Randy Winick, who trained Brocco to a win in the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and later worked as a racing official in California, died on Sunday in Florida.

Winick was 76. His death was announced by his family. No cause was given.

Brocco was Winick’s leading horse, winning 4 of 8 starts and $1,003,550. He won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in his third start – and stakes debut – by five lengths, beating a field that included 7-10 favorite Dehere.

Bettors made the “all others” entry in the fourth Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool the 9-2 favorite over 37 individual entries when the pool closed on Sunday night, according to a list of odds distributed by the pool’s administrator, Churchill Downs. 

Reef Runner, the Florida-based turf sprinter, will have an extended stay in the Middle East after a win in Saturday’s Group 2 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia.

Trainer David Fawkes wrote in a text message on Sunday that he plans to start Reef Runner in the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint at six furlongs on turf at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates on March 28.

Fawkes said that Reef Runner was “all good” after his win in the $2 million 1351 Turf Sprint at about 6 3/4 furlongs.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Baeza, third in the Kentucky Derby last May, will be transferred to Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott following the death of trainer John Shirreffs last Thursday, majority owner Lee Searing said on Monday.

The decision, reached after consultation with co-owner Robert Clay’s Grandview Equine, gives Mott massive depth in the 4-year-old male division. Mott trains 2025 Horse of the Year Sovereignty, who won the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and Travers Stakes last year.

Searing said there were three factors that led to the decision to send Baeza to Mott.

Horse of the Year Sovereignty made his much anticipated return to the work tab Sunday morning, breezing three furlongs in 37.40 seconds at trainer Bill Mott’s winter base at Payson Park. The work was the first for Sovereignty since he was taken out of consideration for the Breeders’ Cup Classic just four days before the race due to illness.

“He was kind of bucking a little bit yesterday, he’s usually pretty quiet going up to the track. It looked like he was going good, so I said let’s get started here,” Mott said when asked about the work.

NEW ORLEANS - Bella Ballerina emerged from her hard-fought victory in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes in good shape, trainer Brendan Walsh said Sunday morning, but no plans have been set for her next start.

The two races in play are the Fair Grounds Oaks on March 21 and the Grade 1 Ashland on April 3 at Keeneland. Walsh and the filly’s owner, Godolphin, haven’t made a choice, but the Fair Grounds Oaks could be the more likely spot. That was the race that Bella Ballerina’s sister, the Walsh-trained Pretty Mischievous, used as a springboard to her 2023 Kentucky Oaks win.

NEW ORLEANS - While Risen Star winner Paladin has left New Orleans and won’t return this year, the second- and third-place finishers, Chip Honcho and Golden Tempo, will meet again March 21 in the Louisiana Derby.

Both horses came out of Saturday’s contest in good order, their trainers reported Sunday morning.

NEW ORLEANS – Paladin came out of his Risen Star Stakes victory Saturday at Fair Grounds in good shape and on Sunday was headed back to trainer Chad Brown’s winter base at Payson Park.

Paladin’s next start, Brown said, will come in the Blue Grass on April 4 at Keeneland.

Jinks Fires, an 85-year-old trainer based at Oaklawn, will be honored as a ‘Living Legend’ during the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association annual convention March 3-7.

The traveling conference is taking place this year at Oaklawn, which has a hotel and events center. Fires will be honored on March 5.