VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Title Contender usually has more than 13 days between races, so it could be a good sign that he’s ready for another strong race after winning a $35,000 optional-claiming race going 6 1/2 furlongs July 5. If he does come back firing, he will be tough to beat in a $50,000 optional-claiming race that headlines the seven-race card Saturday at Hastings.

Title Contender figures to be a short price in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and up that drew six horses and goes as race four.

A maiden race for 2-year-old fillies at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., on Saturday that will bar entrants from receiving a race-day administration of the regulated anti-bleeding medication furosemide was split into two divisions Wednesday after drawing an overflow field.

The 4 1/2-furlong race, which has a purse of $65,000 – $17,000 more than a typical maiden special weight race at Gulfstream – was split into fields of 12 and 11. The races are the first at Gulfstream to bar race-day use of furosemide, also known as Lasix.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Season Ticket will go back to the grass off a surging third in the Woodbine Oaks when she runs Sunday in the $150,000 Ontario Damsel Stakes for Ontario-bred 3-year-old fillies.

Season Ticket made her first four starts on grass at three different tracks in the United States before running fourth on Polytrack in the Grade 3 Selene Stakes here May 24. She then rallied from ninth in the Woodbine Oaks to finish third behind Academic, who lowered the nine-furlong Polytrack record, and was just a nose behind the heavily favored London Tower.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Jockey C.J. McMahon has such a commanding lead in the Lone Star Park standings that he will win the track’s riding title Sunday even though he will miss the final three dates of the meet. McMahon entered the final week of racing with a 49-win advantage over his fellow jockeys, more victories than races to be run through the close of the meet Sunday.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – It’s common among handicappers these days to bemoan the ubiquity of the break-and-grab ride in turf races, wherein jockeys on horses whose past performances suggest speed take a big hold right out of the gate, and a race that’s pace-ful on paper winds up paceless in the running.

Rock and Glory is clearly the horse to beat and will be a very short price to win the $50,000 Madamoiselle Handicap at Northlands Park on Friday. The 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares drew six horses, none more interesting than Fingers Crossed, who races for one of the most successful owners in horse racing, Godolphin Racing LLC.

California Chrome will be shipped to Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, Ky., this week following the farm’s purchase of a minority share in the 2014 Horse of the Year, trainer Art Sherman said on Wednesday.

Sherman said Taylor Made has purchased the ownership share of California Chrome that was previously held by Steve Coburn. Coburn and Perry Martin bred and have raced California Chrome, who is sidelined with a bruised cannon bone diagnosed last weekend.

Robert Evans, the chief executive at Churchill Downs Inc. for eight years until his resignation last year, will retire as the company’s executive chairman of the board effective Sept. 30 of this year, the company announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Evans will remain as the non-executive chairman of the company’s board, but a release from Churchill indicated he will no longer play an active role in management. Following Evans's resignation as chief executive last year, Churchill’s board elevated Bill Carstanjen, the company’s chief operating officer, to his position.

The Pizza Man won the 12-furlong Stars and Stripes on Saturday, the local prep for the $350,000 American St. Leger, a race The Pizza Man won last year, but Rich Papiese, co-owner and breeder of The Pizza Man, said after the victory it was more likely the gelding would try the Arlington Million than attempt a second St. Leger win on Aug. 15.

Connections of Walk Close, who won the Modesty Stakes by a half-length on Saturday, are weighing options for the improving 4-year-old filly. But Mango Diva, the runner-up in the Modesty, is a likely starter next month in the Grade 1 Beverly D. Stakes on the Arlington Million card.