LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Although King David has been assigned the high weight of 121 pounds for the lone stakes of the coming weekend at Churchill Downs, the Grade 3 River City on Saturday, the 4-year-old colt will not be permitted to start after failing to get off the state veterinarian’s list following a workout last Saturday at his Trackside training center base. State veterinarian William Farmer confirmed Monday that he is “working with” trainer Mike Maker in getting King David eligible to race again but said “there is no set time” when that will happen. King David, winner of the Grade 1 Jamaica last fall at Belmont Park, was scratched Nov. 8 at Churchill as the odds-on favorite in a one-mile turf allowance just a few minutes from post time and was placed on a seven-day vet’s list, as per standard policy by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Claimed just three weeks before the Jamaica by Maker on behalf of the Scarlet Stable of Rose Barney for $35,000, King David has raced just once since late January, winning a second-level turf allowance at Churchill on Sept. 29. With or without King David, the $100,000 River City was expected to get a sizable field when entries are drawn Wednesday. Among the likely starters for the 1 1/8-mile turf race is the defending champion, Keep Up (117 pounds), along with Daddy Nose Best (118), Olympic Thunder (116), and Villandry (116). In all, 43 horses were nominated, and as many as 14 can run. Central Banker to Woodchopper Central Banker, the lone scratch from either of the two turf stakes for 3-year-olds here Saturday night, has been redirected to the $75,000 Woodchopper at a mile on the Fair Grounds turf Nov. 30, trainer Al Stall Jr. said. Meanwhile, Stall is eagerly awaiting his reunion with the undefeated filly Sign sometime around the first of December at Fair Grounds. Sign, bred and owned by Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider, has not raced in more than a year after exiting a four-length victory in the 2012 Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill with an ankle injury that required surgery. Claiborne’s Seth Hancock said Monday from the Paris, Ky., farm that Sign has made steady progress in her training at Holly Hill Farm in South Carolina and is up to a half-mile in her breezes. Sign was a subject of controversy this summer when her victory in the Grade 2 Pocahontas was restored by the KHRC following a lengthy series of legal proceedings. The filly initially had been disqualified for a positive medication test before the decision ultimately was overturned. Light crowd for night card Although it does come with an obligatory asterisk stemming from a direct conflict with a nearby University of Louisville football game that drew a crowd of 53,027, the ontrack attendance here Saturday night was 12,222. That’s the lowest number for a Downs After Dark program since Churchill began running under the lights in June 2009. In all, 26 night programs have been run at Churchill, with the all-time high being 38,142 on opening night of the 2011 spring meet. Three comparable November dates had averaged 15,743. Juveniles show promise The Stars of Tomorrow programs aren’t the only opportunities for 2-year-olds to shine at Churchill in the fall. In fact, three juveniles looked quite promising in maiden victories here last weekend: Divine View (68 Beyer Speed Figure) won at first asking Saturday night, while Avicii (71) and Let It Snow (70) both prevailed as favorites over a sloppy track Sunday. Avicii is named for the famed 24-year-old Swedish song producer who is known otherwise as Tim Bergling and has almost 1.1 million Twitter followers. The City Zip filly was purchased privately out of her first start at Woodbine by Lynn Whiting on behalf of Oaklawn Park owner Charles Cella. ◗ Laugh Track, whose late run in the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Sprint missed catching Secret Circle by a neck, will breeze again here this weekend before shipping to New York a few days before he runs in the Nov. 30 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct, trainer Mark Casse said. Laugh Track went a half-mile last Saturday in 47.20 seconds in his first work since his near-miss at 16-1 in the Sprint. ◗ Kent Desormeaux is scheduled to be here Wednesday to ride in the allowance co-features (races 6 and 9) for trainer Wesley Ward. First post for a 10-race card is 12:40 p.m. Eastern. After riding the Keeneland fall meet and a couple of races here, Desormeaux shifted his tack to south Florida, where he will ride through this winter. The Hall of Fame jockey won two races over the weekend for Ward at Gulfstream Park. ◗ With 16 of 25 fall programs in the books, Corey Lanerie has a 22-17 lead over Leandro Goncalves atop the jockeys’ standings as he seeks his fourth riding title from the last five Churchill meets. Among trainers, Bret Calhoun is clinging to a 10-9 lead over Maker.