ETOBICOKE, Ontario – A notable absentee from the Grade 3 Singspiel Stakes on July 2 at Woodbine was Danish Dynaformer, who won the race in 2016. Trainer Roger Attfield said Danish Dynaformer is getting a break at Kinghaven Farms in King City, Ontario, after coming out of the Grade 3 Louisville Handicap at Churchill Downs on May 20 with bone bruising.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – For the second time in three years, trainer Roger Attfield had his bid for a record ninth Queen’s Plate win denied by a Stronach Stables homebred when Tiz a Slam ran second to Holy Helena on July 2 at Woodbine.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Oscar Performance and New Money Honey were the best of their age group on the turf at 2. Now, midway through their 3-year-old seasons, neither wants to relinquish the mantle.

On Saturday, Oscar Performance and New Money Honey were victorious in the two richest races for 3-year-old turf horses in the U.S., with Oscar Performance winning the Grade 1, $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational by two lengths while New Money Honey won the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Oaks by a neck.

Those wins came a month after both won the local prep race for the Derby and Oaks.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Keen Ice, winner of Saturday’s Grade 2, $750,000 Suburban Stakes, will most likely make his next start in the Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 5, trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday.

It was at Saratoga two years ago that Keen Ice upset Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes.

Steve Asmussen lined up a large contingent of runners for the six stakes races run at Prairie Meadows this past Thursday through Saturday, two on each card. His first two starters, Chantelline and Ever So Clever, lost races Thursday night that they were favored to win.

“Thank goodness there were two more days,” Asmussen said Sunday.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming and Preakness winner Cloud Computing had markedly different types of workouts Sunday morning at Belmont Park as they prepare for a rematch in the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes on July 29 at Saratoga.

Stellar Wind has progressed sufficiently from her win in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile at Santa Anita on June 3 that trainer John Sadler considers the 5-year-old mare to be ahead of schedule for her next start in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on July 30.

Stellar Wind worked six furlongs in 1:13.40 on Sunday at Santa Anita.

“She’s well ahead of the curve,” Sadler said. “She was very relaxed this morning. I’m happy with where she’s at.”

ELMONT, N.Y. - Mind Your Biscuits solidified his position atop the nation’s sprint division with yet another electrifying performance Saturday at Belmont Park, an easy  3 1/2-length victory over Awesome Slew in the Grade 2 Belmont Sprint for which he received a 106 Beyer Speed Figure as well as an all-expenses-paid trip to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

CYPRESS, Calif. - Ambitious Brew has a six-pack of stakes wins in his career, in turf sprints and dirt races at a mile.

His ability to adapt to different surfaces and distances has given owner Pamela Ziebarth and trainer Marty Jones numerous options. Ambitious Brew was scheduled to start in the $100,000 Lennyfrommalibu Stakes for California-breds on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita on July 4, but the race was cancelled by track management because of few entries.

CYPRESS, Calif. - On Breeders’ Cup weekend at Santa Anita last fall, Skye Diamonds finished second in an optional claimer at seven furlongs, two races after she had been claimed for $40,000 in August.

This year, Skye Diamonds may run in a Breeders’ Cup race.

After winning the Grade 2 Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos on Saturday, Skye Diamonds is a realistic contender for the BC Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar at seven furlongs on Nov. 4.

“That’s a good distance for her,” trainer Bill Spawr said in the winner’s circle of the Great Lady M. Stakes.