ARCADIA, Calif. – A year after being claimed for the price of a used car, Mended is unbeaten in 10 starts and set for her graded stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 2 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita.

Mended won the Claiming Crown Glass Slipper Stakes on Dec. 2 at Gulfstream Park in her stakes debut to end a season in which she earned $185,900 for owners Troy and Maritza Onorato of Daly City, Calif.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Bolt d’Oro, a finalist for the Eclipse Award as the nation’s outstanding 2-year-old male of 2017, has resumed training after recovering from a pulled muscle and is likely to have his 3-year-old debut in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 10 at Santa Anita.

Owner and trainer Mick Ruis said Wednesday that Bolt d’Oro will have a two-race campaign in preparation for the Kentucky Derby, with the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 7 another targeted race.

The Grade 1 Man o’ War and the Grade 3 Peter Pan both received significant purse increases and are part of a five-stakes card May 12 at Belmont Park as the New York Racing Association seeks to add another big day to the Belmont spring-summer meet.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oaklawn Park will open Friday with a new president for the first time since 1968 following the December passing of Charles Cella. But those who patronize the thriving track can rest assured the new generation in command has full respect for the traditions of Oaklawn.

Louis Cella, the 52-year-old son of Charles Cella, has been named the track’s president, while his brother, John, who is president of the family’s Southern Real Estate and Financial Co., also will be central to the operation of Oaklawn.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Mark Hennig said he is in no rush to bring his Grade 3 stakes-winning turf specialist Summersault back to the races, despite the fact she looked very sharp working six furlongs in 1:12.71 over the turf here Sunday. Summersault, winner of the Grade 3 Orchid here last winter, has not started since finishing fourth in the Grade 3 Long Island Handicap on Nov. 4 at Aqueduct.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Heart to Heart will attempt to make amends for the only blemish on his local record when he tops Saturday’s Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale. Heart to Heart has won four of his five starts over the Gulfstream Park turf course, with his lone setback here a fourth-place finish in the 2017 Fort Lauderdale. Heart to Heart will be making his first start since a 10th-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – All systems are still go for Stellar Wind to make the final start of her career in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup here Jan. 27.

Stellar Wind worked five furlongs in 1:01.40 at Palm Meadows on Sunday in company with stablemate Shagaf. It was her fifth work since joining trainer Chad Brown’s barn at Palm Meadows after being purchased by Coolmore as a broodmare prospect at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Betting handle in Maryland grew for the third consecutive year in 2017 when a total of $627.3 million was wagered. That is an increase of 12 percent from the 2016 figure of $560.1 million.

Handle at the Maryland Jockey Club tracks has improved each year since 2014. Beginning in 2015, The Stronach Group, which owns Laurel and Pimlico, began a major capital improvement program, especially at Laurel, which held 150 of the 162 live programs last year.

Several interestingly bred 3-year-old fillies are entered in race 4 at Laurel Park on Friday.

The Florida-based Jacks or Better Farm of Fred Brei has first-time starter Country Linedancer in the one-mile maiden race. A homebred daughter of the obscure Florida stallion Brooks ‘n Down, Country Linedancer is out of the mare Dame Sylvieguilhem, making her a half-sister to Ballet Diva and Redneck Humor. She is trained by Kenneth Decker.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Leavem in Malibu, who was under consideration for the $16 million Pegasus World Cup, had to be euthanized following a Monday workout at the Palm Meadows training center after suffering a catastrophic injury to a hind ankle.

Leavem in Malibu was galloping out following a five-furlong breeze in 1:00.40 when he broke down on the backstretch, said trainer Mark Casse. Efforts to save the 5-year-old horse were futile.

“I’m still in shock about it,” Casse said Wednesday. “It’s extremely sad and unfortunate.”