When the Del Mar autumn meeting ended on Sunday, jockey Juan Hernandez found himself in an unfamiliar position.

Instead of winning the riding title, as he had done at the preceding five summer and autumn meetings at Del Mar, Hernandez finished sixth with nine wins, eight behind leader Umberto Rispoli.

The reboot begins Friday at Los Alamitos, the first day of the track’s two-week meeting that runs through Dec. 14.

Hernandez plans to ride regularly at Los Alamitos, though not have as many mounts as he typically does at Del Mar and Santa Anita.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Tappan Street, sidelined since upsetting Sovereignty in the Grade 1 Florida Derby here March 29, got a step closer to his much anticipated return by breezing five furlongs in 1:03.40 on Monday at Payson Park. The work was his fifth at the training center since his arrival in South Florida in late October.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – There has been ample jockeying in the Woodbine rider ranks throughout the meet, and some more shuffling in the standings appears imminent.

Rafael Hernandez has a 135-133 lead in wins over apprentice Pietro Moran, who led the standings throughout most of the meet until the fall. Both ride a contender in Friday’s sixth race going 1 1/16 miles for $25,000 nonwinners-of-two claimers.

If racing resumes at Aqueduct Thursday, following the jockeys’ refusal to ride the last eight races Sunday due to differences with New York Racing Association management, there will be a $79,410 carryover in the pick six.

The pick six went unhit both Friday and Saturday. Here’s a look at Thursday’s sequence that begins in race 3:

It’s too soon to say what the first part of 2026 holds for Magnitude, but whatever race comes into focus for the 3-year-old colt, preparations for it will happen in New Orleans.

Magnitude heads to Fair Grounds after beating the Dubai World Cup-winning 5-year-old Hit Show in the Grade 2, $600,000 Clark Stakes on Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs. Magnitude earned a 101 Beyer Speed Figure – raised from an initial 100 – after running 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.69 and beating Hit Show by a half-length.

Jockey Antonio Fresu said Sunday that he plans to ride at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, beginning Friday, and will return to California in advance of opening day at Santa Anita.

Fresu, 34, moved from Dubai to California in spring 2023. In the 2022-23 season in Dubai, Fresu finished second in the jockey standings.

There is one minor stakes on Friday’s program at Meydan, while the Dec. 19 program at Meydan has five stakes for Thoroughbreds, including two Group 2 races.