Lynch remains in a jovial mood over Oscar Performance

Less than 24 hours after juvenile colt Oscar Performance satisfied bettors as the 6-5 favorite with a six-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3 Pilgrim, trainer Brian Lynch remained in a jovial mood over the Kitten's Joy colt's effort in only his third career start.

"It certainly was an Oscar performance," said Lynch. "If you're going to the Breeders' Cup [Juvenile Turf] you want to have that sort of effort taking you in that direction. Of course, once you get out to southern California you're not going to get that easy lead like he did here. I'll press him a lot more out there but you can't ask him to do any more than he's done."

Lynch also hopes to have Grand Tito, Heart to Heart and Lightstream round out his Breeders' Cup contingent.

After working five furlongs in 1:01.80 over the Belmont main track Saturday morning, Grand Tito will next see action in the Grade 1 Shadwell Mile at Keeneland. Three-year-old filly Lightstream, who finished second on August 6 in the Grade 1 Test at Saratoga, will look to return to action in the Grade 2 Raven Run at Keeneland. Hitting the Belmont main track yesterday, she breezed five furlongs in 50.06 seconds.