Ain't Easy made it look easy for the second time in as many starts when authoritatively taking Friday's $201,000 Chandelier S. (G2), one of four stakes on opening day of the Santa Anita fall meet.

The opening day of Santa Anita's fall meet on Friday will feature three Breeders' Cup Challenge preps for two-year-olds, as well as a potentially key prep for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1).

With a Breeders' Cup automatic bid at hand, as well as implications, Keeneland's First Lady and Shakertown S. revealed a lot.

United turned in one of the most surprising efforts at the Breeders' Cup last year, finishing only a head behind eventual Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar in the 1 1/2-mile Turf (G1) at odds of 51-1. On Saturday, the 5-year-old rides a three-race win streak into the $200,000 Del Mar H. (G2), which offers the winner an expenses-paid berth into the 2020 Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland in November.