LEXINGTON, Ky. - It was more of the same Saturday morning from Flightline and Life Is Good, both of whom put in their final workouts at Keeneland in preparation for a clash in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic here on Nov. 5. With a larger-than-normal group of railbirds looking on, Flightline hit the track shortly after 7:30 a.m., leading a phalanx of workers just before sunrise. Flightline, under exercise rider Juan Leyva, went five furlongs in 1:00.59, according to Daily Racing Form’s Mike Welsch, with a final quarter of 23.17 seconds and a gallop out of 1:26.22 and 1:40.71 for the mile. “What’s rare is when you can tell a rider what to do and he does it,” trainer John Sadler said. “I told him go a minute-and-change, gallop out in 1:26 and he did a beautiful job. It was just what we wanted. He looked very fresh coming home, there was no blow to him.” Flightline, undefeated in five starts that he has won by a combined 62 3/4 lengths including a blowout win in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic on Sept. 3, figures to be a prohibitive favorite in the 39th Breeders’ Cup Classic. :: BREEDERS’ CUP 2022: See DRF’s special section with top contenders, odds, comments, news, and more for each division Sadler said he had no concerns about how Flightline would handle Keeneland’s surface, as compared to those he has previously trained over in Southern California. “He’s done really well here, I don’t feel this is a difficult track to get over, not the way it currently is,” Sadler said. “All my horses have gone over it pretty well.” Sadler said Flightline would have a walk day on Sunday, jog Monday and then gallop Tuesday through Friday. Sadler has exuded confidence, though he’s tried his best to not to show it. "I’m always reserved because with horses every day is different, but if everything stays the same the way it is today, we’re going to be very happy,” Sadler said. About 90 minutes after Flightline worked, Life Is Good, possibly the second choice in the Classic, worked five furlongs in 1:00.91 by himself under exercise rider Amelia Green. Welsch had Life Is Good in splits of 24.89 seconds, 36.88, and clocked him galloping out in 1:13.66, seven furlongs in 1:26.19 and a mile in 1:40.09. “It was a standard Life Is Good breeze,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “Very impressive. He was traveling well throughout, very happy with the way he finished, the way he galloped out. Looks super.” Pletcher said it is, in part, the way Life Is Good gallops out after his works that makes Pletcher feel good about running him 1 1/4 miles in the Classic. Life Is Good won last year’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and this year he has three Grade 1 stakes victories at 1 1/8 miles. “Everyone asks why we’re going a mile and a quarter,” Pletcher said. “Because we’re accustomed to seeing gallop outs like we did this morning, which gives you confidence that he’ll stay a little farther.” Pletcher is also running Happy Saver in the Classic, but he will not work that horse again before the race. Pletcher noted that Happy Saver ran a solid second to Flightline in the Metropolitan Handicap breezing two weeks out from that race. Not long after Life Is Good worked, Hot Rod Charlie put in a sharp five-furlong workout in 1:00.34 with Tyler Gaffalione aboard. Hot Rod Charlie, coming off a narrow victory in the Lukas Classic, looked especially good in his five-furlong work breaking about three lengths behind stablemate Roses N Gold, a 3-year-old filly maiden winner at Belterra last out. He tracked that horse through three furlongs in 35.19 seconds, then came home in 25.15 with Gaffalione barely moving a muscle. “I thought it was a great move over the track today,” Gaffalione said. “He’s very happy, he’s full of energy, he’s doing everything I asked him to do all around. I feel he’s in a great frame of mine and couldn’t have any more confidence coming into the race.” At Santa Anita, Pennsylvania Derby winner Taiba worked six furlongs in 1:13, in company with Messier. Epicenter, the Travers winner, is the only Classic horse expected to work again before the race. A field of eight for the Classic is expected when entries close and post positions are drawn Monday afternoon at Rupp Arena, the home of the University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team. The field, in Brad Free’s morning-line order, with riders: Flightline (Flavien Prat, 3-5), Life Is Good (Irad Ortiz Jr., 5-1), Epicenter (Joel Rosario, 6-1), Taiba (Mike Smith, 8-1), Olympiad (Junior Alvarado, 15-1), Hot Rod Charlie (Tyler Gaffalione, 15-1) and Rich Strike (Sonny Leon, 20-1). :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.