• Pletcher contingent gears up for Breeders’ Cup
• Unrivaled Belle possible for Gazelle off big win in Real Prize Stakes
• Imperial Council works at Belmont
• Chatterpaul rides into Empire Classic under the radar
• Fields taking shape for opening weekend at Big A

Edward P. Evans’ Quality Road, runner-up to Summer Bird in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup in his most recent start, will work five furlongs over the training track Monday morning with John Velazquez aboard as he prepares for the Grade 1, $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

“He will go either at 7:45 or 9, when the track re-opens,” said trainer Todd Pletcher. “He’ll have one more work before he leaves for California on November 3.”

At 3, Quality Road is among the elder statesmen of Pletcher’s Breeders’ Cup contingent, much of which is comprised of talented 2-year-olds.

Pilgrim winner Eskendereya and Aikenite, third in the Grade 1 Hopeful, are being pointed to the Juvenile, while Interactif, who won the Grade 3 With Anticipation at Saratoga and most recently won the Grade 3 Bourbon, at Keeneland will likely be favored in the Juvenile Turf. Miss Grillo winner Dad’s Crazy and Rose Catherine, impressive maiden winner on the turf here on October 11, will be pre-entered in the Juvenile Fillies Turf and Grade 1 Frizette winner Devil May Care is heading to the Juvenile Fillies.

Devil May Care breezed four furlongs in 50.46 on the training track Friday morning.

“She broke off slowly and finished up well under no encouragement,” said Pletcher.

Also heading to the Breeders’ Cup for Pletcher are Game Face (Filly & Mare Sprint), Cowboy Cal (Mile) and Night Lite (Marathon). The trainer added that Ready’s Echo, most recently second in the Grade 3 Kelso here, was possible for the Dirt Mile.

With a nearly effortless front-running victory Friday in the $65,000 Real Prize Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, Peter Vesgo and Gary Seidler’s Unrivaled Belle put herself in position for a run in the Grade 1, $300,000 Gazelle on November 28 at Aqueduct.

Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and ridden by Eddie Castro, the gray or roan daughter of Unbridled’s Song won the 1 1/16-mile Real Prize by 6¾ lengths over 29-1 long shot runner-up

Banker’s Buy. Don’t Forget Gil, second this summer in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks, finished third. Favored Bon Jovi Girl was last in the field of five.

Unrivaled Belle cleared off from the group at the beginning and raced a length in front through a half-mile in 46.57 seconds and six furlongs in 1:10.82. Barely asked, she opened up by five lengths at the top of the stretch and cruised home as Castro sat motionless on her.

“I got a nice hold,” Castro said. “She kicked in nice and early and gave me a nice run.”

Assistant trainer Leana Willaford saddled Unrivaled Belle, who has now won three of four starts, all by open lengths. After the race, she called Mott, who said a run in the Gazelle was a possibility.

Sequoia Racing’s Imperial Council, runner-up in the Grade 3 Gotham and Grade 2 Peter Pan, had his first work at Belmont Park since May, breezing three furlongs in 37.77 Friday morning on the main track.

The 3-year-old son of Empire Maker has not run since finishing eighth in the Grade 1 Met Mile on May 25.

“He had cannon bone issues,” said Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey. “He was turned out for 60 days and came back to Saratoga.”

Imperial Council returned to the work tab at the Spa on October 12, breezing three furlongs in 39.22 and returned a week later to cover the same distance in 39.94.

“We’re not looking at anything for him right now,” said McGaughey. “We’d like to get a good bottom before Florida.”

His name is hardly well known on a circuit that boasts giants such as Todd Pletcher, Richard Dutrow Jr., Bill Mott, Christophe Clement and Kiaran McLaughlin, but trainer Naipaul Chatterpaul has quietly established himself in his first year training in New York.

Not only is this the 42-year-old Chatterpaul’s first year in New York, but also his first with a trainer’s license. Except for training in unsanctioned races in his native Guyana, where his family emigrated to from India, Chatterpaul has largely relied on his experience as a former jockey and a keen eye to succeed at perhaps the most competitive racetracks in the country.

With a modest stable of between nine and 14 horses, Chatterpaul had won 10 times from 83 starters this year, a decent 12 percent strike rate. He can raise his profile markedly on Saturday, however, when he runs Undocumented and Platinum Couple in the $250,000 Empire Classic, the feature event of the New York Showcase program at Belmont Park.

In February, Chatterpaul claimed the 5-year-old Undocumented for $20,000 and has run the gelded son of Distant View 12 times since with two victories. In June, Undocumented began to look like a new horse, winning an optional claimer by 10 lengths and then finishing third in a state-bred stakes.

“I put Javier [Castellano] on him, and he won by 10 lengths,” he said. “Then I ran him back in the stake, but it was short [seven furlongs]. So, I said, I’ll freshen him up and won’t go to Saratoga.”

After a two-month break, Undocumented has come back to Belmont better than ever, finishing second to Classic morning-line favorite Future Prospect in the Jazzing Around Stakes on September 26.

Chatterpaul said for that race he told jockey John Velazquez he had a real chance to win even though the odds were 28-1. Undocumented fell 15 lengths back and came flying at the finish.

Platinum Couple started in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, Preakness and Belmont Stakes in 2006 for trainer Joseph Lostritto, and Chatterpaul claimed the 6-year-old last month for $12,500. While failing to hit the board in two starts, Platinum Couple has improved his speed figures each time out for his new connections.

Chatterpaul is full of confidence heading into the Classic, even though Undocumented is 30-1 and Platinum Couple is 50-1 on the morning line.

“I have a great shot in this race,” he said, speaking primarily of Undocumented. “I claimed him for the Classic. Ten, 15, 20 lengths off the pace — it doesn’t matter. Just keep him relaxed.”

A trio of graded stakes is on tap for opening weekend at Aqueduct Racetrack with the Grade 3, $100,000-added Turnback the Alarm and Grade 3, $150,000 Bold Ruler scheduled for Saturday, October 31, and the Grade 3, $150,000 Long Island on Sunday, November 1.

According to NYRA stakes coordinator Andrew Byrnes, those likely for the Turnback the Alarm, a 1?-mile race on the main track for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, include Dattts Our Girl, Dear Henry, Manitoba Miss, Unbridled Belle, Way With Words and late-supplement Sweet and Flawless. Weathered is questionable.

The Bold Ruler, run at seven furlongs on the main track for 3-year-olds and up, is expected to feature Cherokee County, Greeley’s Conquest, Le Grand Cru, Past the Point and Sing Baby Sing. Byrnes lists Greenspring, Sacred Journey and The Roundhouse as questionable.

Next Sunday’s Long Island, for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at 1½ miles on the turf, is expected to include Bubby Jane (BRZ), Criticism (GB), Dance Pass (IRE), Lemonette, Queen of Hearts and Zaskar (GB).