Trainer Michael McCarthy accomplished his mission of getting in a prep over the track for the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1).

Sunday’s Rancho Bernardo H. (G3) was a virtual match race between defending champion Edgeway and prime challenger Slammed, both in the betting and on the racetrack.

About three hours after the Ballerina (G1) at Saratoga Sunday, Del Mar hosts the Rancho Bernardo H. (G3) with Breeders’ Cup implications in the same division.