Mark Glatt won his second training title in a little more than a year at the Del Mar autumn meeting that ended earlier this month.

Sustaining that success at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting that begins Thursday will be difficult, he said recently.

Glatt won 14 races from 32 starters at Del Mar, clear of runner-up Phil D’Amato with nine wins.

Glatt won the training title at the 2023 Santa Anita autumn meeting. At the 2023-24 Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, Doug O’Neill led all trainers with 31 wins, two more than Glatt. D’Amato was third with 28 wins.

Do not be surprised if the biggest cheer emanating from the winner’s circle at Santa Anita on Thursday is for a man and not a racehorse.

For the first time, a race has been named in honor of retired Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr.

Santa Anita made the announcement earlier this month in conjunction with the details of its stakes program for the winter-spring meeting that begins Thursday and continues through June 15.

Glee capped a memorable Remington Park season with a 10 3/4-length win in the $75,000 Toby Keith Stakes on closing night Dec. 13 and is now bound for Oaklawn Park, according to trainer Steve Asmussen.

Glee made two starts at the Remington meet, both in stakes. She won the E.L. Gaylord at 6 1/2 furlongs by more than 15 lengths on the Oklahoma Derby undercard Sept. 29.

The highest Beyer Speed Figure earned at the current Oaklawn meet is a 99. Gulfport, one of three runners to have put up the number this season, shares the distinction with Happy Is a Choice and Full Screen.

Happy Is a Choice beat Gulfport by a neck in the Ring the Bell Stakes on Dec. 7 at Oaklawn. One start prior, Gulfport won the Bet On Sunshine at Churchill Downs.

Trainer Steve Asmussen said Gulfport emerged from the Ring the Bell in good order and will now target the $150,000 King Cotton on Jan. 25 at Oaklawn.

Sandman will begin preparations for the first graded race in Oaklawn Park’s series for 3-year-olds after closing out his initial season of racing with an impressive allowance win over the local surface on Dec. 13.

Sandman bounded to a 1 3/4-length victory over first-level allowance foes, earning a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 89.

It was a breakout performance, and his target now is the Grade 3, $1 million Southwest Stakes on Jan. 25, according to trainer Mark Casse.

Trainer Larry Rivelli’s second season stabled at Fair Grounds has started better than his first.

Rivelli wound up winning eight races during the 2023-24 Fair Grounds meet after moving most of his horses north well before the end of the racing season. This time, Rivelli already has six winners from just 13 runners during the meet’s first month.

“Last year, we did it on a whim. This year, we’re planting our flag,” Rivelli said.

The 3-year-old colt Mystik Dan, winner of the Kentucky Derby in May, is about to set off on a long journey from New Orleans to Southern California. The 3-year-old filly Two Sharp, winner of the Chilukki Stakes in November, is not.