ARCADIA, Calif. – The 2015 campaign for Beholder is likely to begin in spring, trainer Richard Mandella said Sunday morning, a day after Spendthrift Farms announced the two-time champion had been withdrawn from an autumn sale and would race at age 5.

Beholder spiked a fever one week ago and did not pre-enter the Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Her future was unclear until late Saturday when B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm announced Beholder had been withdrawn from the Fasig-Tipton November sale and would stay in training. Mandella was thrilled.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. – Minnesota racing lost a legend Saturday when owner-breeder Camelia Casby died at the age of 63. Casby never recovered from a massive heart attack that occurred Oct. 18.

Casby, a member of the Canterbury Park Hall of Fame, will be remembered not only for the Minnesota champions she bred and raced but also for her strong belief that Minnesota-bred horses should be able to compete anywhere.

ARCADIA, Calif. - There are two carryovers for Sunday’s program at Santa Anita - $166,604 in the pick six and $62,419 in the super high five.

A win by Divine Vision ($15.80) in Saturday’s ninth race clinched the pick six carryover. A runner-up finish by 49-1 Lay It On in the ninth made the super high five very difficult to hit.

Sunday’s pick six covers the fourth through ninth races. There was one early scratch in the sequence as of Saturday – Midnight Lady is out of the sixth race.

The pick six races have fields of 9, 10, 11, 10, 9, and 10.

Keeneland wrapped up the first meet on its new dirt track Saturday with solid reviews from horsemen and a fair safety record – though the meet did post decreases in field size, handle, and attendance.

Keeneland removed its Polytrack main track surface – which debuted in fall 2006 – over the summer, replacing it with conventional dirt in time for the 17-day fall meeting that began Oct. 3.

Fair Grounds, acceding to a directive from the Louisiana Racing Commission, has restored the originally scheduled purse structure for the upcoming 2014-15 race meet.

ALBANY, Calif. – Shared Belief and Jerry Hollendorfer are made for each other, and they’re made like each other. Seen from afar, in the inky light here at Golden Gate Fields early one morning several days ago, they’re not very imposing – smallish, even. Yet get up close, and they swell with an intimidating presence. Try to compete with them, and you’re likely to lose.

Even the most vocal critics might concede that Churchill Downs has some pretty neat traditions, not even counting the Kentucky Derby, one of the greatest in all of sports.

One tradition that began in 2005 is the Stars of Tomorrow program for 2-year-olds, which continues to thrive at every fall meet, as evidenced by what’s in store for the Sunday opening of the 26-day fall meet at the Louisville, Ky., track.

In a schedule that will mirror this year’s racing in the state, the Nebraska State Racing Commission on Thursday approved 52 race dates for 2015. 

Fonner Park in Grand Island opens up the season with a 31-day session that will run Feb.  20 through May 2.

Omaha's Horsemen's Park follows with a three-day run on May 8-10.

Following a nearly three-month gap in the schedule during the summer, Columbus will offer its 16-day meet that will run Aug. 7 through Sept.  7.

An Indiana racetrack veterinarian who was ruled off the grounds of the state’s tracks in September should be suspended 20 years for a pattern of illegal and unethical conduct, an administrative report by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission has recommended.

Tough Customer, who was first on the also-eligible/preference list to get into the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, will pass the race even if he gets in, trainer Wayne Catalano confirmed Thursday.

Catalano said he just wanted more time with the horse and will consider the Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs on Nov. 29 for the son of Giant’s Causeway owned by Gary and Mary West. Tough Customer won his debut at Churchill and then finished a well-beaten fourth in the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland.