HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Short lists of nominations portend short fields for the Sunshine Millions, the four-race series to be renewed next Saturday (Jan. 20) at Gulfstream.

Top names likely among the 10 nominees to the richest of the four races, the $200,000 Sunshine Millions Classic, are Mr. Jordan and Richard the Great, the respective 2-3 finishers in the Harlan’s Holiday here last month.

Fourteen nominations were taken for the $150,000 Turf; 16 for the $150,000 Filly and Mare Turf; and 12 for the $100,000 Sprint.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The last two starting spots in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup have yet to be firmed up, but whichever horses complete the field of 12, they’re bound to be longshots that will barely move the needle on pre-race wagering.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The cancellation of Thursday’s card due to track condition forced the New York Racing Association to once again have to reschedule the $100,000 Bay Ridge Stakes. The 1 1/8-mile race for New York-bred fillies and mares, lost when the Jan. 1 card was canceled, is now scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 18.

Meanwhile, the Alex M. Robb, lost when the Dec. 31 card was canceled, was supposed to be brought back for Sunday. However, the race only drew four entrants and was not carded. It is expected to be brought back at a later date.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Graded stakes winners Takaful and Highway Star topped a busy work tab Thursday morning at Belmont Park where 185 horses put in timed workouts over a fast training track.

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After undergoing much tinkering the last several years, the 2018 Saratoga stakes schedule will virtually mirror that of 2017, with 69 stakes worth $18.8 million offered through the 40-day meet, which runs July 20 through Sept. 3.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The rematch between Paradise Woods and Unique Bella is on hold while Paradise Woods recovers from an illness that will cost her nearly two weeks of training.

Trainer Richard Mandella said Thursday he is hopeful Paradise Woods will resume training late next week. The interruption means Paradise Woods probably will miss a Feb. 10 rematch with Unique Bella in the Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes.

ELMONT, N.Y. – A barn at Belmont Park housing mostly horses trained by Linda Rice was placed under quarantine Wednesday after an unraced 3-year-old trained by Rice tested positive for the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) on Tuesday, according to the New York Racing Association.

NEW ORLEANS – Finley’sluckycharm, among the top older female sprinters during 2017, when she won three graded stakes, had her first work of the winter when she went an easy three furlongs in 38 seconds Sunday.

Finley’sluckycharm ended last year’s campaign with a below-form Breeders’ Cup showing, finishing ninth in the Filly and Mare Sprint, but trainer Bret Calhoun is pointing her to the 2018 Filly and Mare Sprint, which will be run over a Churchill Downs surface Finley’sluckycharm loves.

NEW ORLEANS – The Silverbulletday Stakes here Saturday includes some talented 3-year-old fillies, but another Fair Grounds-based horse in the division, Monomoy Girl, probably is as talented as any of them.

A Tapizar filly trained by Brad Cox, Monomoy Girl won her first three starts last year, including a 6 1/2-length victory in the Rags to Riches Stakes at Churchill, but might have run her best race in her lone loss at 2, finishing second by a neck to Road to Victory in the Grade 2 Golden Rod on Nov. 25 at Churchill.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The field for Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct underwent some alterations when it was re-drawn Wednesday after having to be postponed from New Year’s Day due to inclement weather.