Jockey Ferrin Peterson, who is based on the Kentucky and Ohio circuits, was discharged from the hospital on Sunday after sustaining injuries in a paddock accident March 11 at Mahoning Valley.

Peterson was thrown while mounting and was trampled. She sustained multiple fractures and a ruptured spleen, for which she underwent surgery. She is expected to be sidelined several months.

Ten 3-year-olds, headed, nominally, by John Hancock were entered Saturday for the $1 million Louisiana Derby on March 22 at Fair Grounds.

The Brad Cox-trained John Hancock won his debut Jan. 8 at Tampa Bay Downs and returned Feb. 8 with a half-length Sam F. Davis Stakes victory over Owen Almighty, who came back with an easy win in the Tampa Bay Derby. Cox entered John Hancock in the March 15 Virginia Derby but scratched the colt in favor of the Louisiana Derby, where he also runs last-out first-level Fair Grounds allowance winner Instant Replay.

Fair Grounds canceled racing Saturday because of “high winds and corresponding electrical issues in the area,” according to a release from the New Orleans track.

Horses had been saddled and Saturday racing was only a few minutes from commencing when the Fair Grounds simulcast signal went down. The nearby New Orleans Lakefront Airport at the time was recording steady winds over 30 miles per hour with gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour.

Topped by local stakes winners California Burrito and Baby Max and Grade 2 winner Poster, an overflow field of 13 3-year-olds was entered today for next Saturday's Grade 3, $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks, a major Kentucky Derby prep that offers the richest purse in Turfway Park's history.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The mandatory Rainbow 6 scheduled for Sunday lost much of its luster after the jackpot was hit by one lucky winner to the tune of a $268,604 for a 20-cent ticket on Thursday. The jackpot was resolved just six programs after the previous mandatory force-out of the entire pool on March 2.

There were four “singles” heading into the final leg, which was won by Westhampton, who returned $101.60 to win after circling the field and drawing off to an impressive victory in the lower-level maiden claiming event on the turf. 

Following his win in a third-level allowance race on turf on March 6 at Fair Grounds, Donegal Momentum has returned to New York to train as trainer Tom Morley weighs where to run the dual-surface winner next.

While Morley said the Grade 1 Maker’s Mark Mile on turf on April 11 at Keeneland is likely, the trainer said he also would have him nominated to the Grade 2, $300,000 Carter going seven furlongs on dirt on April 5 at Aqueduct. Donegal Momentum has a win and a second from three starts on dirt, and Morley said the horse would run on dirt at some point again this year.

Bernieandtherose, who ran her winning streak to four straight with a 3 1/4-length victory in the Maddie May Stakes for New York-breds on March 8, will likely make her next start against open company in the Grade 3, $200,000 Gazelle Stakes on April 5 at Aqueduct.

The Gazelle is New York’s last points race for the Kentucky Oaks, offering 100 points to the winner and 50 to the runner-up, either typically good enough to get into the Oaks field.