DEL MAR, Calif. – Bowies Hero may have a busy Del Mar summer meeting.

After winning Wednesday’s $120,660 Oceanside Stakes for 3-year-olds on turf, trainer Phil D’Amato was contemplating two more starts on turf for the colt in the coming weeks: the Grade 3 La Jolla Handicap at 1 1/16 miles on Aug. 6 and the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby at 1 1/8 miles on Sept. 3.

The $250,000 Del Mar Derby is the main goal for D’Amato and owners Mark Martinez and Jeff Hebert.

“We could consider the La Jolla,” D’Amato said Wednesday. “If not, we’ll look at the Derby.”

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Carl Moore became so interested in racing in high school that he took a summer job as a groom in 1972 at Ruidoso Downs. The experience made a lifelong impression on the Texan, and in 2010 he became a Breeders’ Cup-winning owner when Chamberlain Bridge captured the Turf Sprint.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott has only one starter on Friday’s opening-day card at Saratoga, but he may have the most interesting horse on the 10-race program.

Via Egnatia, a 3-year-old son of Distorted Humor out of the Grade 1-winning dam Honest Lady, is entered in a first-level allowance going six furlongs on the dirt. Honest Lady, a half-sister to Empire Maker, produced First Defence, who in 2008 won the Grade 1 Forego here for Bobby Frankel.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Only three horses have beaten Lady Eli in her brilliant 11-race career. One of those horses, Dickinson, will be Lady Eli’s chief nemesis in Saturday’s $500,000 Diana Stakes, the first Grade 1 of the Saratoga meet.

Dickinson, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for Godolphin Racing, defeated Lady Eli by a head in the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April. For Dickinson, it was her fourth start of the year. For Lady Eli it was her first.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A field of eight 2-year-olds was drawn Wednesday for Saturday’s Grade 3 Sanford, a six-furlong race topped by trainer Todd Pletcher’s pair of Admiral Jimmy and Bal Harbour. Completing the lineup are the stakes-placed Direct Dial; debut winners Psychoanalyze, Free Drop Billy, and Firenze Fire; and Baffin and Nauti Boy.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y – Finley’sluckycharm breezed an easy half-mile in 50.58 seconds over the main track here Wednesday morning with her regular rider Brian Hernandez Jr. aboard. It was a relatively slow move, especially by her standards, but one that had trainer Bret Calhoun all smiles later that morning.

Finley’sluckycharm, a winner of six of her last seven starts, is pointing for the Grade 2 Honorable Miss here next Wednesday.

Ivy Bell had her first breeze since her runner-up finish in the June 24 Chicago Handicap when going a half-mile Monday in 49 seconds at the HighPointe training center near La Grange, Ky.

Ivy Bell looms a major contender for Ellis Park’s showcase event, the Grade 3, $100,000 Groupie Doll, which will be run at one mile Aug. 13. Ivy Bell won back-to-back allowances at Churchill before finishing second to Finley’sluckycharm at 24-1 in the Chicago.

“She’s doing awesome,” said Billy Denzik, who trains the 4-year-old filly for Brook Smith.

A dispute over simulcasting fees continues to drag along as races from Monarch Contract Management tracks such as Del Mar, Gulfstream, and Monmouth continue to be unavailable at Ellis and all simulcast facilities in Kentucky.

Breaking a long losing streak felt so good that Caroline Quast thought she’d win another one.

The 32-year-old apprentice rider snapped a 73-race drought by winning last Friday at Ellis Park aboard 24-1 shot Bold Force, then came right back to win with her very next mount when Dulce de Leche scored Saturday at 17-1 at the western Kentucky track. A $2 win parlay was worth $915.

“I was surprised, but yes, it was awesome,” said Quast, who began riding show horses at age 5 in her native Germany.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Unique Bella, considered the leading 3-year-old filly in the country before going to the sidelines with shin problems, is back jogging at Del Mar preparing for a fall campaign.

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