LEXINGTON, Ky. – War of Will, the only horse on the Kentucky Derby trail to have won more than one prep race this year – the Lecomte and Risen Star at Fair Grounds– has been training daily at Keeneland since emerging with a clean bill of health following his ninth-place finish in the March 23 Louisiana Derby.

“We’ve just been jogging him, mostly out of precaution,” said David Carroll, who is overseeing a sizable Mark Casse string here this meet. “We’ll bring him along slowly, but the good thing is we’ve got plenty of time” prior to fully committing for the May 4 Kentucky Derby.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Landeskog’s debut victory on Sunday at Oaklawn was closely watched from afar by a pair of professional hockey players for the Colorado Avalanche.

Landeskog won Sunday’s nightcap, a maiden special weight sprint, by 5 3/4 lengths. The horse is co-owned by Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson.

“He’s named for my close friend and teammate Gabriel Landeskog,” Johnson said Sunday. “Gabriel and I watched his namesake run in our hotel. We are on the road for a game.”

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Wonder Gadot, who is a leading candidate for Canadian Horse of the Year, on Saturday worked for the Apple Blossom Handicap, to be run on April 14. She breezed five-eighths by herself in a bullet 59 seconds, with Oaklawn Park clockers catching her galloping out six furlongs in 1:11.20.

David Cohen was aboard for trainer Mark Casse.

Wonder Gadot worked in the first set on a fast surface. Clockers had her opening quarter-mile in 23.60 seconds and her first three-eighths in 36.20.

Wonder Gadot, who was bred in Ontario, races for Gary Barber.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Escape Clause, who won the 18th stakes race of her career last month in a track-record performance, will soon get her first shot at Grade 1 glory. Trainer Don Schnell said Saturday that the 5-year-old mare is being pointed for the $750,000 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Synthesis joined George Papaprodromou’s stable in mid-March after a private purchase, leaving little time for the trainer to get to know him before a scheduled start in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Santa Anita Derby.

Synthesis has only a maiden win from nine starts, and comes off a fourth-place finish going seven furlongs in the Grade 2 San Vicente. Understandably, Synthesis will be the longest price in the 1 1/8-mile Santa Anita Derby field.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Hours after Arms Runner suffered a fatal injury in the Grade 3 San Simeon Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita, track officials issued a statement stating studies will continue into a series of 23 equine fatalities that have occurred since the winter-spring meeting began in late December.

The statement did not detail any new policies. In March, the track implemented stricter medication rules and more oversight into which horses race or train.

Trainer Claudio Gonzalez and jockey Trevor McCarthy dominated their respective divisions at the 46-day Laurel Park winter meet, which began New Year's Day and ended Sunday.

Gonzalez, 42, was the winningest trainer in Maryland in both 2017 and 2018. He won 40 races at the winter meet, 25 more than runner-up Hugh McMahon.

Damon Dilodovico, Jeremiah Englehart, and Jamie Ness tied for third with 12 wins each.

Jockey Manny Franco and trainer Linda Rice scored clear-cut victories in their respective divisions at the 63-day Aqueduct winter meet, which kicked off Dec. 7 and concluded Sunday.

This is the second straight year that Franco topped the winter meet. He also won the 2018 fall meet title and led all New York riders by wins last year.

He won 98 races at this year's session to best runner-up Junior Alvarado by 28 victories. Dylan Davis finished third with 55 wins, one more than fourth-place Jose Lezcano.

For the third straight week, there were no winning tickets in the pick six at Aqueduct on either Saturday or Sunday. There will be a two-day carryover of $75,958 into the Friday card.

There also is a carryover of $46,622 in the NYRA Bets Pick 5.

Friday is opening day of the Aqueduct spring meet. The feature race will be the Grade 3, $150,000 Distaff Handicap, and the first two turf races of the year are carded.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Six horses trained by William Morey were scratched at Santa Anita from Friday through Sunday.

Friday, three horses trained by Morey were withdrawn approximately 30 minutes before post time for the first race because of a medication issue, track stewards said. The stewards did not provide further details.

Morey had one horse entered on Saturday and two on Sunday, but all three were withdrawn. At Golden Gate Fields, Morey had two horses scratched on both Saturday and Sunday.