• School starts Wednesday for Quality Road
• Justenuffhumor heading to Dubai following third in BC Mile
• Grand Couturier gearing down; Bribon gearing up
• Honour Devil (ARG), Tomcito eye next starts
• My Princess Jess gets Florida vacation

Edward P. Evans’ Quality Road, whose fiery antics caused him to be scratched at the gate prior to the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, is scheduled to return to his Belmont Park stall Tuesday and be back on the track Wednesday morning, according to trainer Todd Pletcher.

The 2009 Florida Derby winner and Jockey Club Gold Cup runner-up, who was forced to bypass the Kentucky Derby earlier in the year due to a quarter crack, is in the process of vanning to Churchill Downs from southern California after he balked at getting on a plane on Monday.

“He’s in transition to Churchill,” said Pletcher of the 3-year-old Elusive Quality colt. “He’ll lay up there a couple days and then be here Tuesday. The [Hill ‘n’ Dale] Cigar Mile is a possibility. Obviously, we would need everything to go perfectly between now and then, but he is under consideration. [Former NYRA starter] Bob Duncan will start working with him Wednesday morning.”

Pletcher doesn’t know exactly what caused Quality Road to act up before the Classic, but says the horse has never had any problems around the starting gate while schooling in the mornings.

“The horse is not a problematic horse,” he said. “He got upset the other day and things went the wrong way. He hasn’t been a problem in the morning. If he continues to do well, we’ll probably have some sort of afternoon schooling session at Aqueduct before we make any decisions.”

Quality Road has shown flashes of brilliance in the afternoon throughout his brief, seven-race career, setting new track records in his last two starts over a fast track, the Grade 1 Florida Derby and Grade 2 Amsterdam at Saratoga.

Coming off a third-place finish in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile behind European super-filly Goldikova, Godolphin Racing LLC’s 4-year-old Justenuffhumor is heading to Dubai for a winter campaign under the supervision of trainer Saeed bin Suroor.

According to Artie Magnuson, assistant trainer to Kiaran McLaughlin, Justenuffhumor exited the Breeders’ Cup in fine fashion, as did Hatheer, who finished fourth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf.

“We’re very happy with thirds and fourths,” Magnuson said. “They both ran very well, we’re very happy. Justenuffhumor will go to Dubai with Godolphin now which is great stuff. That’s a good thing when they move over to the Godolphin team. That’s always a positive thing for the future. We’re just glad to be part of the process.”

Justenuffhumor ran eight times in 2009 for the McLaughlin camp, winning his first six races to start the year including the Grade 2 Fourstardave and Bernard Baruch at Saratoga.

Marc Keller’s Grade 1 winning duo of Grand Couturier and Bribon are both doing well, but only one will race again this year, according to trainer Robert Ribaudo.

“Grand Couturier now is going to get a little break,” said Ribaudo less than a week after the 6-year-old finished second in Aqueduct’s Grade 2 Red Smith. “We had an opportunity to go to Japan and we declined because I need him next year.”

Meanwhile, 2009 Shadwell Met Mile winner Bribon is preparing for his next start in the Grade 1, $300,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on November 28.

“No question that’s where we’re headed,” Ribaudo said. “The most difficult thing for me is to try to keep him up for each of these races. Since last October, he hasn’t really had a break. He was really up for [his fifth-place finish in] the Woodbine Mile, and he’s not quite there yet. But he’s certainly on his way, and hopefully in the next two weeks he will be right there.”

While he says he’s confident the son of Mark of Esteem will be ready physically, Ribaudo says his biggest challenge is keeping Bribon’s head in a Grade 1 state of mind.

“My biggest thing is because now he’s at this level of competition – 16 months in training without a break – trying to lead him over there at his best, it’s not easy,” Ribaudo said.

“It’s the mental part of it, trying to stay up for that long. When he runs, the races take more out of him than they used to, so it’s tough maintaining that level of Grade 1 status throughout the year. Even though it looks like he hasn’t run a lot, he’s had no easy races. If horses like Quality Road and Vineyard Haven show up for the race, you’re going to have to be at the top of your game.”

While having a pair of Grade 1 winners in the barn keeps Ribaudo busy, he says he recently took time out of his schedule to accommodate a fan from across the pond.

“Someone from England sent me a letter asking for a shoe from Bribon. He was shod yesterday so I took one of his hind shoes, I put it in a box and I’m mailing it to him,” said Ribaudo, adding that he thought fans appreciate being able to follow horses throughout longer careers. “Horses that race continually, it might be a small base, but you get a fan base. It’s not like a Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta – they’re not coming out with signs that say ‘Go Bribon’ – but you have an obligation to these people. He might be a groom, he might be a hot walker, he might be a bus driver, or he might be an Earl or a Duke.”

Trainer Tom Albertrani reported that Jet Set Racing Stable’s Tomcito will likely start next in the $65,000 Power Lunch, an overnight stakes run at 1¾ miles at Aqueduct on November 29.

The 4-year-old son of Street Cry has not raced since finishing last of seven in the Grade 3 Skip Away at Gulfstream Park in April.

Meanwhile, according to Artie Magnuson, assistant trainer to Kiaran McLaughlin, Mohammed bin Kalifa Al Maktoum’s Honour Devil will likely run next the Grade 3, $100,000 Queens County Handicap on December 12 at Aqueduct.

In his two races in the U.S. since coming over from Dubai, Honour Devil has finished second in the Mr. Right Stakes on September 30 and third in a $100,000 allowance/optional claimer on October 17. Both races were at Belmont Park.

“The second start might have been back a little quick,” Magnuson said.

Lael Stables’ multiple graded stakes-winning filly My Princess Jess, who finished third in both the Grade 1 Just A Game at Belmont Park and the Grade 2 Ballston Spa at Saratoga this year, has been sent to a farm in Ocala for some time off, according to trainer Barclay Tagg.

“I had her down on the Polytrack [at Keeneland] and it seemed to pull at her a lot,” said Tagg of the 4-year-old daughter of Stormy Atlantic. “I didn’t want to get her hurt. I was already at Keeneland, and it’s about a two-hour trip from there to Ocala so I put her down there.”

Last year as a 3-year-old, My Princess Jess reeled off three straight stakes victories including the Grade 3 Boiling Springs at Monmouth Park and the Grade 2 Lake George at Saratoga.

Tagg says that after some vacation time on the farm, My Princess Jess will likely run at Gulfstream during the winter before returning to New York for a 2010 campaign.