ARCADIA, Calif. – Battle of Midway, the winner of the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar and five other stakes, was euthanized on Saturday after sustaining a hind leg injury during a workout at Santa Anita.

The incident was reported by Santa Anita publicity through Rick Arthur, California’s equine medical director.

Battle of Midway was 5. By Smart Strike, Battle of Midway won 8 of 16 starts and earned $1,589,049. He was in training for a start in the $12 million Dubai World Cup in the United Arab Emirates on March 30 when injured.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Mind Control and Tax, the two leading 3-year-olds based on the New York circuit this winter, both put in workouts Saturday morning at Belmont Park in preparation for upcoming stakes engagements.

The two worked moments apart on the training track following the 9 a.m. renovation break.

Less than two months after becoming the third trainer in history to get 500 wins in North America in a calendar year, Karl Broberg has hit a milestone of 3,000 career training victories.

Broberg reached that summit Friday night at Sam Houston when Sarge’s Daughter ($2.80) won the seventh race. She was the last of five winners Broberg had on Friday.

The start date of construction on a new hockey arena on the grounds of Belmont Park could be pushed back slightly to the point that the racing and training schedules for the Belmont spring/summer meet may not be impacted at all.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – After Bill Mott finally had an opportunity to spend an appreciable amount of time around Hidden Scroll this fall at Payson Park, he phoned his longtime assistant, Kenny McCarthy, about the colt.

“Bill half-jokingly said to me, ‘You said this horse was nice,’ ” recalled McCarthy, who oversaw the colt’s training last summer at Churchill Downs while his Hall of Fame boss was otherwise occupied in New York. “But you didn’t tell me he was this nice.”

Anothertwistafate, the Northern California-based colt with three runaway wins on the synthetic surface at Golden Gate Fields, will race on a dirt surface next out in a one-shot attempt to earn a berth in the Kentucky Derby trainer Blaine Wright said Thursday.

“His next race is going to be on dirt, no matter what,” Wright said. “People are going to say, oh, he doesn’t like dirt. I’m not putting any stock in that. A racehorse is a racehorse.  If he is going to be on the Derby trail, he’s going to have to overcome it.”

Trainer Jason Servis said Thursday that Maximum Security probably will stretch out to 1 1/8 miles when making his next start in the March 30 Florida Derby after the unbeaten 3-year-old colt earned a 102 Beyer Speed Figure in winning a seven-furlong starter allowance in 1:21.72 the previous day at Gulfstream Park.

“It’s hard not to think about a race like that for him,” said Servis. “I know it’d be asking a lot, but he is 3 for 3 over the track, and I’ve been careful in hand-picking his races so far.”

Shang was one of the most impressive winners during the Louisiana Premier Night program Feb. 9 at Delta Downs. He was up for a neck win in the $100,000 Prince, a one-mile race for 3-year-olds that marked his stakes debut. Shang earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 85.

“Man, he came home well,” said Steve Asmussen, who trains Shang for Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Just a few minutes after Galilean won the California Cup Derby on Monday here at Santa Anita, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer saw Jeff Lifson, the former TVG personality who for years has worked as the executive vice president for West Point Thoroughbreds, and they congratulated one another on the victory with a colt West Point had purchased at auction 10 months ago and placed with Hollendorfer.

“You guys have been so kind I can’t believe it,” Hollendorfer said. A mischievous grin came across his face. “But I’ll accept more kindness.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Brett "Flaco" McLellan knows about thrills in racing, having worked closely with Rachel Alexandra during his lengthy stint as an assistant to trainer Hal Wiggins.

But it’s going to be hard to surpass the feeling McLellan got Monday when Harryhee, the star of his three-horse stable, led all the way in the $50,000 Trust Buster, one of 11 starter allowances on the Presidents Day card at Gulfstream Park. As owner and trainer of the 7-year-old ridgling, McLellan collected all but jockey Luca Panici’s commission from the $30,690 winner’s share.