Mandaloun, second to Medina Spirit in the Kentucky Derby, will kick off the second half of his 3-year-old season in the $150,000 TVG.com Pegasus Stakes on June 13 at Monmouth Park, trainer Brad Cox said Sunday.

The Pegasus, run at 1 1/16 miles, is the local prep for the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth on July 17.

Cox said he and the principles of Juddmonte Farms, which owns Mandaloun, chose the Pegasus over races such as the Grade 3 Matt Winn this Saturday at Churchill Downs and the Grade 1 Woody Stephens at Belmont Park on June 5.

John Velazquez has been chosen by trainer Michael McCarthy and owners John and Diane Fradkin to ride Preakness winner Rombauer in the Belmont Stakes on June 5, McCarthy said Saturday night.

Flavien Prat rode Rombauer to his upset victory in the Preakness on May 15, but he is sticking with Hot Rod Charlie - whom Prat rode to a third-place finish in the Kentucky Derby in his last start - in the Belmont.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Linda Rice will seek judicial relief from the decision announced Monday by the New York State Gaming Commission to revoke her license for at least three years and fine her $50,000 for “conduct detrimental to racing,” both Rice and her attorney said Thursday.

“It’s in the attorney’s hands, and we plan to appeal,” Rice said Thursday morning outside her Belmont Park office.

Rice is represented by attorney Andrew Turro, who said he plans to “pursue all avenues of judicial relief” once he reviews the Gaming Commission’s official order of revocation.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – What if you had the Kentucky Derby winner in your barn and didn’t even know it?

“It’s so odd that it doesn’t even sound right,” said Brad Cox.

While everyone waits for the Medina Spirit controversy to play itself out, Cox is going about everyday business at Churchill Downs with Mandaloun, the 2021 Derby runner-up who would become the official winner if Medina Spirit ultimately is disqualified for a positive post-race test for a banned raceday medication. There’s still no established timetable as to when that might happen.

The multiple Grade 1 winner Charlatan did not come out of his most recent workout in good order and will be sidelined indefinitely with his racing future to be evaluated next month, his connections said Thursday.

Charlatan, who had been targeting a start in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park on June 5, worked five furlongs in 59 seconds last Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Undefeated Kentucky Oaks winner Malathaat will bypass the June 5 Belmont Stakes, for which she had been under consideration, and will instead target this summer’s major races for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga.

Malathaat is trained by Todd Pletcher -- who won the 2007 Belmont with Oaks winner Rags to Riches -- for Shadwell Stable. A release from that owner said the filly will be pointed for the Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks on July 24 and the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes on Aug. 21.

A horse trained by Ron McAnally, the Hall of Fame trainer based in California, tested positive for cannabidiol after winning a starter-allowance race in late November at Del Mar last year, according to a complaint posted to the website of the California Horse Racing Board on Monday afternoon. A separate complaint names the jockey of the horse as well.

Linda Rice, a leading trainer on the New York racing circuit for more than a decade, will have her license immediately revoked for at least three years and will be fined $50,000 for “conduct detrimental to racing” arising out of allegations that she used “confidential information” from the racing office to determine which races to enter during a period from 2011 to 2015, according to a vote on Monday by the New York Gaming Commission.

Len Ragozin, the New York leftist whose use of statistical tools to analyze the performance of horses ushered in the era of speed figures in racing, died on May 13 at an assisted living facility in White River Junction, Vermont. Ragozin was 92.

BALTIMORE – There’s something more tangible, more solid, more exhilarating, about actually crossing under the wire in front of everyone else.

Yes, Flavien Prat won the 2019 Kentucky Derby when Country House was declared the winner via disqualification, but the unbridled joy he experienced Saturday in winning the Preakness made this brand new territory. Ooh la la, indeed.

“It does feel different,” Prat said on the NBC telecast moments after guiding Rombauer to a 3 1/2-length triumph in the 146th Preakness at Pimlico. “Oh, what a feeling.”