OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The sky was definitely gray and the remaining leaves were somewhat brown at Belmont Park on Friday morning, and trainer Shug McGaughey was doing a little California dreaming. After Celestial City worked a solid half-mile in 48.81 seconds over the Belmont Park turf course Friday morning, McGaughey is strongly considering shipping the horse cross-country for the Grade 1, $400,000 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar on Dec. 3. “I got to work out the logistics but I’m thinking the Hollywood Derby,” McGaughey said. “There’s a little bit of a problem with Fed Ex because of the holidays.” Based on his last few races, Celestial City has earned a shot at a race like the Hollywood Derby. After finishing second to Annapolis in the Grade 3 Sarnac at Saratoga, Celestial City won a first-level allowance race and the Grade 2 Hill Prince during the Belmont at the Big A meeting. “His races have all been good,” McGaughey said. “He ran into Annapolis and then he moved it up a little bit there the other day.” McGaughey is also still thinking about the Grade 1 American Oaks at Santa Anita on Dec. 26 for Skims, who won the Grade 2 Sands Point at Aqueduct on Oct. 15. She has had only one work, a three-furlong move in 36.80 seconds on the dirt on Nov. 5. :: DRF Bets members get FREE DRF Past Performances - Formulator or Classic. Join now! McGaughey on Friday worked five horses on the turf, including General Jim, who went a half-mile in 49.72 seconds in company with Fort Washington. General Jim is under consideration for the $120,000 Central Park Stakes here on Nov. 26. McGaughey said the multiple stakes-winning 3-year-old filly Kathleen O., unraced since suffering her first defeat in the Kentucky Oaks, remains on scheduled for the Grade 3, $175,000 Comely Stakes here on Nov. 25. She is scheduled to work again on Sunday at Belmont. Meanwhile, McGaughey said Pleasant Passage, the runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, is getting a brief break on a farm in Ocala, Fla. McGaughey said the break won’t be a long one, as he hopes to have the filly ready to run again in March. Signator sidelined Signator, a promising 2-year-old colt trained by McGaughey for West Point Thoroughbreds and West Point Racing, won’t race again this year. Signator was scratched from the Nov. 6 Nashua Stakes with a minor ankle injury. McGaughey said he would not run the horse in the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen here on Dec. 3 and would likely wait until the Gulfstream Park meet to start him again. “He had a little bit of an ankle jump up on him, he seems to be fine now but he wasn’t then,” McGaughey said. “He breezed fine, he must have jammed it out here galloping.” Signator a son of Tapit, finished second on debut going six furlongs. He then won a one-mile maiden race in the mud at Aqueduct on Oct. 14, earning a 73 Beyer Speed Figure in each of his two starts. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.