Former trainer Bill Badgett said he will resign as vice president of Gulfstream Park effective at the end of September.

Badgett, who has worked for Gulfstream’s owner, the Stronach Group, for the past five years, said Friday that “he just needed a little bit of a break after going seven days a week, 365 days a year.”

Badgett said he is uncertain what he might do next, noting he has received several offers.

“I’m just tired and want to take some time off to figure things out before deciding what to pursue next,” Badgett said.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Del Mar will run 14 stakes at its autumn meeting, which runs from Nov. 8 to Dec. 1, and has made minor changes to the stakes schedule from the corresponding meeting in 2018.

The distance of the $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes for 2-year-old fillies has been shortened from seven furlongs to 6 1/2 furlongs. The race will be run on Nov. 10.

There are nine graded stakes during the four-week meeting, with seven scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, a format used in past years.

DEL MAR, Calif. – The six-time stakes winner Bellafina worked five furlongs in 59.80 seconds at Del Mar on Friday for a scheduled start in a stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Charles Town or Parx Racing on Sept. 21, trainer Simon Callaghan said.

The Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks, a $300,000 race at seven furlongs, and the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes, a $1 million race at 1 1/16 miles, are under consideration for Bellafina, Callaghan said.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Monday’s Grade 1 Runhappy Del Mar Futurity may determine the leading trainer for the track’s summer meeting.

Through Thursday, with four days of racing remaining, Doug O’Neill led the standings with 19 wins, three more than Richard Baltas and Peter Miller, who were tied for second. All three trainers will be active through Monday’s closing program, and have runners scheduled for the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity at seven furlongs.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The brilliant 4-year-old filly Got Stormy is among the 28 nominees to the $1 million Woodbine Mile, a Grade 1 turf event on Sept. 14 that is one of the highlights of the 133-day meet.

Got Stormy won two Saratoga stakes that were just a week apart in August, most notably the Grade 1 Fourstardave against the boys. She’s been pointed to the Woodbine Mile by trainer by Mark Casse, who won back-to-back runnings of the race with Tepin and World Approval in 2016-17. Casse also nominated Curlin’s Honor and March to the Arch.

Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., has canceled its Sunday and Monday live racing cards due to the approach of Hurricane Dorian, the track announced on Friday.

In addition to cancelling the two cards, held on a three-day weekend that includes Labor Day on Monday, the entire Gulfstream facility will be closed as of midnight on Saturday, the track said, including its casino and onsite simulcast-wagering operations. The closure will remain in effect “until further notice,” Gulfstream said.

The $16 million Pegasus World Cup Championship Series and the $1 million Florida Derby will again highlight the rich stakes schedule for the 2019-20 Gulfstream Park Championship meeting, which opens Nov. 29.

Gulfstream will offer 98 stakes during the meet, 39 graded, for purses totaling $28.6 million. The meet ends March 29, 2020.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – When Moonachie rolled to a 10-length victory in Wednesday’s sixth race here, it marked the seventh win by a juvenile at the Saratoga meet for trainer Jeremiah Englehart.

Moonachie, a New York-bred gelding by Central Banker owned by Hall of Fame football coach Bill Parcells, ran six furlongs in 1:10.78 and earned a 72 Beyer Speed Figure.

“He was training well, I didn’t think he’d run as well as he did,” said Englehart, who may wheel Moonachie back in the Bertram F. Bongard on Sept. 20 at Belmont.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Divine Miss Grey, who was pulled up and vanned off in the Aug. 3 De La Rose Stakes, was euthanized Monday due to complications from surgery, according to trainer Danny Gargan.

In the De La Rose, Divine Miss Grey had fractured the sesamoid in her left foreleg, but the original prognosis was that she would survive. Following surgery to repair the fracture, Divine Miss Grey was not getting sufficient blood flow to her foot, Gargan said.

DEL MAR, Calif. – There may be a Grade 1 race in the future for Been Studying Her, who won her stakes debut in Wednesday’s $100,351 Generous Portion Stakes for California-bred 2-year-old fillies at Del Mar.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Thursday that Been Studying Her has been nominated to the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes on Dec. 7 at Los Alamitos.

In the Generous Portion, Been Studying Her ($19.20) closed from fifth of seven under jockey Mike Smith to win by 1 1/4 lengths over 8-1 Cholula Lips, finishing six furlongs in 1:11.56. She earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 72.