OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Scottish Lassie, fourth as the second choice in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, is getting a month off at a farm in Ocala, Fla., and then will likely use the South Florida road to the Kentucky Oaks, trainer Jorge Abreu said Friday.

Scottish Lassie won the Grade 1 Frizette by nine lengths at Aqueduct in October. Sent off the second choice in the Breeders’ Cup, Scottish Lassie might have moved a little too soon into a hot pace under Jose Lezcano and that likely cost her late as she finished fourth, seven lengths behind the winner, Immersive.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – It didn’t come as a surprise, but trainer Chad Brown was thrilled nonetheless when the connections of Sierra Leone officially announced late Thursday afternoon that the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner would be returning for a 4-year-old campaign in 2025.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – No Show Sammy Jo brings a four-race winning streak into Sunday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Long Island Stakes at Aqueduct and it may just be a question of distance whether or not she can continue her roll.

Bonne Chance Farm is the nom de course of owner-breeders Gilberto Sayão da Silva and Paulo Fernando de Oliveira, who send out the 4-year-old filly Nom de Plume as one of the favorites in the featured fifth race Sunday at Churchill Downs.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Saffie Joseph Jr. checked off another very important box on his trainer’s to-do list last Saturday at Del Mar, the one that says Breeders’ Cup winner, when Soul of an Angel rallied from far back to upset the Filly and Mare Sprint.

“It feels good,” Joseph responded when asked to describe his feelings about becoming a Breeders’ Cup winner for the first time. “Thankfully I was able to accomplish that with Soul of an Angel and get that out of the way. Hopefully, there will be many more to come in the future.”

While Cherie DeVaux trained More Than Looks to win the Breeders’ Cup Mile last weekend at Del Mar, she’s not done seeking Grade 1 turf prizes in 2024.

She Feels Pretty, smashing winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on Oct. 12 at Keeneland, will likely travel to California for the Grade 1 American Oaks on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita.

East Avenue was back on the racetrack Thursday morning at Churchill Downs but won’t have a chance to get his career back on track until sometime next year.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Delahaye has been overshadowed by better and faster barnmates in stakes races recently, but she looks to be the strongest part of trainer Chad Brown’s three-ply, uncoupled entry in Sunday’s $135,000 Forever Together Stakes at Aqueduct.

Delahaye is already a two-time stakes winner this year, having captured the Tom Benson Memorial at Fair Grounds in March and the Grade 3 Mint Julep at Churchill Downs in June. In her three stakes defeats this year, Delahaye finished behind stablemates Beaute Cachee (twice) and Chili Flag, each Grade 1 winners.

Two stakes-winning fillies with an affinity for Del Mar and opposite styles of running may dominate betting in the $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes on Sunday. Only one of the two fillies is positioned to dominate the race.

Pushiness figures to be loose on the lead in the filly-mare California-bred stakes. If the front-runner carries her speed seven furlongs, the race is over. If not, then late-runner Chismosa may rally for the win. It seems straightforward, which is how speedster Pushiness runs and trains.

The two most recent winners of the Preakness Stakes have officially been retired and have taken up residence at their stallion homes.