Suffolk Downs in East Boston, Mass., has applied for four racing dates over two weekends next year, according to the track’s chief operating officer, with the potential to add dates if plans for the redevelopment of the property are delayed.

MIAMI – The number of Breeders’ Cup-bound horses stabled in South Florida likely doubled within one hour’s time Saturday at Gulfstream Park following one-sided victories by Well Defined and Cookie Dough in the $400,000 In Reality and My Dear Girl stakes, respectively.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Smart Choice earned a fees-paid berth into the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf with her victory in the Gran Premio Pamplona Stakes in Peru on June 24.

She was shipped by her owners, Stud Starbucks, to the U.S. and trainer Todd Pletcher in July. On Monday at Belmont Park, Smart Choice had her first work for Pletcher, breezing a half-mile in 51.66 seconds over a soft Belmont inner turf course.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown confirmed Monday afternoon what he had strongly suggested a week ago, that leading female turf horse Sistercharlie will skip Sunday’s Grade 1 Flower Bowl and train up to the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin is in a very enviable position when it comes to his 2-year-olds.

On Sunday, Enliven, a 2-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper and a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Enticed, won her maiden going 1 1/16 miles at Belmont Park to set her up for a fall campaign that could include the Tempted and Demoiselle stakes at Aqueduct.

This Saturday, McLaughlin will send out the debut winner Endorsed in the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne Stakes as he tries to qualify for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

John Smicklas, a prominent breeder and owner who raced at Remington, died Sept. 23, according to an obituary posted by Havenbrook Funeral Home in Norman, Okla. Smicklas was 81.

Smicklas is survived by his wife, Barbara, with whom he bred and raced the multiple Grade 3 winners Belle of Cozzene, an earner of $522,455, and Brush With Pride, who made $548,615, as well as nine-time stakes winner Zee Oh Six. Smicklas also helped found the Oklahoma Thoroughbred Retirement Program.

Services are at 2 p.m. Sunday at Rose State College in Midwest City, Okla.

The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby looked like a competitive race on paper and that carried over to the track Sunday at Remington Park.

Lone Sailor ended up winning in a three-way photo, closing on the outside for a nose score over Believe in Royalty, who was sandwiched between rivals while finishing a nose in front of third-place Diamond King.

The race was the tightest finish in the 30-year history of the Oklahoma Derby.

MIAMI – The Stronach Group is hoping to build on the success of another strong summer meeting at Gulfstream Park when action on the South Florida circuit switches to Gulfstream Park West for its eight-week meet – dubbed the Fall Turf Festival – which begins Wednesday and continues through Nov. 25.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Abel Tasman, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2017, emerged from a shocking fifth-place finish in Sunday’s Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita with no sign of injury, trainer Bob Baffert said Monday.

Baffert said Abel Tasman was “a little quiet” and that the 4-year-old filly underwent a routine blood test Monday.

“Physically, she’s fine,” Baffert said. “We’ll know more when we get the results back.

“Her temperature was a little elevated. I think she’s fighting something off.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Listing won his first start in the I’m Smokin Stakes for 2-year-old California-breds at Del Mar on Aug. 31, and he makes his second start in Saturday’s Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park, trainer Ben Cecil said over the weekend.

Owned by Paul and Zillah Reddam, Listing will be ridden by Mario Gutierrez.

“It’s an ambitious spot,” Cecil said.

By Square Eddie, Listing closed from fourth in a field of eight to win the I’m Smokin Stakes at six furlongs by 1 1/4 lengths at 22-1. The $500,000 Champagne Stakes is run at a mile around one turn.