BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Jimmy Toner will take his nine-horse string from south Florida to Keeneland for the spring meet that begins April 7, and he has his eyes on a pair of stakes for two of his talented female turf runners.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The field for Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park was all but finalized last Saturday following a busy morning during which all eight potential starters put in their final works at four different venues around the local area.

FLORENCE, Ky. – Cory Orm picked an opportune time to have the best day of his seven-year riding career. Orm, 28, rode four winners Saturday on Spiral Day at Turfway Park, including the last two races of the day for his uncle, trainer Tom Humphries.

“That’s the most I’ve ever won in a day,” said Orm, who flashed four fingers at the cameras when crossing under the wire on his final winner, Kiwi Cat. “On such a big day, in front of all those fans ... things have really turned around for me the last few months, and I’m really grateful.”

FLORENCE, Ky. – With a slew of winning longshots in the sequence, no perfect tickets were sold Saturday in the late pick five, yielding a rare substantive carryover at Turfway. The pool stands at $47,102 for the only pick five being offered on a nine-race Thursday card.

First post is 6:15 p.m. Eastern, with the 50-cent pick five being held on races 1-5.

Thursday starts the final three-day stretch of racing at the winter-spring meet. Saturday is closing night. The Kentucky circuit then goes dark for five days before the 15-day Keeneland spring meet starts April 7.

FLORENCE, Ky. – Kendall Hansen thinks he’s gotten a bad rap, and maybe he has.

“I’m just looking to have a good time with my people,” Hansen said. “I mean, I’m like anybody else who wants to enjoy their 15 minutes of fame.”

Assuming all goes well in the coming weeks, Hansen will be back in the racing spotlight as the owner of Fast and Accurate, whose 24-1 upset Saturday in the Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park earned the colt a berth in the May 6 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – With McCraken coming off an eight-week layoff as he goes into his final Kentucky Derby prep, trainer Ian Wilkes sent his pupil out for a six-furlong work Monday intended to “put some bottom in him.” McCraken responded by blitzing his workmate through the six furlongs in 1:13.40 in his penultimate move before the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes on April 8.

“Very pleased,” the trainer said immediately afterward.

Despite riding out of town on several weekend days this winter, Florent Geroux is closing in on 100 winners at the Fair Grounds meet. And at this point, close to 100 percent of his mounts are getting bet more than they should. Call it the Geroux effect.

Yes, Geroux has become an excellent rider, and yes, success breeds success, and he is landing live mounts several times each card. But that does not mean the balance between popularity and betting value is anywhere near fair.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Drayden Van Dyke is targeting a comeback in May after breaking his arm in a spill Jan. 26, his agent, Brad Pegram, told Santa Anita publicity last weekend.

Van Dyke recently had a full-arm cast replaced with one below the elbow that will be worn until early April, when he will be fitted with a soft brace, Pegram said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – A horse based at San Luis Rey Downs with trainer Adam Kitchingman was recently found to have the equine herpesvirus, and racing officials are not allowing Kitchingman’s horses to ship into Santa Anita.

ARCADIA, Calif. – From longshots to logical contenders, the field for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 8 continues to grow.

On Sunday, Kimbear was scratched from the Grade 3 Sunland Derby in New Mexico by trainer Eric Kruljac, who intends to start the colt in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby.

“Why not?” Kruljac said. “It’s his home track, and he doesn’t have to ship.”