SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – From the something-you-don’t-see-every-day department, a mare and her first foal will be racing on the same card Wednesday at Saratoga.

When owner Bill Heiligbrodt attended an auction of 2-year-olds in training in Florida back in April 2017, there was one thing he knew for certain about a bay colt by Eskendereya.

“I wasn’t leaving there without him,” he said.

Heiligbrodt’s wife, Corinne, would name the colt Mitole. It was a nod to the Karankawa Indians who once populated the Texas Gulf Coast region where both she and her husband were raised, and it fit on pedigree, as the colt was out of the Indian Charlie mare Indian Miss.

Mary Eppler wouldn’t dare say aloud that Ice Tea might be her next Page McKenney, but you couldn’t blame her for hoping.

Eppler was in Florida over the weekend to watch Ice Tea win Sunday for the third straight time in four starts since she claimed the 5-year-old gelding for owner Sean Dobbs of Flying Pheasant Farm. Ice Tea now has earned Beyer Speed Figures of 89, 100, and 96 following a 7 1/2-length romp in a Sunday allowance at Gulfstream Park.

“He’s healthy now,” Eppler said Monday from her Wellington, Fla., home. “He’s done everything we’ve asked of him so far.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Summer Sunday ($7.50) turned in another powerful front-running performance to win her third straight stakes under Rafael Hernandez in Sunday’s Grade 2 Royal North at Woodbine.

Summer Sunday went with outsider Veil through a moderate first quarter before assuming command exiting the turn in the six-furlong turf sprint. She maintained a slim lead through the stretch and got home on top by 1 1/4 lengths over 10-1 shot Magic Spell, finishing in 1:08.26 over the firm ground.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Come Dancing, the dominant winner of the Grade 2 Ruffian and Grade 3 Distaff Handicap this year, returned to the work tab Sunday, breezing three furlongs in 35.97 seconds over Saratoga’s main track.

It was Come Dancing’s first work since she finished second behind Midnight Bisou in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps at Belmont Park on June 8. Javier Castellano was aboard for the work and will ride Come Dancing in the Grade 1 Ballerina here Aug. 24, trainer Carlos Martin said. Manny Franco had ridden the 5-year-old mare in all of her starts this year.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – There are a lot of adjectives that can be used to describe freakishly fast workouts. But it’s hard to find the right word to convey the proper reactions to the show trainer Jorge Navarro’s unbeaten 3-year-old Shancelot put on over the main track during the late stages of training hours here Sunday in preparation for next Sunday’s Grade 2 Amsterdam.

Maximum Security, who won Saturday night’s Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, will ship to Saratoga by the end of the week, but trainer Jason Servis stopped short of committing the multiple Grade 1 winner to the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 24.

“My feeling is I’m going to do everything like we’re running, and I’ll make a decision that week whether we can make it or not,” Servis said Sunday by phone from Monmouth Park. “If I’m not happy with him, we won’t run, and if we’re happy, we’ll run.”

DEL MAR, Calif. – The 4-year-old filly Ahimsa has changed in the last year, leaving trainer Peter Eurton enthusiastic about how much she can accomplish in coming months.

Ahimsa won her first stakes in Friday’s $90,904 Osunitas Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on turf at Del Mar, her eighth start. The win will lead to an appearance in the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf for fillies and mares Aug. 31.

“She does well with the time,” Eurton said.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Bellafina, a winner of six graded stakes in the last year and one of the nation’s leading 3-year-old fillies, worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 at Del Mar on Saturday in advance of the Grade 1 Test Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 3.

The $500,000 Test Stakes is run at seven furlongs for 3-year-old fillies and will be Bellafina’s first start since she finished fifth as the 9-5 favorite in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 3.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – While there were no races held Saturday afternoon at Saratoga, there was plenty of action Saturday morning, with 134 horses putting in timed workouts over the main and Oklahoma training tracks. Training hours were altered to 5 to 9:30 a.m. to try to avoid the heat that prompted Saturday afternoon’s cancellation.

Among the notable workers were Global Campaign and Tax, both pointing to next Saturday’s Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes here.