Two Emmys, scratched by Fair Grounds stewards on the advice of the track veterinarian during his warm-up for the $300,000 Muniz Memorial on March 25, is just fine, trainer and majority owner Hugh Robertson reported Sunday.

In fact, Two Emmys was fine getting saddled before the Muniz and fine when he got back to Robertson’s Fair Grounds barn after being scratched lame.

On April 9, 2022, Reinvestment Risk finished second behind Speaker’s Corner in the Grade 1 Carter Stakes at Aqueduct. On April 6, 2023, Reinvestment Risk is set to face nine rivals in the featured seventh race at Hawthorne, a multiple-conditions allowance sprint with a $40,000 claiming option.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Two months after an impressive maiden race win in her lone start, Clearly Unhinged runs in Saturday’s Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles.

The $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks will be a learning experience for the filly and her intrigued trainer, Michael McCarthy.

Will Clearly Unhinged set the pace the way she did in the maiden race at 6 1/2 furlongs? Can she handle a two-turn race against more experienced fillies so early in her career?

Grand Isle, coming off a significant stakes victory last fall at Mahoning Valley, looks to kick off this season on a winning note when he heads the $75,000 Howard B. Noonan Stakes for Ohio-bred 3-year-olds on Thursday at the Youngstown, Ohio track.

The Noonan is the final stakes race of Mahoning Valley’s current season, which opened in October. After closing day on April 15, the Ohio Thoroughbred circuit will move to Thistledown in North Randall and Belterra Park in Cincinnati. Those two tracks open their meets on April 24 and April 27, respectively.

Trainers Todd Pletcher and Chad Brown are expected to run two horses apiece in the Grade 3, $250,000 Gazelle Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles.

Pletcher will send out Gambling Girl and Frosty O Toole while Brown counters with Occult and Shidabhuti. Gambling Girl, a New York-bred, finished second to Occult in the Busanda Stakes on Jan. 14 and then was fourth in the Grade 3 Honeybee at Oaklawn on Feb. 25. Frosty O Toole was a recent private purchase by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners following a pair of wins at Tampa Bay Downs for owner-trainer Mike Dini.

Repo Rocks, a winner of four straight races, and White Abarrio, the 2022 Florida Derby winner who won an allowance last out, head a field of at least eight runners expected for Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct.

Repo Rocks, based at Parx with trainer Jamie Ness, has successfully shipped to Aqueduct twice with dominant victories in the Grade 3 Toboggan and the listed Stymie. He completed preparations for the Carter on Monday, when he worked a half-mile in 47.05 seconds at Parx. It was his third consecutive bullet move.

After some consideration about cutting Arctic Arrogance back in distance, trainer Linda Rice and owner Chester Broman have decided to keep the New York-bred 3-year-old routing and will run him in Saturday’s Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct rather than the Grade 3, $200,000 Bay Shore going seven furlongs.

“We discussed it that even though the Bay Shore would be an easier spot to win, we can keep the door open to the [Kentucky] Derby and gather up some points and maybe even win the Wood,” Rice said.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – All the temporary stands that dominated the Keeneland landscape last fall for the Breeders’ Cup are long gone. Trees are blooming instead of leaves falling. Clockers are getting busier by the day as the stable area starts to refill.

As it comes off a strong 2022 edition, the Texas 2-year-olds in training sale has continued to grow in popularity as a solid regional marketplace. This week’s renewal boasts the largest catalog since the Texas Thoroughbred Association took over management of the annual event in 2016.

Earls Rock has won his last two starts by a head and a nose. Du Jour has lost his last two races by a nose and a neck.

Aside from recent close finishes, the two 5-year-old geldings have other similarities. They are lightly raced for their age, run from off the pace, and are on the same career path, meeting for the second time this year in Sunday’s Grade 3 American Stakes at a mile on turf at Santa Anita.