The New York Gaming Commission on Monday approved a proposed rule that will allow nearly all horses with shared ownership in New York to run uncoupled for wagering purposes.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Striker Has Dial validated her first-level allowance win on Jan. 25 with a second-level allowance victory Saturday at Aqueduct, highlighting a four-win weekend for trainer Horacio De Paz. 

Both wins for Striker Has Dial have come at six furlongs and with a minimum of six weeks between races. Striker Has Dial earned a 95 Beyer Speed Figure for her win Saturday, following a 97 Beyer for her Jan. 25 victory. 

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Linda Rice won four races at Aqueduct on Jan. 2, a day that set the tone for her winter in New York. 

Entering the final week of racing for the three-month winter meet, Rice has 48 wins, 31 more than her nearest rival, Rick Dutrow. Through 43 cards of racing, Rice has started 201 horses and has had 39 individual horses win. That includes La Banquera, a horse Rice claimed for $25,000 last November who has won three times this year by a combined 20 1/2 lengths and might be stakes-bound for her next start. 

CYPRESS, Calif. - More than $560,000 in purses from two major Quarter Horse stakes at Los Alamitos last fall were ordered redistributed by track stewards on Saturday after a runner in each race tested positive for a prohibited medication.

American Dreamin, winner of the $1.04 million Golden State Million Futurity on Oct. 27, and Ab Seis Corazones, second in the $763,000 Los Alamitos Super Derby on Nov. 10, tested positive for carmoterol, a bronchodilator not permitted to appear in post-race test.

Jockey Jose Alvarez could be sidelined for the next six to eight weeks after he sustained a fracture to his leg in Friday night’s eighth race at Sam Houston Race Park.

Alvarez was involved in a chain-reaction incident that also included jockey Stewart Elliott, who was off his mounts Saturday and Sunday due to soreness and a black eye, according to his agent, Scott Hare. 

Plans for a race meeting at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, Calif., this summer collapsed over the weekend after investors for the proposed season and representatives of the Southern California stabling and vanning committee failed to agree on financial and logistical terms.

A wide range of issues, including regulatory approval for training from the California Horse Racing Board, worker’s compensation coverage, and water compliance measures, prevented the two sides from reaching an agreement, according to Bill Nader, president of the Thoroughbred Owners of California.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Led by Citizen Bull, the champion 2-year-old male of 2024, four of trainer Bob Baffert’s top 3-year-olds had workouts at Santa Anita on Sunday for upcoming stakes.

Citizen Bull, winner of the Grade 3 Robert Lewis Stakes at a mile on Feb. 1 in his lone start this year, worked five furlongs in 59.80 seconds, a time that left Hall of Famer Baffert impressed.

“He’s doing well,” Baffert said. “This track has been demanding the last few days.”

Baffert said Citizen Bull is on schedule for a start in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 5.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Coal Battle will attempt to win his fourth Kentucky Derby points race on Saturday when he breaks from post 8 in a field of nine for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.

Entries for the 1 1/8-mile race that rewards its first five finishers points on a scale of 100-50-25-15-10 were drawn Sunday. The Arkansas Derby will be showcased on a 14-race card that also includes the Grade 2, $750,000 Fantasy, which offers the same points scale for the Kentucky Oaks.