HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Remember the good old days, when the Rainbow 6 carryover at Gulfstream Park reached into the millions? It peaked at nearly $6.7 million when hit in legendary fashion by Daniel Borislow on May 25, 2014. That came just one day before a mandatory payout that was the talk of the racing world and would have offered a final pool somewhere in the vicinity of $20 million.

Patrice Jacobs Wolfson, who, along with late husband Louis, is best known for campaigning 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed, died Tuesday at age 87 at her home in Bal Harbour, Fla.

Shortly after Janis Whitham put horses into Carl Nafzger’s barn in 2004, the Hall of Fame trainer began to scale back his operation, eventually turning his stable over to his longtime assistant, Ian Wilkes.

Whitham is a fixture in the Thoroughbred business. With her husband, Frank, she campaigned two-time Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner and female champion Bayakoa. And according to her son, Clay, she never thought about moving her horses out of Wilkes’s barn after Nafzger retired.

Coal Battle locked up a spot in the Kentucky Derby with his win in the Grade 2 Rebel last Sunday at Oaklawn Park. Whether he goes straight to the classic or has one more prep in the Arkansas Derby is a decision that will be made after the horse settles back into his training routine, said trainer Lonnie Briley.

“You think all the time,” Briley said of a trainer’s approach to a stable. “I tell everybody it’s 30 hours a day, eight days a week. If you’re not doing it, you’re thinking it.”

California Burrito’s résumé has looked better over time as horses he tangled with last year have come back with strong efforts. And now, with less than 10 weeks to the Kentucky Derby, he has further burnished his credentials.

California Burrito won the John Battaglia Memorial last Saturday night at Turfway Park, putting himself at the forefront of the Florence, Ky., track’s road to the Derby.

Citizen Bull, the Bob Baffert-trained 2024 champion juvenile male and favorite in the Daily Racing Form Derby Watch Top 20, remains on target for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 5.

Citizen Bull looked strong in a solo work Feb. 23 at Santa Anita, going six furlongs in 1:13. Baeza, a half-brother to Mage and Dornoch, was scheduled to work this week, his first drill since an impressive maiden win Feb. 14. Baeza, trained by John Shirreffs, also is aiming to the Santa Anita Derby.