HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – His last race was very good. His morning workouts since appear to be extremely strong. If all are signs of what’s to come, Ohana Honor could earn his first graded stakes win in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 William L. McKnight Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Ohana Honor, a 6-year-old ridgling by Honor Code, unleashed a strong late run to win the listed Knickerbocker Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct on Nov. 14. It was a bounce-back effort from a disappointing fourth-place finish in the Grade 2 Sycamore at Keeneland in his previous start. “I wasn’t pleased with his race in the Sycamore,” trainer Shug McGaughey said. “He went down there really doing good, he was a bit anxious and didn’t run well. I like the way he ran the other day with a little bit of pace in front of him. I’m hoping he’ll get a pretty solid pace over this turf.” Flavien Prat rides Ohana Honor from post 3 in the 1 1/2-mile McKnight. Balnikhov needs a scratch to get into the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf later on this card. If not, he will run here. Two starts back, he won an allowance going 1 3/8 miles at Del Mar before encountering trouble in the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup where he finished eighth. :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  “There were a couple of horses backing up on him when he was making his move at the three-eighths pole and he checked a couple of times and lost momentum,” trainer Phil D’Amato said. “Once he got clear, he made a move but petered out in the stretch. Hopefully, in either race, we can get a clean trip and he can come with his run.” Layabout won the Tropical Park Derby by a nose for his fourth win from nine starts as a 3-year-old. After failing to get into the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf, trainer Patrick Biancone opted for this spot. “He shows all the signs in the morning that he’ll go as long as we need him to go, but until you do it you don’t know,” Biancone said. “He is a very talented horse, he’s developing extremely well, I think he could be one of the top horses on the turf if he stays sound.” Summer Cause will be cutting back in distance off a powerful victory in the two-mile H. Allen Jerkens on Dec. 6. Hammerhead won the Grade 3 Valedictory going 1 1/2 miles over Woodbine’s synthetic surface for trainer Kevin Attard. He will have to navigate a trip from post 12 under Jose Ortiz. Christophe Clement Trainer Graham Motion will be thinking about more than just trying to win a race when he saddles probable favorite No Show Sammy Jo in the $175,000 Christophe Clement Stakes. Motion will be thinking about the man for whom this 1 1/2-mile race for females was named. The Clement was previously the La Prevoyante Stakes, a race Clement won six times and Motion four. The race was named in Clement’s honor following his death in May from cancer at the age of 59. “We competed in all the same races, we had a competitive relationship, but a very cordial, friendly relationship,” Motion said Wednesday. “We competed for clients, competed in races and I always had tremendous respect for him. It’s tremendous they named a race after him but I have mixed feelings about it quite honestly. He was younger than I am and it’s still quite shocking.” It won’t be shocking if No Show Sammy Jo wins. She is coming off a powerful 5 3/4-length victory in the Via Borghese Stakes here on Dec. 24 after she got shuffled back behind a pedestrian pace when second to Alluring Angel in the Grade 3 Long Island at Aqueduct on Nov. 8. “She’s run really well in her last three starts,” Motion said. “She won very comfortably going a mile and three-eighths, I don’t see why she shouldn’t be able to run a mile and a half.” Fionn had a terrific 3-year-old season, winning 6 of 8 starts including a nose victory over Nitrogen in the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks. Most recently, she won the Grade 3 Jockey Club Oaks going 1 3/8 miles at Aqueduct. Trainer Brad Cox wanted to run her in the Grade 1 American Oaks at Santa Anita on Dec. 26, but could not get the proper transportation to ship out west. “We haven’t stopped on her, she’s trained right along,” Cox said. “She loves to train, she’s high energy, she’s moving as well as she has all year, that’s one reason we kicked on with her.” Following her victory in the Long Island, Alluring Angel finished seventh in the Via Borghese but is back in this spot for Bill Mott, who had a close relationship with Clement as the two were stabled near each other at Payson Park and at Saratoga. Weighted Average, trained by Chad Brown, steps into graded company off two victories. Gallant Greta was second in the Via Borghese. Speed Shopper and Ayra Stark come out of a one-two finish in the Florence Stakes at Turfway Park on Dec. 20. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.