son of Galileo, who was third in the Turf at Monmouth Park last year, breezed seven furlongs on Belmont Park's turf course on Sunday in 1:27 2/5 and Hennig says he won't be doing much more going into Saturday's race.

Red Rocks has not raced since his two-length victory over defending Horse of theYear Curlin in the Man o'War at Belmont Park on July 12. From there, he was pointed to the Sword Dancer Invitational at Saratoga Race Course, but developed an infection in his hock. The decision was made to train him into the Breeders Cup.

"You never can be really sure how something like that happens," said Hennig, who took over Red Rocks' training from Brian Meehan. "We think it might have been while training up to the Sword Dancer on the really soft turf up in Saratoga. We really didn't have much choice. The hock is a bad place for an infection because you don't get quite the circulation to the hind extremities that you get in the front.

"We really didn't get him back into training until the middle of September. We started with long, slow gallops and then we worked him a half-mile, five furlongs, seven furlongs and a mile. Sunday, he worked seven furlongs, but he had a strong gallop going into that work and we galloped him out strong, too. He seems fit and he's doing really well, and I think we've done a good job getting him to this race considering that the timing was just awful."

Jockey Frankie Dettori, who has ridden Red Rocks in his last two (Breeders' Cup) Turf races, has the mount once again.

Soldier of Fortune (Tr: Aidan O'Brien) - Trainer Aidan O'Brien's main hope in the Turf, Soldier of Fortune was scheduled to arrive at Santa Anita Monday afternoon with the Coolmore flight from Ireland.

The 4yo colt by Galileo finished third in the Arc de Triomphe last out, 2 ½ lengths behind Zarkava. Johnny Murtagh, who rode Soldier of Fortune to victory in the Coronation Cup earlier this year, has the mount.

Spring House (Tr: Julio Canani - Though trainer Julio Canani said this morning that a decision on whether the 6yo son of Chester House will run in the Turf or the Marathon will be made later today, his plans call for a 4f work Tuesday on the Santa Anita turf.

Jockey John Velazquez has the call on the gelding. Canani was searching today for a rider for the workout.

- The 3yo son of Theatrical, winner of the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park in his last start, arrived early Monday after a flight from England and spent the day in quarantine.

Trainer Dermot Weld has given the ride in the Turf to Pat Smullen, who was aboard in the colt's maiden score this spring.