HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Who was the hottest trainer on the East Coast last weekend?

The standard answers of Todd Pletcher or Mark Casse would be good ones. Pletcher won three races, including the Smooth Air Stakes here with Bal Harbor, while Casse registered a pair of stakes wins, one at Gulfstream with Miss Mo Mentum and one on closing day at Woodbine last Sunday.

But the correct response to the question would be Gary Gullo, who sent out six consecutive winners from Friday through Sunday, four at Aqueduct and two at Gulfstream, Alaskan Prince and Final Flurry.

Apprentice rider Jenn Miller has been released from the Winchester Medical Center in Virginia and admitted to the Medstar National Rehabilitation Center in Washington D.C.

Miller, 32, was thrown when her mount Green Time broke down just past the finish line in the second race at Charles Town on Nov. 25. She was kicked in the face by a trailing horse and is recovering from a serious concussion.

Weston Hamilton came into the Monday card at Laurel Park 0 for 9 as a professional jockey. He ended the day 2 for 11 after winning with both his mounts.

Hamilton, 19, is the son of Steve “Cowboy” Hamilton, a winner of more than 1,300 races who is sixth in the fall meet standings at Laurel.

Weston Hamilton rallied I Just Wanna Win from seventh to take race 5 by a neck for trainer Patrick Magill. I just Wanna Win paid $8.60.

“That was the best feeling ever,” Hamilton said.

Frankie Pennington, a four-time leading jockey at Parx, has pretty much recovered from a fall during his Thanksgiving weekend trip to Kentucky and could be cleared to resume riding later this week, according to his agent, Robert Martel.

Angel At War turned in another brave performance at Laurel Park on Monday to remain perfect in six career starts. She has developed into a very nice claim for trainer Michael Gorham, who took her for $40,000 at Delaware Park in August.

Abel Castellano trained Angel At War for her first two races. She won a $20,000 maiden-claiming race in her debut by 11 lengths, then came back to win a $40,000 non-winners-of-two by five lengths.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Live racing Wednesday at Aqueduct was canceled due to high winds.

The forecast called for temperatures in the low 30s with winds from 25 to 35 mph with gusts above 40 mph.

Racing is scheduled to resume Thursday with an eight-race card beginning at 12:50 p.m.
 

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Charles “Scooter” Dickey has been wanting to get Flatlined back on dirt for quite a while. He’ll finally get that opportunity here Saturday when he sends the Grade 2-winning turf specialist postward over the main track in the Grade 3 Harlan’s Holiday Stakes.

Delta Downs has increased overnight purses about 15 percent, according to Chris Warren, director of racing. The new purse schedule was to go into effect with the Wednesday-night card.

Delta has a slots casino that is outperforming projections, Warren said. This comes despite the significant damage Hurricane Harvey inflicted on the key Texas markets that have long patronized the operation.

Jockey Edwin Maldonado plans to ride at the Oaklawn Park meet, which opens in January, according to Bill Castle, an agent who will represent the rider at the Hot Springs, Ark., track.

Castle also will have the book for David Cohen.

Maldonado has won graded stakes with Comma to the Top, Ethnic Dance, and San Onofre.

A full house is expected for the $400,000 Springboard Mile on Sunday’s closing-day card at Remington Park. The stakes winners Greyvitos, A Different Style, Analyze This Jet, Direct Dial, and Redatory are part of a long list of potential starters for the 2-year-old stakes, which offers Kentucky Derby eligibility points for the first time.

The starting gate will be capped at 12.

“We’re looking at a full field for sure,” said Don Thompson, the Remington stakes coordinator who had a working list of 14 on Monday.