LOUISVILLE, Ky. – By My Standards, the Louisiana Derby winner who most recently was placed 11th in the Kentucky Derby, has resumed a new work pattern and could make his next start in the July 5 Iowa Derby or July 13 Indiana Derby, said trainer Bret Calhoun.

By My Standards was scheduled to breeze again this weekend at Churchill, marking his third work since getting a brief freshening. His next race will depend largely on what Calhoun decides is next for Mr. Money, who is the morning-line favorite for the Matt Winn Stakes here on Saturday Night.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – When Sir Winston rallied to win the Belmont Stakes last Saturday, the form of Global Campaign suddenly looked even better than it already was.

It was on May 11 in the 1 1/8-mile Peter Pan at Belmont Park that Sir Winston finished second by 1 1/4 lengths behind Global Campaign, a Curlin colt who has won three of four starts for Sagamore Farm and WinStar Farm. The results of the 1 1/2-mile Belmont clearly flatter Global Campaign, although trainer Stan Hough is not sure when the colt will be fully prepared to take on the elite of the 3-year-old division.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Vekoma, the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes winner who finished 12th in the Kentucky Derby, will miss the Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes on July 6 due to a foot injury, trainer George Weaver said.

Weaver said his new target is the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens, a seven-furlong race at Saratoga on Aug. 24.

Weaver said Vekoma tore part of his hoof off, an injury known as grabbing a quarter, on the inside part of his right front foot coming off the track about two weeks ago.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Master Fencer, who finished fifth in the Belmont Stakes, was scheduled to leave New York on Thursday to return to Japan.

But on Wednesday, his connections had a change of heart, and Master Fencer has remained in New York to point to the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Derby, a 1 1/4-mile turf race here July 6.

According to Mitsuoki Numamoto, part of the team that has been with Master Fencer in New York, owner Katsumi Yoshizawa wanted to run in the Belmont Derby.

Master Fencer made his first two career starts on turf, finishing second and fourth.

ELMONT, N.Y. – A surface switch, the addition of blinkers, and perhaps just maturity had Breaking the Rules developing into a nice grass horse for trainer Shug McGaughey.

Then came the Grade 1 Turf Classic last month at Churchill Downs, where Breaking the Rules finished last of 13. Perhaps it was the off going that proved his undoing, but it was certainly a setback for the well-bred son of War Front.

ELMONT, N.Y. – In addition to sharing the same mother, half-sisters Holiday Disguise and Midnight Disguise share similar profiles in running style, race record, and rate of success.

Saturday, the two females out of the dam Thin Disguise will race against each other for the first time in the $100,000 Dancin Renee for New York-bred females going six furlongs at Belmont Park.

The $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday took on added significance Thursday when trainer Jason Servis entered Florida Derby winner Maximum Security in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds. The Pegasus will be the first start for Maximum Security since he crossed the finish line first in the Kentucky Derby and then was disqualified to 17th following a 22-minute review of the race by the stewards.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The California Horse Racing Board and Santa Anita announced Wednesday that horses racing at Santa Anita through the end of the meeting on June 23 will be subjected to heightened pre-race evaluation by a panel of experts in an effort to improve safety in the aftermath of 29 equine fatalities since late December.

Wednesday’s announcement came less than 24 hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a brief statement criticizing racing for the recent fatalities. Newsom called for greater oversight from veterinarians.

Four hundred miles apart, at Arlington International in Arlington Heights, Ill., and Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn., father-and-son trainers are preparing high-level female sprinters for the summer racing season.

Hugh Robertson at Arlington has Hotshot Anna ready to make her 2019 debut on June 29 in the Chicago Handicap, while at Canterbury, Hugh’s son, Mac, gave Amy’s Challenge her first work since she last raced May 4, finishing third in the Grade 1 Humana Distaff.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Roadster, winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 6 but 15th in the Kentucky Derby on May 4, is part of a projected field of five in Sunday’s Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita.

The $100,000 Affirmed Stakes for 3-year-olds is run at 1 1/16 miles and could produce a few runners for the Grade 3 Los Alamitos Derby at 1 1/8 miles on July 13.