ARCADIA, Calif. - Vlahos was the subject of a private purchase after his authoritative win in a maiden race at 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on March 9 for trainer Luis Mendez.

Now based with Doug O’Neill and owned by Ty Leatherman and Todd Cady, Vlahos may be bound for a nationally prominent race later this spring.

O’Neill said on Sunday that the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile, a $600,000 race for 3-year-olds on dirt at Churchill Downs on May 4, is under strong consideration. The Pat Day Mile is part of the undercard of the Kentucky Derby program.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Two years ago in Britain, Missed the Cut reeled off three consecutive wins, ending with an easy victory in the Golden Gates Stakes at the world-famous Royal Ascot meeting.

Missed the Cut is arguably in better form this year, evidenced by his second consecutive Grade 3 win in Saturday’s $100,000 San Luis Rey Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Santa Anita.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Repo Rocks, a four-time stakes winner in 2023 who has been away from the races since a seventh-place finish in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap last June, is now with trainer Rick Dutrow and could be about six weeks from a return to the races.

Repo Rocks, previously trained by Jamie Ness, was recently sent to Dutrow from Willowbrook Stables, a rehab, training and breeding facility in upstate New York. He had his first published workout last Friday, a three-furlong move in 38.20 seconds over the Belmont Park training track.

Tarifa and Our Pretty Woman, separated by three-quarters of a length in a respective one-two Fair Grounds Oaks finish Saturday, are set for a rematch in the Kentucky Oaks.  

Both fillies appeared Sunday to have come out of the race in good condition, and both will arrive at Churchill Downs in coming days. 

Catching Freedom is catching a ride on a horse van from New Orleans to Louisville, where he’ll have the better part of a six weeks’ wait until a start in the May 4 Kentucky Derby. 

Catching Freedom exited his one-length win Saturday in the $1 million Louisiana Derby healthy and happy, trainer Brad Cox reported Sunday morning, and will have a chance to become Cox’s first outright Derby winner.

West Saratoga, second to Endlessly in the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby on Saturday at Turfway Park, will proceed to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, having likely amassed the points to get into the starting gate.

West Saratoga, trained by Larry Demeritte for Harry Veruchi, won the first points race toward the Kentucky Derby, last September’s Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs, before finishing fifth in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland.

Everland, upset winner of the $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks on Saturday at Turfway Park, was “doing good” on Sunday morning, trainer Eric Foster reported.

“She is proud of herself,” Foster said.

Endlessly, who dominated the Grade 3, $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks on Saturday at Turfway Park, was to ship to trainer Michael McCarthy’s Churchill Downs barn on Sunday – but most likely not to prepare for the Kentucky Derby, despite essentially assuring himself a spot in the field.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Grade 1 winners Muth and Timberlake were among 10 horses entered in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby, which will be run for the 88th time on Saturday at Oaklawn Park.

Entries for the 1 1/8-mile race were taken on Sunday. The Arkansas Derby carries Kentucky Derby points on a scale of 100-50-25-15-10. The race was drawn during a winner’s circle ceremony. It will be supported by three others stakes, including the Grade 3, $750,000 Fantasy, which drew 12. There will be a special first post of noon Central to accommodate the 13-race card.

The globe-trotting multiple Group 1-winning sprinter Highfield Princess died Saturday after sustaining an injury in a stall accident last week. The Night of Thunder mare was 7.