The Aqueduct pick six was hit for the first time in a week on Thursday and paid $50,449. The wager carried over last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and was $175,909 coming into the card. More than $1.1 million was bet into the pool Thursday.

The winning horses in the pick six were Fuel the Bern ($10.40), Carthon ($13), Moretti ($3.60), Daria's Angel ($20), Playthatfunnymusic ($10.20), and Proximate to Power ($8.10). The winning numbers were 2-4-7-8-3-3. Five winners paid $458.

Racing and training at Tampa Bay Downs have been canceled for Friday because of heavy rain and anticipation of high winds in the Tampa Bay area, according to a release from the track.

The track will remain open for simulcast wagering and poker.

“We’re disappointed to lose a day of racing, but our No. 1 priority is the safety of our horses, jockeys and fans,” said Peter Berube, the track’s vice president and general manager. “Proper track maintenance is virtually impossible with the type of weather we’ve been getting.”

Racing is scheduled to resume on Saturday.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Axelrod worked a half-mile at Santa Anita on Thursday in 48.20 seconds, and will be among the contenders in the Dec. 26 Malibu Stakes for 3-year-olds. Last out in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, the Michael McCarthy-trained Axelrod made a premature move and finished ninth, an effort that was much better than it appears. He is expected to face a large field in the Malibu.

Possible other starters in the seven-furlong Malibu include Air Strike, Ax Man, Calexman, Cool Bobby, Copper Bullet, Identity Politics, Kanthaka, McKinzie, Pitino, and Solomini.

ARCADIA, Calif. – A field of eight 3-year-old fillies is likely for the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes on Dec. 26, opening day of the Santa Anita winter meet. The likely favorite for the seven-furlong race is undefeated Dream Tree, who will be making her first start since minor throat surgery for an entrapped epiglottis.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Instagrand, an exciting 2-year-old colt who won both starts by more than 10 lengths before being sent for a freshening, is nearing his first comeback breeze, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Thursday.

Hollendorfer said Instagrand might work as soon as this weekend.

“I haven’t made that that judgement yet, but he’s going to breeze soon,” he said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Scary thought: City of Light is better now than when he ran the race of his career seven weeks ago in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

“He has moved forward,” trainer Michael McCarthy stated with conviction Thursday at Santa Anita, after City of Light worked a half-mile in company in preparation for his career finale in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup on Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Although he was on the Kentucky Derby trail last year as a 3-year-old, it would appear one-turn races might be the right niche for Wild Shot – one-turn races such as Saturday’s Grade 3 Mr. Prospector at Gulfstream Park. The seven-furlong dash serves as the final graded stakes of the 2018 racing season in South Florida.

Haikal put in a sustained run to impressively take a six-furlong Aqueduct maiden race Saturday while making his second start. The Shadwell Stable homebred 2-year-old made up at least five lengths in the final furlong of the race to win by a neck and earn an 85 Beyer Speed Figure.

In his debut, he put in a similar run to miss by a neck going seven furlongs. The $150,000 Jerome, a mile race on Jan. 1, would have suited him but the time between races is too short.

One of the most accomplished horses in trainer Brad Cox’s stable is training at Fair Grounds for a possible start in Florida. Meanwhile, the most accomplished horse in his stable is resting in Florida and scheduled to re-enter training next month at Fair Grounds.

Horse A is Leofric, who has blossomed beautifully the second part of this season with a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Woodward in New York followed by wins in the Fayette at Keeneland and the Clark Handicap on Nov. 23 at Churchill, Leofric’s first win at the Grade 1 level.

The 3-year-old filly Midnight Bisou put together a supremely productive five-win 2018 campaign and will not take long to launch her 4-year-old season.

Third on Nov. 3 in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, Midnight Bisou worked a half-mile in 50.40 seconds Tuesday at Fair Grounds and was deemed by trainer Steve Asmussen a probable starter in the $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic on Jan. 27 at Sam Houston Race Park.