Roman Chapa, the jockey who was summarily suspended in Texas in January for allegedly using an electrical device on a horse, has been banned for five years and fined $25,000 by the Texas Racing Commission, according to a copy of the Monday ruling provided by the commission.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Take Charge Brandi, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2014, will make her next start in the Grade 2, $750,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park on March 14, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Tuesday. Her presence in the race sets the stage for a showdown between last year's 2-year-old champions, as the race also is the target for American Pharoah, the champion 2-year-old male of 2014 trained by Bob Baffert.

Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens is in a south Florida hospital with a serious infection that has led to complications, his son Jimmy Jerkens said Monday.

Allen Jerkens, 85, is in and out of consciousness, according to his son, but on Monday afternoon was showing signs of being responsive. He is breathing with the help of a respirator, Jimmy Jerkens said.

EAST BOSTON, Mass. – Last week, New England’s horsemen, jockeys, breeders, and other stakeholders were elated when the owners of Suffolk Downs and the New England Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association struck a two-year deal to restore live racing. Now, they are dealing with the reality of the obstacles ahead.

“It’s like a steeplechase race. We’ve made it over the first hurdle, but there are still big ones we have to clear,” said Paul Umbrello, the managing partner of the Charles River Racing syndicate and a board member of the NEHBPA.

Horseplayers may have to factor in an off track when handicapping Thursday’s pick six sequence at Aqueduct, which begins the day with a $148,147 carryover after going unhit for three straight cards.

Rain and temperatures in the upper 40s were forecast for Wednesday, with the possibility of one to three inches of snow Thursday morning. It snowed throughout Sunday’s program, but the track was labeled “fast” all day.

Wise Dan, the 2012 and 2013 Horse of the Year, resumed tack walking Monday at Keeneland and will return to racing only if the fracture to his right front leg that he sustained last fall fully heals, trainer Charlie LoPresti said.

Six first-time finalists – jockeys Victor Espinoza and Corey Nakatani, trainers King Leatherbury and David Whiteley, and the accomplished racehorses Black Tie Affair and Lava Man – are among the 10 people and horses who have made the ballot for this year’s Hall of Fame class, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame announced on Monday.

The other finalists are jockeys Chris Antley and Craig Perret and the outstanding sprinters Kona Gold and Xtra Heat, all of whom have made the final ballot before but have fallen short of being voted into the Hall of Fame.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - A formful Aqueduct inner track meet took a holiday over the last three days and as a result there will be a pick six carryover of $148,147 on Thursday.

Trainer Robert Barbara is mostly to blame as on Saturday he sent out Conspiracy ($40.40) in the featured eighth race to blow up that day’s sequence. In Sunday’s seventh race, Barbara sent out Native Hero ($58.50) to kill the remaining live tickets in that day’s sequence. It didn’t even matter when hard-to-have Sugar Gold ($93) won Sunday’s nightcap for John Hertler.

The mutuel field closed Sunday as a lukewarm favorite in Pool 3 of the 2015 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, with the Bob Baffert duo of American Pharoah and Dortmund the heaviest-backed individual interests.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Gulfstream Park will conduct its 12-race Sunday card as scheduled as some horsemen continue to combat backstretch flooding that resulted from torrential rain Saturday in south Florida.

Gulfstream was forced to cancel its Saturday card after five of 12 races were run. Two stakes that were canceled, the Grade 2 Swale and Grade 3 Palm Beach, will be run this coming Saturday.