ELMONT, N.Y. – Heavenhasmynikki, head winner of Saturday’s Grade 3 Vagrancy, was scheduled to return to Keeneland to train as her connections decide where to run her next. That next start will most likely come at Belmont Park in either the Grade 3 Bed o’ Roses Invitational going seven furlongs on June 7 or the Grade 1, $700,000 Ogden Phipps going 1 1/16 miles on June 8.

ELMONT, N.Y. – In 2018, trainer Chad Brown ran 1-2 in the New York Stakes. In 2016, his runners finished 1-2-3 in the 1 1/4-mile stakes for females on turf.

Brown figures to be loaded again for this year’s renewal of the Grade 2, $600,000 New York on June 7 with the trio of Homerique, Competitionofideas, and Santa Monica.

Homerique made a successful U.S. debut Saturday, outfinishing Competitionofideas by a neck to win the Grade 3, $200,000 Beaugay at Belmont.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Coming off his victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $700,000 Man o’ War Stakes at Belmont Park, Channel Maker will likely follow a similar schedule to the one he had in 2018 with one possible exception. He is not certain to run in the Grade 1, $1 million Manhattan on Belmont Stakes Day.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Catholic Boy hadn’t been on the turf since he won the Grade 1 Belmont Derby here 10 months ago. On Saturday morning, he got reacquainted with the surface, working five furlongs in 1:02.07 over Belmont’s inner turf course as he prepares for an intended start in next Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Dixie Stakes at Pimlico.

Though they were one year removed from teaming up to win the Triple Crown, trainer Bob Baffert didn’t hold any ill feelings toward Mike Smith when the Hall of Fame jockey chose to ride Omaha Beach rather than the Baffert-trained Roadster in the Kentucky Derby.

While neither Baffert nor Smith were wearing roses a week ago, they will be reunited in Baltimore next Saturday with Improbable, who most likely will be favored in the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. Baffert will be seeking his eighth Preakness victory, Smith his third.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association said it will establish the Empire Racing Club, a non-profit organization designed to introduce fans to racehorse ownership.

The club will be limited to 200 members and it will cost $500 to join. That fee covers membership for 2019. Todd Pletcher, a seven-time Eclipse Award winning trainer, will be the trainer for the Empire Racing Club. Retired racetrack announcer Tom Durkin will serve as the club’s managing partner.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Mr. Buff, who reeled off four consecutive victories in races run at 1 1/8 miles around two turns before a ninth-place finish in the New Orleans Handicap at Fair Grounds on March 23, will cut back to a one-turn mile for the $200,000 Commentator Stakes here on May 27, trainer John Kimmel said Friday.

The last time Mr. Buff ran in a one-turn race, he finished third behind Pat On the Back in the Empire Classic here last fall. Pat On the Back is pointing to the Met Mile.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Coal Front, the Group 2 Godolphin Mile winner, is on course for a start in the Grade 1, $1.2 million Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park on June 8 after working a half-mile in 50.28 seconds Friday morning over the Belmont training track.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Sparky Ville, the winner of the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes here in February, is scheduled to run in the Grade 3 Lazaro Barrera Stakes for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs at Santa Anita on May 18.

Owned by David and John Del Secco and trained by Jeff Bonde, Sparky Ville was sixth in the California Derby at 1 1/16 miles at Golden Gate Fields on April 27 in his only start since the San Vicente, run at seven furlongs.

“He’s a one-turn horse,” Bonde said. “That’s what he likes.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – There are aspects of Go Big Blue Nation’s training in recent weeks that leave trainer Jeff Bonde encouraged about the 2-year-old filly’s debut in a maiden special weight race at Santa Anita on Sunday.

“She’s been dominant with a lot of horses that I’ve tried her with,” Bonde said.