DEL MAR, Calif. - Geaux Rocket Ride is likely to start against older horses for the first time in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Sept. 2 after winning his Grade 1 debut in Saturday’s $1,017,500 Haskell Invitational for 3-year-olds at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

The $1 million Pacific Classic is run at 1 1/4 miles and would be Geaux Rocket Ride’s first start at the distance. The Haskell is run at 1 1/8 miles.

“I think he might like it,” Mandella said on Sunday of the Pacific Classic. “It’s a thought.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Extra Anejo’s fourth-place finish in Saturday’s Grade 1 Haskell leaves his connections somewhat perplexed on what next to do with the promising 3-year-old colt.

Part of that decision could depend on what happens in Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy when those same connections - owner Ron Winchell and trainer Steve Asmussen - run Disarm in that race.

Disarm, fourth in the Kentucky Derby and winner of the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes at Ellis Park, worked a half-mile in 49.46 seconds Sunday morning over the Oklahoma training track.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Since 2000, six fillies who won the Coaching Club American Oaks have come back to win the Alabama. Trainer Brad Cox hopes Wet Paint can join that group, which includes recent Eclipse Award winners Nest, Songbird and Questing.

Cox said Wet Paint came out of her neck victory over Sacred Wish in Saturday’s Coaching Club American Oaks in good order and that he is looking forward to giving her a try at the 1 1/4-mile distance of the Alabama on Aug. 19.

Two trainers have been issued provisional suspensions after geldings they trained tested positive for a drug used to regulate estrus in female horses, according to notices posted Friday by the Horseracing Welfare and Integrity Unit.

Joseph Taylor, a trainer based at Parx Racing outside of Philadelphia, has been issued a provisional suspension after two of his horses tested positive for clenbuterol, a bronchial dilator that is banned under new rules that took effect in May.

The two horses that tested positive for clenbuterol, Classy American and Cajun Cousin, also tested positive for methylphenidate, another banned substance. Both horses were disqualified and have been suspended for 30 days.

Maria Borell, the one-time trainer of 2015 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Runhappy, will have 43 charges of animal cruelty filed against her dismissed as a result of an agreement between Borell and prosecutors in Mercer County, Ky., according to her attorney.

For the first time in its 40-year history, the Breeders’ Cup Classic will not be the final race of the prestigious event.

Instead, the Classic this year will be run as the third-to-last Breeders’ Cup race, with a post time of 6:40 p.m. Eastern time, or 3:40 p.m. locally at the site of the event, Santa Anita Park in Southern California, Breeders’ Cup said on Wednesday. The Classic will then be followed by the Turf Sprint and the Sprint. The 12-race card will conclude with a non-Breeders’ Cup race with a post time of 8:32 p.m. Eastern.

A revamped Northern California racing calendar will be consolidated to Cal-Expo in Sacramento as soon as late December following the scheduled closure of Golden Gate Fields on Dec. 10, racing officials said earlier this week.

The Stronach Group, parent company of Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita in Southern California, shocked the state’s racing community with an announcement on Sunday that racing will cease at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif., later this year.

Bryson L. Butterfly, an 18-year-old jockey who was most recently riding in the mid-Atlantic area, was arrested last week in West Virginia and charged with first-degree murder and robbery, according to the U.S. Marshal’s Office.

Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif., the flagship track in the northern part of the state, will close in December, according to a statement released Sunday by the track’s parent company, The Stronach Group.

The Stronach Group said it hopes to lure participants from Golden Gate to race at Santa Anita, the company’s historic track in Arcadia, Calif., outside of Los Angeles. In its statement, Santa Anita said it hopes to expand the number of days it races per week from three to four in 2024.