Dream Empress tops Golden Rod
The twin stakes for 2-year-olds, the Golden Rod and Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, will highlight the second "Stars of Tomorrow" program of the meet when helping to close the meet on Nov. 29. Of the two, both set for 1 1/16 miles, the $150,000 Golden Rod appears to be coming up deeper. Dream Empress, the runner-up to Stardom Bound in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, is expected to run, as are Sara Louise and Rachel Alexandra, the respective one-two finishers in the Pocahontas Stakes earlier in the meet. For the $150,000 KJC, Capt. Candyman Can looks like a solid favorite after posting an impressive triumph in the Iroquois Stakes in his last start for trainer Ian Wilkes.

Brownie Points heads Falls City
As with the Clark, the field for the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap also is expected to be small. Brownie Points, who can surpass the $1 million earnings mark with a victory for owner-breeder Pin Oak Stable, figures as one of the top contenders in the 1 1/8-mile Falls City, which anchors the Thursday program. Other probables for the $150,000 Falls City include Devil House, Initforthekandy, Spring Waltz, Swift Temper, and Unforgotten. Brownie Points, trained by Donnie K. Von Hemel, has been first, second, or third in 21 of 26 career starts.

Clark: Few willing to face Commentator
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Churchill Downs racing officials are expecting a small field, with maybe only as many five horses challenging Commentator when the annual fall-meet highlight, the Grade 2 Clark Handicap, is run Friday for the 135th time. Commentator, the speedy New York-bred gelding with 13 wins from 20 starts, will be the highweight and favorite in the $400,000 Clark, one of four Grade 2 races that will close out the 26-day fall meet during the Thanksgiving weekend. Weights for the 1 1/8-mile race were to be released Saturday, with entries taken and drawn Tuesday.

Bessarabian: Lucas Street eyes big finish
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Lucas Street will try to go out a winner Sunday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Bessarabian Stakes, a competitive seven-furlong sprint for fillies and mares.

Delta Jackpot attracts 17
Terrain and West Side Bernie, who last raced in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, were among 17 horses pre-entered on Friday in the Grade 3, $750,000 Delta Jackpot at Delta Downs. The 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-olds will be limited to a field of 10 when it is run on Delta's six-furlong track Dec. 5. Final entries for the race will be held Dec. 2. Delta also took pre-entries on Friday for the Grade 3, $500,000 Delta Princess, for 2-year-old fillies at one mile. Among the 15 who were pre-entered were Grade 3 winners Livin Lovin and C.S. Silk. The race will also be run Dec. 5, with final entries to be taken Dec. 2.