ARCADIA, Calif. -- Before the year started, those associated with California Chrome mapped out an itinerary for 2016, and thus far, theyve hit every planned stop with nary a misstep. Victory in the San Pasqual. A pair of wins in Dubai, including the World Cup. Two wins at Del Mar, including the Pacific Classic. And, most recently, a victory in the Awesome Again.The $6 million Breeders Cup Classic on Saturday at Santa Anita was the year-end goal, and California Chrome comes into it in the best form of his career. He was dominant in both the Pacific Classic and Awesome Again, Grade 1 races that have set him up for a big payday. There is a $1 million bonus for winning those two races plus the Breeders Cup Classic, on top of the more than $3 million in first-prize money from the Classic itself.His last two races have been big, trainer Art Sherman said. Let me have one more like that in the Breeders Cup. This is a biggie coming up. If he wins, it takes him to a different plateau.Standing in the way of the perfect plan are nine rivals, most notably Arrogate, the late-developing 3-year-old who turned in a freakish performance in the Travers and has trained into this race like that was not a fluke.The Travers was pretty mind-blowing, trainer Bob Baffert said. We never knew he had that kind of speed until we asked him to do that. Hes going to have to run that race again to be competitive with a horse like California Chrome.The Classic is the last and richest of the 13 Breeders Cup races that will be run Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita and is the final race on a 12-race card Saturday. Eight of the 10 runners have won a Grade 1 race, five of them in their most recent start.Its a tough, tough race, said Kiaran McLaughlin, who sends out Met Mile winner Frosted.California Chrome will be favored, with Arrogate a strong second choice.Hes never run against a horse like Chrome, Sherman said of Arrogate. Hes going to have to outrun me to make me a believer.You can always get outrun. But if Chrome does, the horse who does it is gonna know he was in a horse race.Baffert knows hes taking on a formidable opponent but believes Arrogate is the real deal.Regarding California Chrome, Baffert said: This is the best Ive ever seen him. Hes in peak form. I give a lot of credit to the Sherman camp. Hes the horse to beat. I dont know if we can beat him, but I think we have a horse who can be competitive with him.The Travers announced Arrogate to the world, but the Baffert barn had been high on him before he ever ran. His race in the Travers -- a track record at Saratoga with a Beyer Speed Figure of 122 -- was monstrous.I think he can do it again, Baffert said of earning another big figure. Its going to take a huge performance to beat Chrome.Arrogate has not raced since the Travers, a schedule Baffert successfully used last year with American Pharoah.The only way you can do it is if you have a really good horse like Pharoah, Baffert said. We dont know how good Arrogate is. The only time we set him down was in the Travers. I havent seen anything to tell me he cant do it again.Baffert is seeking his third straight win in the Classic, following Bayern and American Pharoah. In addition to Arrogate, he also sends out Hoppertunity, fresh from a win in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.This is the best hes ever been, Baffert said.Trainer Jimmy Jerkens also sends out two runners: Effinex, last years runner-up in the Classic behind American Pharoah, and Shaman Ghost, who upset Frosted in the Woodward.Effinex drew the rail, exactly where Jerkens did not want him.Id rather have Effinex outside, Jerkens said. He doesnt like being in the gate too long.Frosted finished fifth behind California Chrome in the Dubai World Cup, but after returning to the United States, he turned in one of the most impressive races of the year in the Met Mile. He is 1-for-2 since then, with both races around two turns, and has looked good here this week.Were not sure which Frosted is going to show up, said his trainer, Kiaran McLaughlin. We hope its the one from the Met Mile. Hes doing fabulous.Melatonin has not run since June but is unbeaten in four starts at Santa Anita, including twice at 1-1/4 miles this year.Keen Ice is 0-for-6 since his upset of American Pharoah in last years Travers. This is his second start following a six-month layoff and a switch to trainer Todd Pletcher.Win the Space has finished in the money in major stakes behind California Chrome and Melatonin this year.War Story, beaten more than 22 lengths at 136-1 in the Pacific Classic, looks overmatched again. . LUCIE, Fla. 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DAVIE, Fla. -- The rookie roommates are ready to receive.Wideouts Leonte Carroo and Jakeem Grant expect to see plenty of duty in the Miami Dolphins exhibition finale Thursday against Tennessee, and theyre eager to show what they can do.We cant wait to watch each others success Thursday, Carroo said.Starters Kenny Stills and DeVante Parker are nursing injuries but might have sat out anyway, because coaches use the last preseason game mostly to evaluate the back end of the roster.That includes such youngsters as Carroo and Grant, who bunked together during training camp while competing for playing time. Both are sure to make the team, but eager to climb higher on the depth chart.Carroo, a third-round draft pick from Rutgers, has yet to make much of a splash during the preseason. Grant, a sixth-round choice from Texas Tech, has been more eye-catching, in part because hes just 5-foot-6 -- apparently even shorter than he looks on TV.On the field a lot of people tell me, `I didnt know you were that small, Grant said. In my heart, Im just as big as anybody else, and I dont think its a disadvantage at all. I think its more of an advantage to me. Theyre not used to tackling smaller guys like me.Carroo, by contrast, is 6-1 and 217 pounds.Im a physical receiver who is going to make the tough catches, Carroo said, a guy who likes to catch a lot of passes and score a lot of touchdowns.The two rookies will likely play most of the game while paired with reserve quarterbacks Zac Dysert and Brandon Doughty, both battling to make the roster as a third-stringer. Rookie running back Kenyan Drake is also slated for significant action after missing the first three exhibition games because of a hamstring injury.Coach Adam Gase said he wants to see Carroo and Grant in the right spot at thhe right time.ddddddddddddBoth of those guys have had mistakes where the quarterback thinks theyre going to do one thing, and they do something different, Gase said. Wed like for them to be as sound as possible.With limited action in the first three exhibition games, Grant had five receptions for 73 yards, and Carroo had four for 23.This is something Ive been looking forward to in training camp -- to play a whole game and showcase what I can bring to this offense, Carroo said.The receiving group took a double whammy Monday when Stills and Parker left practice with injuries. Stills back locked up, and Parker has been slowed by a sore hamstring, but both took part in Tuesdays walkthrough. Guard Laremy Tunsil also was back after leaving Mondays practice with a foot injury.For the rookies, the injuries were a reminder second-stringers are always on standby.Im sorry my teammates went down, Grant said, but we shouldnt have a drop-off just because theyre out.Grants always trying to win a job returning punts and kickoffs. He ran back kickoffs in college, but never fielded punts until he joined the Dolphins and admitted to jitters in the first preseason game.I think all the jitters are out, he said. No bad moments go through my head. Kickoff returns, I feel great. Its kind of the same as college -- you dont want to spend too much time dancing. Go north and take it to the house.Always sound advice, for returners, pass-catchers, rookies and veterans alike.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Steven Wine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Steve-Wine. 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