The 31st Breeders’ Cup World Championships, consisting of four races on Friday and nine races on Saturday, will be run at Santa Anita Park this coming Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

The following Pacific Northwest connections were sighted:

Oct. 31

6th race: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). Hootenanny, trained by Wesley Ward

8th race: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). Sunset Glow, owned by Ten Broeck Farm (Dave Mowat), trained by Wesley Ward; Sivoliere, ridden by Gary Stevens

9th race: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Belle Gallantey, Pegasus Thoroughbred Sale graduate

November 1

4th race: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). Majestic Presence, owned by Mark Dedomenico LLC and North American Thoroughbred Horse Company

6th race: Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1). Judy the Beauty, owned and trained by Wesley Ward; Leigh Court, ridden by Gary Boulanger

7th race: Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1). Undrafted and No Nay Never, both trained by Wesley Ward; Free as a Bird, ridden by Tyler Baze

8th race: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Blue Dancer, trained by Greg Tracy

10th race: Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1). Big Macher, ridden by Tyler Baze; Bakken, ridden by Gary Stevens

12th race: Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). Shared Belief, owned by Dr. George Todaro, et al.; Majestic Harbor, ridden by Tyler Baze

Also on October 30 at Santa Anita, Washington champion and 2014 Longacres Mile (G3) winner Stryker Phd is among the nine entries for the one mile, $75,000 Big Bear Stakes. Bred by Char Clark Thoroughbreds and Todd Havens and raced by Mona and Jim Hour, the four-time stakes winner will break from the six hole with Leslie Mawing up. The Larry Ross trainee’s morning line odds are four-to-one. Wesley Ward-trained Politicallycorrect will break from just to his inside.

Prior to the Breeders’ Cup races on the Saturday card, Santa Anita will feature three other stakes. Wesley Ward has two entries – Cool Comfort and Crown the Kitten – in the Juvenile Turf Sprint Stakes. Trainer Vann Belvoir has entered Peradvnture and Smack Talk in the Golden State Juvenile Stakes. Ten Broeck Farm’s stakes-winning filly Warm Breeze, who is trained by Grant Forster, is among the entries for the $100,000 Senator Ken Maddie Stakes (G3). Ward also has Richies Party Girl and To My Valentine (Fr) entered in the 6 1/2-furlong stakes.