LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Cajun Beat, the Kentucky-based winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita, might return to California for his next race. Trainer Steve Margolis said Tuesday that Cajun Beat is being considered for the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26.

"It's seven-eighths, straight 3-year-olds, over a track he's won over," said Margolis, explaining the motives behind a return trip.

Regardless of whether Cajun Beat is shipped to California, he will likely be based in Florida for much of the winter. "Maybe we'll even look at that Dubai [sprint] - we'll have to see what happens," said Margolis.

Tuesday morning on the Churchill Downs backstretch, he was still savoring Cajun Beat's victory. Fellow horsemen rushed to congratulate him, and he found himself shaking more hands than a politician preparing for a November election. "It was the thrill of a lifetime," Margolis told one colleague.

Other Breeders' Cup races did not go as auspiciously for Kentucky horsemen. Trainer Steve Asmussen watched two of his three Breeders' Cup entrants, Cuvee and Lady Tak, finish last in their respective races. His third runner, Posse, was a fast-closing fourth in the Sprint. Plans for those three are undecided, pending how they train in the near future, but Asmussen said Tuesday he wouldn't expect them to race at Churchill Downs this fall.

One Breeders' Cup horse who might race at Churchill is Take Charge Lady. Sixth of seven in the Distaff, she might return in the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap on Nov. 27.

"We'll evaluate her over the next few days," said her trainer, Ken McPeek. "It's similar circumstances to last year. She didn't run well in the Cup, then came back [with a second] in the Falls City."