Former jockey Leslie Hulet, who for years was the all-time winningest rider at Finger Lakes and who won the Grade 1 Whitney in 1981 aboard Fio Rito, died last Friday at age 69.

Hulet was the leading rider at Finger Lakes six times. He held the record for wins at the Farmington, N.Y., track from 1999 until 2017, when John Davila Jr. passed him.

Hulet rode at Finger Lakes from 1972 until 1999. He is a member of the track’s Hall of Fame. He retired with 3,816 wins.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Joey Gee Thoroughbreds and trainer Andrew Smith won last year’s Victorian Queen Stakes with Line of Vision. They bypassed the six-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies last Saturday with the unbeaten Speedy Soul, who will travel 1 1/16 miles in her next outing.

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, the new kid on the block for this year’s event, may have a mix of domestic and international talent for its inaugural running.

The Juvenile Turf Sprint’s addition to the Breeders’ Cup program was announced in February. The $1 million race, contested at about 5 1/2 furlongs, joins the lineup for a Friday card that also includes the $2 million Juvenile, $2 million Juvenile Fillies, $1 million Juvenile Turf, and $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf.

The favorites for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies may be exceptional, yet neither filly ran exceptionally fast last time out.

Serengeti Empress won the Pocahontas Stakes by more than 19 lengths, but her 1:45.47 time in the 1 1/16-mile race at Churchill Downs earned a 78 Beyer that does not rank among the top two dozen figures this year by a juvenile filly on dirt.

Bellafina is slower still. Although she won the Del Mar Debutante by more than four lengths, her 1:25.51 time for seven furlongs earned a mere 75 Beyer.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bob Baffert already has enjoyed a huge year at Churchill Downs. The Hall of Fame trainer won the Kentucky Derby for the fifth time, and Justify went on to sweep the Triple Crown while using Churchill as a primary training base.

But wait, there could be more.

When Charles Town holds its richer open stakes, horses typically ship in from out of town and walk away with the top awards. But on Saturday, in the $300,000 Charles Town Oaks, owner-trainer Javier Contreras scored one for the home team with the West Virginia-bred filly Late Night Pow Wow.

The victory was the first in a graded stakes for Contreras, who has been training since the mid-1980s.

“It means everything – that all the hard work we do is worth it, not just for me but for all my help,” Contreras said. “Sunday we were all so happy doing our jobs. It means a lot.”

ARCADIA, Calif. - West Coast, last year's champion 3-year-old male who has not raced since finishing second in the Dubai World Cup in March, is likely to return to action on Saturday in the Grade 1, $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita in a prep for his main goal, the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Louisiana Downs moved the Grade 3, $300,000 Super Derby back to dirt after a one-year experiment on the turf, and plans are to keep the race on the main track, said Louisiana Downs director of racing David Heitzmann. The date of the race, however, will have a slight change for 2019.

The Super Derby was run Sunday, Sept. 2, this year, and will be moved to the second Saturday in September next year, Heitzmann said.

“There was so much going on that weekend,” said Heitzmann, referring to Labor Day weekend.

The Smarty Jones show is coming to Remington Park.

Well, sort of.

John Servis, who trained Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones, intends to start a pair of colts exiting a race named for his most famous trainee in the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby on Sunday at Remington Park.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Like many of his local colleagues who are year-round South Florida racing veterans, trainer David Fawkes targets the Florida Sire Stakes as soon as the first batch of 2-year-olds arrives at the barn each spring.

Fawkes has been very successful with the series over the years, including a sweep of the open division with Big Drama in 2008. One of the stallion races that has eluded him, however, is the 1 1/16-mile My Dear Girl, the finale of the filly division of the series.