The $50,000 Arctic Queen Stakes at Finger Lakes is named for one of the track’s all-time great racemares, who has never been forgotten. Leading Monday’s renewal of the six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares is Gone and Forgotten, looking to add her name to the track’s history books by repeating in the race.

The consistent Gone and Forgotten, a homebred for Barry Schwartz, sports a career record of 16-10-2-2, with the majority of her races coming at Finger Lakes for trainer Michael Ferraro. Last year, she won both the Jack Betta Be Rite and the Arctic Queen.

He’spuregold was one of just 64 New Jersey-bred horses foaled in 2018, and the 5-year-old has feasted on statebred restricted competition, going 5 for 5 in New Jersey-bred turf races. But He’spuregold long has hinted he could win an open stakes race, and Sunday at Monmouth Park might be the day he does.

Kitty’s Pretty has reason to move forward Sunday, when she takes on probable favorite Let Them Watch in the $65,000 Sharp Susan at Gulfstream Park.

The feature, which is for 2-year-old fillies, will be run at six furlongs. A field of seven is set to start, including Ellis Park maiden winner Kiss and the Jena Antonucci-trained Avellino.

Kitty’s Pretty was a debut winner June 16 at Gulfstream Park. She was always prominent for a 5 3/4-length win in a maiden special weight sprint. For the effort, Kitty’s Pretty earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 66.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Angel of Empire, the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby winner who finished third as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby, will get the remainder of the year off and point to a 4-year-old campaign, trainer Brad Cox said Friday.

Cox said that after training Angel of Empire for a week following his third-place finish in the Jim Dandy, the horse gave indications he was in need of a freshening.

Tuesday’s Northern California yearling and horses of racing age sale in Pleasanton will be held at a troubling time for racing on the West Coast.

On July 16, 1/ST Racing announced that it will close the circuit’s leading track, Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif., in December in an effort to consolidate racing to the company’s Southern California track, Santa Anita, beginning in 2024.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Kentucky Derby winner Mage turned in a strong six-furlong workout Friday morning over Saratoga’s main track as he continues his preparation for a start in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 26.

With exercise rider in J.J. Delgado in the saddle, Mage went six furlongs in 1:12.98. Daily Racing Form’s Mike Welsch timed Mage in 24.18 seconds for the opening quarter, 36.13 for three furlongs, 48.44 for half-mile, and got him going his last quarter in 24.54. Mage continued out in 1:26.31 for seven furlongs and 1:40.66 for a mile.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Uncashed and Drew’s Gold have combined to win 9 of 12 starts on dirt, including four stakes. Neither has raced on turf.

Their connections, however, would like to try their charges on the grass and believe Sunday’s $150,000 Mahony Stakes at Saratoga for 3-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs is a good place to do it.

Weather permitting, of course.

Everyone has something to prove Sunday at Deauville Racecourse in the Group 1 Prix Jacques Le Marois.

Triple Time in his last start scored a 33-1 upset in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, easily his best race in a seven-start career. Marhaba Ya Sanafi, winner of the French 2000 Guineas and third in the French Derby, faces older horses for the first time. And is Inspiral this year at age 4 the same horse she was at 2 and 3?

The gap is glaring.

Since he won the Fasig-Tipton Futurity on June 17 at Santa Anita, Tranche has had one workout, going a half-mile in a quick 47.60 seconds on Wednesday at Del Mar.

At a glance, one workout between stakes spread eight weeks apart would seem insufficient for Tranche to win Sunday’s Grade 3 Best Pal Stakes for 2-year-olds at six furlongs at Del Mar.

Trainer Luis Mendez insists Tranche will be ready for the $200,000 Best Pal Stakes and a first-ever meeting with the exciting maiden race winners Muth and Prince of Monaco, both trained by Bob Baffert.

Sirtaki is new to trainer Arnaud Delacour’s barn, but the colt is familiar with stakes company, having placed third in the Derby du Midi on May 27 at Le Bouscat in France.

He’ll try to apply some of that European form on Sunday in Laurel Park’s Bald Eagle Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 3/16 miles, one of two $100,000 turf stakes with the Searching for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles.

“Sirtaki shipped to us last week,” Delacour said. “He seems to have recovered very well from the trip and the quarantine. He’s been galloping with us at Fair Hill and looked really good.”