Apprentice rider Johan Rosado and his father, Roberto, won five of the nine races Tuesday at Parx Racing.

Johan concluded the day by winning the nightcap aboard Tizzy Dancer ($6.40) for trainer Kate DeMasi.

Johan, a five-pound apprentice, won races 1, 6, and 9. His first two wins came on Kelly's Silver ($3.40) and Movie Score ($17), who are trained by DeMasi and Scott Lake.

Roberto Rosado won races 2 and 5 on Marq One ($8.20) and Butch Cassidy ($22.80), who are conditioned by Michael Pino and Diane Day.

In arguably the most unpredictable division in racing, the leading contenders for the 5 1/2-furlong Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs have been remarkably consistent in their final prep races.

Last Saturday, favorites won both the Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational and the Woodford at Keeneland. A week earlier, the top two betting choices in the Eddie D at Santa Anita finished first and second, separated by a head.

Todd Pletcher will take two swings at a second win in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf on Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs.

Churchill was the site of Pletcher’s only previous success in the race, with Pluck in 2010, and this year Pletcher has Opry and Current for the one-mile race around Churchill’s tight grass course.

Last Saturday evening, Lily’s Candle was purchased for approximately $448,500 by Martin Schwartz at the Arqana Arc sale in Paris. By early Sunday afternoon, Lily’s Candle was a Group 1 stakes winner with a free ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs.

“This is my favorite time of the year,” Schwartz wrote in a text message Sunday.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Martin Garcia remains sidelined from the effects of a fall during training hours in late September and does not have a definitive comeback date.

Thom Mitchell, Garcia’s agent, said earlier this week that Garcia hopes to return to riding soon.

“There is no change to speak of,” Mitchell said.

Garcia, 33, has won 26 races from 214 mounts this year. Earlier this decade, when closely allied with trainer Bob Baffert, Garcia won the 2010 Preakness Stakes on Lookin At Lucky and the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic on Bayern.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Ginger Nut, a 2-year-old filly who has won three of her last four starts, was recently bought by brothers Pete and Kosta Hronis and is scheduled to arrive in California from England this week, trainer John Sadler said.

Ginger Nut is not expected to start in the immediate future, Sadler said. By Sir Prancealot, Ginger Nut has won 3 of 8 starts, including the $319,715 Weatherbys Super Sprint for 2-year-olds on July 21 at Newbury Racecourse. The race drew 25 runners.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Secret Spice may have earned a spot in the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies in late December with an 11 1/4-length win in an optional claimer last Sunday at Santa Anita.

Secret Spice won for the second time in her eight-race career. She ran a mile in 1:36.01, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 102.

At Del Mar, Secret Spice was beaten a neck in a similar race Aug. 17 in her second race following a layoff of more than five months.

“I thought she’d win at Del Mar,” trainer Richard Baltas said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Last Sunday, a day after Its Gonna Hurt won the $100,000 Speakeasy Stakes for 2-year-old turf sprinters at Santa Anita, trainer Brian Koriner received a friendly email from Breeders’ Cup officials.

The message reminded Koriner that Its Gonna Hurt had earned a fees-paid berth to the $1 million BC Juvenile Turf Sprint on Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs.

“We’ll go,” Koriner said. “It’s stupid not to go. You’re being treated like a VIP. How do you not show up for a minute?”

MIAMI – Quijote kept his record perfect at Gulfstream Park West while giving trainer Sally Mitchelhill her second victory since 2015 by rallying to a six-length victory in Sunday’s main event.

Pressure comes with the job as a trainer, and Hall of Fame horseman Steve Asmussen was feeling it late last month when She’s a Julie ran in the Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks.

But it wasn’t because the filly was expected to win as an odds-on favorite.

Carrol Castille, who co-owns She’s a Julie through his Whispering Oaks Farm, named the daughter of Elusive Quality for Asmussen’s wife, Julie, in a special gesture. Julie Asmussen has since successfully battled cancer.