After their remarkable two-day early May run for trainer Kenny McPeek and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., the 3-year-old campaigns of Thorpedo Anna, who won the Kentucky Oaks, and Mystik Dan, who captured the Kentucky Derby a day later, sharply diverged. Now, the pair is set to come together for a winter in New Orleans.

Thorpedo Anna remains in Kentucky but soon will join Derby winner Mystik Dan at Fair Grounds, with both 3-year-olds on track to race in 2025.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Big City Lights, runaway winner of the Cary Grant Stakes for California-bred sprinters Nov. 9 at Del Mar, will stay with California-bred company for his next start. Trainer Richard Mandella said Big City Lights will target the $150,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint tentatively scheduled for Jan. 11 at Santa Anita.

The Cary Grant was Big City Lights’s fourth stakes win, and sixth win overall. A 5-year-old, Big City Lights has started only 12 times.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Even though Practical Dream’s front-running victory in the seven-furlong Desi Arnaz Stakes on Saturday at Del Mar did not earn much of a figure, it sets her up for a shot at two turns in the 1 1/16-mile Grade 2 Starlet on Dec.7 at Los Alamitos. Practical Dream earned a 74 Beyer Speed Figure, the lowest by a Desi Arnaz winner since the race moved from Hollywood Park to Del Mar in 2014.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Though she upset Grade 1 winner Tamara on Friday at Del Mar, the unbeaten stakes winner Sandy Bottom received less notoriety for winning her comeback than the filly she beat. Not that trainer Michael McCarthy is complaining. He is happy Sandy Bottom made it back.

A memorial service for Mike Gass, a longtime trainer who died in June at the age of 79, will be held Sunday at Remington Park, according to a family member. The service will start at 2 p.m. Central in the chapel located in the backside kitchen building.

Apprentice jockey Tyler Bacon will be wintering at Oaklawn Park, according to his agent, Brian Assmann. Bacon ranked among the top 10 riders during the recent meet at Prairie Meadows.

“He had a great Prairie Meadows,” Assmann said. “From the start of the meet to the end of the meet, people were just raving about him. The kid’s got an unbelievable work ethic. People just love him.”

Assmann said Bacon is a 17-year-old native of Montana. He’s won 51 races since notching his first career win on March 1 at Fonner Park.

“I think he’s the real deal,” Assmann said.

Zia Park is gearing up for its three most important race dates of the meet, which continues through Dec. 18.

The Zia Park Derby card of seven stakes worth $1.1 million is set for a Tuesday program on Nov. 26. The build-up to the Land of Enchantment card will include the $1.1 million New Mexico Classic Cup Quarter Horse Showcase of seven stakes Nov. 24 and the $1.3 million New Mexico Classic Cup card of eight Thoroughbred stakes Nov. 25.

Holly Dolly, who is tied for winningest horse of the current meet at Remington Park, is being pointed to an upcoming stakes at Zia and later this year will winter at Oaklawn Park, according to her trainer, Ray Ashford Jr.

Ashford will have a division of about 10 horses at Oaklawn for the first time and said he is setting up shop at the Arkansas meet at the request of prominent owner Tom Durant.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Though he’s won more than 4,700 races in his career, trainer Chris Englehart doesn’t fancy himself as one who does well with first-time starters.

However, on Nov. 8 he sent out the 2-year-old filly Lucille Ball to a 5 1/4-length debut victory going 6 1/2 furlongs at Aqueduct. She covered the distance in 1:17.23 and earned a solid 82 Beyer Speed Figure.