NEW ORLEANS – There were two sides to Gun Runner’s six-furlong workout Sunday at Fair Grounds.

On one end, Gun Runner put in a strong six-furlong drill, breaking off a length behind his regular work-mate Gettysburg, passing him at the quarter-pole and going six furlongs in a fast 1:11. Gun Runner’s splits, on the watch of Fair Grounds clocker Mike Diliberto, were 12.60, 24.20, 36.20, 48.20, and 59.40. Jockey Florent Geroux urged Gun Runner past the wire and out around the clubhouse turn, and Gun Runner galloped out seven furlongs in a strong 1:23.80, then got a mile in 1:37.

Solomini, disqualified from victory last month in the CashCall Futurity at Los Alamitos, was scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in the Grade 3, $150,000 Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 3, but it looks like he’ll have to wait a couple of weeks for another spot after spiking a slight temperature Saturday.

“He was scheduled to work yesterday,” trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday morning, “but he got a little temperature yesterday. He’s going to miss about five or six days. Until then I was going to run him in the Lewis.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – West Coast, the likely second choice to Gun Runner in the upcoming Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 27, had his last major drill for that race Sunday morning at Santa Anita, where he went six furlongs from the gate in 1:12 under jockey Drayden Van Dyke.

West Coast is scheduled for one more – easier – work at Santa Anita before departing for Florida on Jan. 24, three days before the Pegasus, but this was his last serious work. He went in company, and Van Dyke slapped him twice right-handed crossing the wire to encourage him to go out farther.

Stronger Than Ever, the 33-1 upset winner of the Silverbulletday Stakes on Saturday, will stay at Fair Grounds and run back in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes on Feb. 17, trainer Ken McPeek said Sunday.

Cedartown won his second stakes in a row, taking the $75,000 Louisiana Stakes at Fair Grounds on Saturday by 2 lengths and taking another step toward his connections' goal of getting to the New Orleans Handicap.

Cedartown, who swooped past favored The Player at the top of the stretch, beat Scuba by two lengths and ran 1 1/16 miles on dirt in 1:44.18, earning a career-best 100 Beyer Speed Figure. In his previous race, he had gotten a 96 Beyer winning the Zia Park Derby by 1 3/4 lengths over Untrapped.

NEW ORLEANS – Instilled Regard had his head out of his stall and nipped at a passerby’s sweater Sunday morning, the day after he won the Lecomte Stakes here at Fair Grounds, and the positive signs he gave appeared backed up by what trainer Jerry Hollendorfer had seen earlier in the day.

“We looked at him early this morning, jogged him down the road,” Hollendorfer said. “He ate good last night. We’re happy with how he came out of it.”

Firenze Fire, the half-length winner of Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct, will most likely make his next start in the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct on March 10, trainer Jason Servis said Sunday.

Servis said Firenze Fire would be nominated to the Grade 3, $250,000 Withers Stakes on Feb. 3, but he would only consider running the horse “If he’s coming over the webbing,” Servis said. “It’s safe to say we’ll do the Gotham.”

NEW ORLEANS – Trainer Tim Glyshaw is plotting a 2018 campaign for the two best horses in his stable, Bucchero and Bullard’s Alley.

Bullard’s Alley was a respectable sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, while Bucchero was a close fourth in the BC Turf Sprint.

“We’d like to get points in nice races to try to get back to the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill with them,” Glyshaw said.

NEW ORLEANS – Trainer Sam David is running hard with the opportunity he got last year.

David was training a handful of horses and breaking some youngsters at the Copper Crowne Training Center in Opelousas, La., when the owner-breeder partnership of John Duvieilh and Earl and Keith Hernandez asked him last summer if he’d like to join their team.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Saturday morning was busy throughout this area for potential Pegasus World Cup starters.

Most action was over a sloppy track at Gulfstream Park West, where Gunnevera, Sharp Azteca, and War Story all went five furlongs in their penultimate works for the $16 million event. Singing Bullet and Giussepe the Great breezed at Gulfstream Park, although neither is currently confirmed for the big event.