SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Graham Motion sends out the improving pair of Guilty Twelve and Lottie in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Waya, one of three turf stakes on the Whitney undercard.

Guilty Twelve, a 5-year-old daughter of Giant’s Causeway, is 2 for 2 this year, with narrow victories in a Belmont allowance and the Grade 3 Robert G. Dick Memorial at Delaware Park. This will be her first start at 1 1/2 miles.

“I don’t think it’s going to hurt,” Motion said of the distance, adding that jockey Chris DeCarlo told Motion after the last race that, “She’ll go all day.”

The Tabulator won his career debut over Arlington’s Polytrack by more than nine lengths before capturing the $85,000 Prairie Gold Juvenile by 2 1/4 lengths over dirt on July 28, but rather than point to the Arlington-Washington Futurity, trainer Larry Rivelli said he will aim The Tabulator at the $150,000 Iroquois on Sept. 16 at Churchill Downs.

“I think he likes dirt better,” said Rivelli. “He really didn’t beat much first time out. If he wins the Iroquois, I can take him either to the Breeders’ Cup [Juvenile] or the Delta Jackpot.”

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – One might think the horses would come out in droves to run for a million dollars, but though it doesn’t usually work that way, a full field is coming together for the Arlington Million on Aug. 12.

As of Wednesday, 14 horses, the most that can start, were considered likely entrants in the Million, for which pre-entries are officially due at midnight Saturday.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – California invaders have had success in this decade shipping east for the Grade 1 Test Stakes, and with no suitable options in the 3-year-old filly sprint division at the Del Mar meeting, a trio of West Coast invaders will try to add to that recent history in the $500,000 Test on Saturday’s Whitney Stakes program at Saratoga.

DEL MAR, Calif. – The Grade 1 winner Big Macher was recently sent to a Southern California farm and has likely run his last race.

Big Macher was entered in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar on July 29 but was withdrawn when an injury was detected. Trainer Richard Baltas said on Wednesday that Big Macher is at Katie Mansor’s farm in nearby Hemet, Calif. Mansor is the daughter of Tom Mansor, who owns Big Macher with Brendan Bakir.

“As of now, she’ll take care of him,” Baltas said.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Hillhouse High ran a career-best race in winning the Grade 2 Royal Heroine Stakes at a mile on turf at Santa Anita in April. She was unable to duplicate that effort when sixth in the Grade 2 Distaff Turf Mile at Churchill Downs on May 6 and was given a vacation for the remainder of the spring.

Three months later, Hillhouse High will start in Saturday’s Grade 2 Yellow Ribbon Handicap at 1 1/16 miles on turf for fillies and mares at Del Mar. The $200,000 Yellow Ribbon will determine how ambitiously she is campaigned in the coming months.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Klimt, second in the Grade 3 Los Alamitos Derby on July 15, will remain in Southern California rather than heading to Saratoga for his next start.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Stanley Gold is as resilient as he is disciplined. A strict vegetarian for nearly 50 years, Gold has landed on his feet since being abruptly dismissed in April 2016 by his longtime client, the Jacks or Better Farm of Fred Brei.

The Florida Sire Stakes events will be overshadowed to a certain extent this weekend by the eagerly awaited comeback of Gunnevera, the locally based standout whose star lost some luster with off-the-board finishes in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Gunnevera will be a heavy favorite Sunday in the $100,000 Tangelo Stakes as part of a small field of 3-year-olds.

Trainer Antonio Sano said Wednesday that he has been very pleased with how Gunnevera has matured and filled out since the colt finished fifth in the May 20 Preakness.

The purse of the Apple Blossom Handicap has been raised to $700,000 in the most significant change to the 31-race stakes schedule for the Oaklawn Park meet that opens Jan. 12. Last season, the race was worth $600,000 when won by champion Stellar Wind.

Oaklawn’s stakes calendar, which features four races offering Kentucky Derby qualifying points, will be worth a track-record $8.53 million in 2018.