ARCADIA, Calif. – Sonneteer, upset winner of the Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas last Friday, was scheduled to return to trainer Keith Desormeaux’s base at Santa Anita on Monday, but only for a limited time.

Desormeaux said Sonneteer is likely to return to Oaklawn Park for the Grade 3 Razorback Handicap at 1 1/16 miles on Feb. 19. The $500,000 Razorback Handicap is a prep for the track’s leading race for older horses – the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap, a $750,000 race at 1 1/8 miles on April 14.

“He seems like he really likes it there,” Desormeaux said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – There is no urgency to planning a late winter campaign for Itsinthepost, winner of the Grade 2 San Gabriel Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf Jan. 6 at Santa Anita.

A closer who is best in turf races at 1 1/8 miles to 1 1/2 miles, Itsinthepost has won four Grade 2 stakes in the last year. He was seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 4 at Del Mar.

Itsinthepost worked a half-mile in 49.40 seconds on the infield training track Monday.

Trainer Jeff Mullins said Itsinthepost’s weight remains fairly steady after his races.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Collected, the 5-year-old multiple stakes-winning millionaire, worked seven furlongs in 1:24.20 on Monday at Santa Anita under jockey Mike Smith, an exercise that helped soften the disappointment of a third-place finish as a heavy favorite in the Grade 2 San Antonio Stakes on Dec. 26.

Smith, trainer Bob Baffert, and owner Peter Fluor were left hoping the workout will propel Collected to an upset win in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup at 1 1/8 miles Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Unique Bella, a finalist for Eclipse Awards for outstanding 3-year-old filly and female sprinter of 2017, worked five furlongs in 59 seconds Monday at Santa Anita, the fastest of 39 recorded works at the distance.

The winner of the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs Dec. 26, Unique Bella is being prepared for the Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes at 1 1/16 miles Feb. 10 where she figures to be a heavy favorite.

“She seems very happy,” trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Probably the most surprising result from last weekend’s racing here was the seventh-place finish by Heart to Heart as the 7-10 favorite in Saturday’s Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale.

Although trainer Brian Lynch was generous Monday in offering “no excuse” for the subpar performance, the race spoke for itself. The usually speedy Heart to Heart was compromised when getting away a bit tardily, putting himself in tight quarters under the wire the first time and forcing jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. to adjust tactics from midpack.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Two stakes-quality colts making their 4-year-old debuts following lengthy layoffs will face each other Thursday in an intriguing feature at Gulfstream.

Malagacy, whose 2017 campaign ended after he finished fifth as the 2-1 second choice in the Arkansas Derby last April, will be opposed by multiple stakes-winning sprinter Recruiting Ready in the fourth race, the lone allowance on a 10-race card. Hybrid conditions for the $53,000, six-furlong race include a $75,000 claiming option for which three of the six scheduled starters are entered.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A rematch among Florida-breds exiting a graded stakes will be a main storyline Saturday at Gulfstream Park when Mr. Jordan and Richard the Great run in the richest of four races comprising the 16th Sunshine Millions.

Mr. Jordan and Richard the Great were second and third, respectively, behind Fear the Cowboy here last month in the Grade 3 Harlan’s Holiday, and both should appreciate the Florida-bred restriction for the Sunshine Millions Classic and the other three supporting events in the $600,000 series.

English Soul, the 2 3/4-length winner of Sunday’s East View Stakes for New York-bred fillies, will likely make her next start in the $200,000 Busher Stakes on March 3, trainer Ray Handal said.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Ron Spatz said Mo Cash couldn’t be doing any better after the graded stakes-placed speedster blew out three-eighths in 34.68 seconds here Monday for the $100,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint. But Spatz also knows Mo Cash will be facing his stiffest challenge yet when he squares off against X Y Jet, one of the premier sprinters in the country, in the Sprint, one of four stakes to be decided on Saturday’s Sunshine Millions card.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Ian Wilkes is not known for his success with first-time starters. But he certainly had Originator fit and ready to go off the bench when making her debut in Sunday’s finale.

Originator, a 3-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller, exploded from off the pace once clear in the stretch under jockey Chris Landeros to register a three-length victory launching her career in a five-furlong maiden special weight dash on the turf. She received a 77 Beyer Speed Figure for her effort and paid $58.