ARCADIA, Calif. – Evin Roman, the champion apprentice jockey of 2017, has targeted a return to riding on June 14 from a foot injury sustained in a training accident April 24.

Roman will begin exercising horses Thursday, according to his agent, Tony Matos. The jockey met with a doctor earlier this week and was cleared to return to riding, Matos said.

The injury occurred when a horse stepped on Roman’s foot, breaking a bone above the big toe. The injury did not require surgery, but the recovery has taken longer than expected. Initially, Roman hoped to resume riding in May.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Mobou, a rare California-bred by leading stallion Uncle Mo, will make his debut in a maiden race for 2-year-old statebreds in Sunday’s fifth race at Santa Anita.

Bought for $390,000 at the 2017 Keeneland September yearling sale, Mobou races for Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs and will be ridden by Gary Stevens. Mobou drew the rail in a field of eight, which has tempered Shirreffs’s expectations for Sunday’s race, but not the colt’s long-term prospects.

It’s a safe bet no rider has traveled farther to be part of the current Lone Star Park meet than Jamie Theriot.

Theriot showed up on the Texas scene May 11, after traveling more than 10,000 miles from the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius. He had been under contract to ride for a prominent stable overseas, and spent more than two months in the republic located off the southeastern coast of Africa.

ELMONT, N.Y. – For as much success as trainer Todd Pletcher has had in the Belmont Stakes – three wins and five seconds from 14 runnings – he understands that the degree of difficulty might be at its highest when he sends out Vino Rosso and Noble Indy against the undefeated Justify in next Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes.

“For all of us, we need Justify to wake up on the wrong side of the bed to have a chance,” Pletcher said, referring to the unbeaten 3-year-old attempting to win the Triple Crown.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Seven Trumpets earned an 81 Beyer Speed Figure in winning an off-the-turf, one-mile allowance Thursday in 1:36.92 over a sloppy Churchill surface, marking the first win for the 3-year-old Morning Line colt since last fall.

“It was nice to be back in the winner’s circle with him,” said Dale Romans, who trains Seven Trumpets for West Point Thoroughbreds. “I guess we’ll go looking for a stakes with him again.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A four-day race week will conclude with another solid card, as three of the 10 Sunday races are allowances (races 4,7,9). The richest of those is the seventh, a $64,000 turf sprint for 3-year-olds in which Smart Remark could emerge as the one to beat.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Midnight Bisou had her first breeze since finishing third as the Kentucky Oaks favorite when going an easy half-mile Thursday in 51.80 seconds at Churchill Downs for her new trainer, Steve Asmussen.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Breeder David Anderson had quite the year in 2017. A total of 23 horses bred by Anderson Farms started, and 18 made trips to the winner’s circle. Seven of those were stakes winners or stakes-placed, including two Grade 2 winners.

One of those Grade 2 winners was Wonder Gadot, who captured the Grade 2 Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct last November. Most recently, Wonder Gadot ran second in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on May 4 at Churchill Downs, a race Anderson said was his biggest thrill as a breeder.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The weather and routine were a bit different Friday morning when Justify went out for exercise, but the bottom line was the same – all is well with the superstar colt as the June 9 Belmont Stakes drew another day closer.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Jimmy Jerkens will be sending horses far and farther in two marathon turf stakes next week at Belmont Park.

On Friday, Jerkens will send out Holy Helena in the Grade 2, $600,000 New York Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/4 miles. That same day, he will also saddle Rocketry in the Grade 2, $400,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational at two miles.

On Thursday, Rocketry worked a mile over the Belmont training track in 1:41.91. Rocketry went his first half-mile in 51.51 seconds and his second half-mile in 50.50 under exercise rider Kelvin Pahal.