ARCADIA, Calif. - Arms Runner became the latest turf sprint stakes winner for trainer Peter Miller with a win in Saturday’s $79,190 Desert Code Stakes for 3-year-olds on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita.

Miller has a longterm plan to develop Arms Runner into a graded stakes winner around two turns by the end of the summer. The Del Mar summer meeting has a stakes schedule that emphasizes turf races for 3-year-olds, ending with the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby on Sept. 3. The first stakes for the division is the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes at a mile on July 19, opening day.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Kentucky Oaks winner Abel Tasman is a candidate for the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park on June 10, trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday.

Abel Tasman resumed racetrack training at Santa Anita over the weekend following her upset win in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 5. Baffert said a decision on whether Abel Tasman is sent to New York will be made closer to the race.

Lexington Stakes winner Senior Investment worked five furlongs in 1:02 at Keeneland on Sunday morning in his final serious pre-Preakness move. The colt hit the wire well in front of older stablemate Some in Tieme - a Group 1 winner in his native Brazil, and a close second in a Keeneland allowance last out - and continued to move away while galloping out six furlongs in 1:14.
Channing Hill, who rode Senior Investment to win the Lexington on April 15, was aboard for the work. The Ken McPeek trainee was sixth in the Louisiana Derby in his prior start.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Before Mother Nature poured buckets of water on Long Island on Saturday morning, trainer Chad Brown was able to get in Cloud Computing’s last major workout before next Saturday’s 142nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

Texas Chrome ran one of the best races of his career in defeat last weekend at Lone Star Park, finishing second to Mor Spirit in the Grade 3, $200,000 Steve Sexton Mile. He stalked the pace and rallied to finish 5 3/4 lengths behind the Grade 1 winner, who earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 107. Texas Chrome earned a 98 Beyer.

“He got a great trip, and I thought we had a shot at the head of the lane,” said J.R. Caldwell, who trains Texas Chrome for Keene Thoroughbreds. “He ran great. He ran his best lifetime number.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Stellar Wind, the winner of the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap last month in her first start of 2017, worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 on Friday in preparation for what could be a red-hot running of the Grade 1 Beholder Mile at Santa Anita on June 3.

Stellar Wind worked in company with stablemate Pappou, who was timed in 1:00.80.

“She broke off two lengths behind her company and kind of breezed past,” trainer John Sadler said. “It was very, very smooth. We’re right on target.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Gormley and Irap, graded stakes winners in April but unplaced in the Kentucky Derby, are candidates for the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on June 10, their trainers said Friday.

Gormley, the winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 8, finished ninth in the Kentucky Derby, while Irap, the winner of the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 15, finished 18th of the 19 finishers.

John Shirreffs, who trains Gormley, and Doug O’Neill, who trains Irap, said the Belmont Stakes at 1 1/2 miles is foremost on their minds.

Cajun Delta Dawn emerged as one of the top 2-year-old fillies of the spring-summer meet a year ago at Gulfstream Park, where she won the first four races of her career. She could see local action again soon.

Trainer David Fawkes said Friday that Cajun Delta Dawn is possible for the $75,000 Azalea on July 1.

Cajun Delta Dawn launched her 3-year-old season last week at Churchill Downs, and after pushing the pace from post 14 in the Grade 2 Eight Belles, she finished eighth. The start was her first in five months. Cajun Delta Dawn is now back home at Gulfstream.

Growing up a horse-crazed kid in Midway, Ky., Nick Bush had dreams of one day riding a Kentucky Derby winner. In a way, that dream was realized last weekend, when Always Dreaming romped to a 2 3/4-length victory in the 143rd Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.

While John Velazquez was the jockey of record, Bush played an important role in getting Always Dreaming to the race in the best possible shape.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – J Boys Echo exited his Kentucky Derby adventure with minor stiffness but is otherwise fine and could make his next start in the home state of his owners, the Albaugh Family Stable.

Trainer Dale Romans said the Grade 3, $250,000 Iowa Derby is the next logical spot for J Boys Echo, who was never a factor at 47-1 when finishing 15th in the Derby last Saturday at Churchill Downs. Like several others, the colt was compromised by a chain reaction at the break and never recovered.