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Pletcher charges begin cross-country trek Trainer Todd Pletcher said all of his horses came out of their Breeders' Cup races at Santa Anita well. The conditioner saddled 10 horses over the two-day championship event, but only nine actually raced. Grade 1 winner QUALITY ROAD (Elusive Quality) was listed at 12-1 on the morning line for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), but Pletcher could only watch in horror from the grandstand as the colt first refused to be loaded into the gate. The starters managed to get the sophomore in his drawn stall only after blindfolding him, but once in, Quality Road began began kicking and bucking, forcing his eventual withdrawal from the race. "He's a bit scratched up, but he's OK," Pletcher said Sunday from his barn. "There are some gashes on his hind legs mainly from kicking. But it's nothing too severe." Quality Road is one of Pletcher's runners who will be shipped out of California this week. He's now headed to Belmont Park and will point for the Cigar Mile (G1) at Aqueduct on November 28. NITE LIGHT (Thunder Gulch) will join Quality Road in Pletcher's barn at Belmont this week and be pointed toward the December 31 Gallant Fox at Aqueduct. The five-year-old finished well back in eighth in the Marathon on Friday. AIKENITE (Yes It's True), fifth in the Juvenile (G1), is headed to the Palm Meadows training center on Wednesday and will be pointed to the Gulfstream meet, which gets underway in early January. Also departing for Florida on Wednesday will be dual Grade 3 winner INTERACTIF (Broken Vow), who will ship to Palm Meadows. He ran third, just three parts of a length back of the winner, in the Juvenile Turf (G2). DEVIL MAY CARE (Malibu Moon) didn't do so well in the Juvenile Fillies (G1), finishing 11th, but is also headed to to Palm Meadows on Wednesday. The bay lass will point for a race at Gulfstream Park. Princess Rooney H. (G1) heroine GAME FACE (Menifee), ninth in the Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), is being retired and will be shipped to Kentucky. The other five of the trainer's Breeders' Cup horses will stay in California at Santa Anita with assistant trainer Mike McCarthy. COWBOY CAL (Giant's Causeway), hero of the Oak Tree Mile (G2) but 10th in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1), will remain at Santa Anita and may run in the Citation H. (G1) at Hollywood Park on November 27, while READY'S ECHO (More Than Ready), runner-up in the Dirt Mile (G1), is headed for the races in the Santa Anita Handicap series. ESKENDEREYA (Giant's Causeway) will stay at Santa Anita and may be pointed to the December 19 CashCall Futurity (G1) at Hollywood Park. The chestnut was ninth in the Juvenile (G1). Another two-year-old in the form of ROSE CATHERINE (Speightstown), who was second in the Juvenile Turf, is also taking up residence at the Arcadia, California, venue. She will now point for the Hollywood Starlet (G1) at Hollywood one day after the CashCall Futurity. JOIN IN THE DANCE (Sky Mesa) will remain at Santa Anita and will probably make his next start in an allowance race. The maiden was ninth in the Sprint (G1).
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