SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Come Dancing had issues with the gate in each of her last two starts, so trainer Carlos Martin decided to work her from the starting gate Sunday morning as he prepares her for a start in the Grade 1 Ballerina on Aug. 24.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Jimmy Jerkens was all smiles Sunday morning when looking back on the performance less than 24 hours earlier of his undefeated and now Grade 2 winning 2-year-old Green Light Go, who dominated Saturday’s 6 1/2-furlong Saratoga Special by 3 3/4 lengths.

“He looks good, acts fresh, like it didn’t take a whole lot out of him. It looks like we’re in a good spot,” said Jerkens who trains the homebred son of Hard Spun for the Stronach Stable.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Chad Brown might have wanted to linger at Arlington following his insanely successful Saturday, when he won, in order, the Grade 1 Beverly D. with Sistercharlie, the Grade 1 Secretariat with Valid Point, the Grade 1 Million with Bricks and Mortar, and the Grade 3 Pucker Up with Cafe Americano. But the wheel on which a major trainer lives keeps spinning round whether through success or failure and Brown, by sometime Sunday night, was back in New York to oversee a number of key workouts Sunday at Saratoga.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Got Stormy came out of her powerful victory in Saturday’s Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga so well that trainer Mark Casse was only half-kidding when he said Sunday morning, “She can run again next week.”

Got Stormy won’t be in the entry box next week, but she will most likely make her next start in the Grade 1, $1 million Woodbine Mile on Sept. 14 as a stepping-stone to the Breeders’ Cup Mile on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Dale Romans is targeting three Grade 1 stakes at Saratoga during the second half of the meet, but one race he won’t have a runner in is the Hopeful Stakes on closing day.

Unsurprisingly, Romans confirmed Saturday that Dennis’ Moment, the 19 1/4-length maiden winner at Ellis Park on July 27, would make his next start in the Grade 3, $200,000 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs on Sept. 14.

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Magic Dance, third in the Grade 2 Adirondack Stakes here on Aug.4, will not race again this year due to bone bruising, trainer Steve Asmussen said Friday.

Magic Dance, who won her first two starts, including the Debutante at Churchill, stumbled badly at the break of the Adirondack.

“She reached up and hit the back of her left ankle,” Asmussen said. “She is going to get time off at Three Chimneys.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Catholic Boy, last year’s Travers winner, returned to Saratoga’s main track Friday morning for an easy half-mile workout in 52.06 seconds under jockey Javier Castellano as he prepares for his next start.

Friday’s work was Catholic Boy’s first move since he finished second to Preservationist in the Grade 2 Suburban Stakes at Belmont Park on July 6. Catholic Boy came out of that race with some cuts on his left leg that needed to heal. Trainer Jonathan Thomas said Catholic Boy walked and jogged for a two-week period after the race.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Though Point of Honor worked significantly slower than expected Friday morning, trainer George Weaver did not seem too concerned as he prepares his filly for the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes next Saturday.

Point of Honor, runner-up to Guarana in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks here on July 21, worked five furlongs in 1:05.82 early Friday morning over the Oklahoma training track. Javier Castellano was aboard for the move, which went in splits of 14.00, 27.40, and 40.64, so she got her last quarter in 25.18.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Tacitus, second in both the Belmont Stakes and Jim Dandy, may be equipped with blinkers when he runs in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 24.

On Friday, Tacitus, equipped with blinkers, worked a half-mile in 49.96 seconds over the Oklahoma training track, starting about two lengths behind Tide of the Sea and finishing on even terms. Tacitus got his last quarter in 24.32 seconds.

Aidan Butler, the chief strategy officer of The Stronach Group, the parent company of Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita, has been given the additional role of acting executive director of the company’s California racing operations, according to a statement released on Thursday.

One of Butler’s primary responsibilities will be the continuation of policies enacted earlier this year to improve horse safety after 30 horses were euthanized as a result of injuries in training or racing during the track’s six-month meeting from late December to June 23.