HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A 5 1/2-length romp in a first-level allowance here Thursday likely will catapult Fly So High into the ranks of graded stakes company.

Trainer Shug McGaughey said he will consider the Grade 2 Davona Dale, a one-mile race on March 3, as a next start for Fly So High, a 3-year-old Malibu Moon filly purchased for $675,000 as a yearling by the Phipps Stable.

Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Fly So High cruised past My Favorite Gift to win the one-mile race without much urging, earning an 86 Beyer Speed Figure for the second straight start.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Ian Wilkes said he is expecting McCraken to arrive this week at Palm Meadows to begin preparing for a 4-year-old campaign that will focus primarily “on races of about a mile.”

McCraken has been on hiatus at Lambholm South near Ocala, Fla., since shortly after Wilkes decided not to run him in the Nov. 24 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs. His final start at 3 resulted in a distant third-place finish in the Oct. 28 Fayette at Keeneland.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Mark Casse said Leavem in Malibu was scheduled to breeze this weekend at Palm Meadows to determine whether he will be among 12 starters in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup here Jan. 27.

“There’s a good possibility that we’ll have him in the Pegasus,” Casse said. “We’re looking to close a deal.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – First a short trip, followed by a much longer one.

World Approval will trek across the Florida peninsula to Tampa Bay Downs to run in the Grade 3 Tampa Stakes on Feb. 10 ahead of an overseas trip to Dubai, trainer Mark Casse confirmed. World Approval, a 2017 Eclipse Award finalist for Horse of the Year and older turf male, will run in the $6 million Dubai Turf on March 31 at Meydan.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Partly by design, Ian Wilkes seldom wins with first-time starters – but when he does, look out.

Cicatrix is the most recent Wilkes horse to win at first asking, having done so in November at Churchill Downs. Since he branched out on his own in 2006 after a lengthy stint under Hall of Fame trainer Carl Nafzger, Wilkes has compiled a record of 16 for 473 (3.4 percent) with first-timers.

The Jerome Stakes for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct, originally carded for Jan. 1, has been rescheduled for Jan. 13 as the New York Racing Association on Thursday finalized new dates for six stakes races impacted by weather-related cancellations.

Due to harsh winter weather conditions, racing at Aqueduct is canceled through the weekend with the next scheduled racing date Jan. 11.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Bolt d’Oro will resume galloping this week after recovering from a pulled muscle that interrupted his training and ultimately postponed his 2018 debut.

Veterinarians gave owner-trainer Mick Ruis a green light to resume Bolt d’Oro’s training program after a nuclear scan on the colt showed no irregularities. 

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Driven by Thunder, reclaimed by the Repole Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher for $25,000 out of his New York finale at Aqueduct on Nov. 30, could return quick dividends when put back on grass against Florida-breds in Friday’s $44,000 feature here. The 7 1/2-furlong optional claimer concludes the 10-race card.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Chad Brown said that Stellar Wind remains on track to run in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup on Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park.

Stellar Wind was purchased by Coolmore at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale with the intention of being retired and bred to American Pharoah this season. But Coolmore had a change of heart shortly thereafter, sending the champion 3-year-old filly of 2015 to Brown at Palm Meadows to prepare for the Pegasus.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Chad Brown said that even he was impressed with the way his promising 3-year-old Mask won his career debut, drawing away by 3 1/2 lengths over the highly regarded Navistar last fall at Belmont Park. Brown was so impressed, in fact, that he plans to have Mask step up to stakes company for his second start, in the $100,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes here Saturday.