ARCADIA, Calif. - Drefong, the champion sprinter of 2016, worked three furlongs in 37 seconds at Santa Anita on Sunday, his first workout since early February.

Trained by Bob Baffert for Susan and Charles Chu, Drefong has not raced since winning the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita last November. Baffert had Drefong in training briefly during the winter before opting to rest the 4-year-old through the early months of the year.

Baffert is targeting a summer return for Del Mar, with the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at six furlongs on July 29 as a goal.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Cupid is likely to be on trainer Bob Baffert’s traveling team in the older horse division this summer and fall after winning Saturday’s Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita in his first start in eight months.

Baffert’s home team is led by the 4-year-old star Arrogate, who won the $10 million Dubai World Cup in his last start on March 25. Arrogate is back in training and has been galloping on a daily basis at Santa Anita for a scheduled comeback at Del Mar this summer. The Grade 1 Pacific Classic on Aug. 19 is a goal for Arrogate.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Though Lady Eli was heavily favored to win Saturday’s Grade 1 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita, trainer Chad Brown on Sunday morning had praise for his rider and mega-talented mare for getting the hard-fought victory.

ELMONT, N.Y. -  As his counterpart Todd Pletcher did with Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming earlier this week, trainer Chad Brown on Sunday morning confirmed that Preakness winner Cloud Computing would skip the 149th Belmont Stakes on June 10. He will be pointed to the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga on July 29.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Trainer Jorge Navarro worked Sharp Azteca six furlongs at Monmouth Park on Sunday. He worked War Story six furlongs Saturday. Both horses will be headed to New York this week to finish their preparations for races on Belmont Stakes Day.

Sharp Azteza, most recently third in the $1 million Godolphin Mile, is being pointed to the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap. War Story, who was beaten a half-length last out when third in the Charles Town Classic, is targeting the Grade 2 Brooklyn Invitational.

Belmont ParkWeather: Clear Temp.: 61 Main track: Fast Training track: Fast

ELMONT, N.Y. – Nearly 250 horses found their way onto the work tabs over the Belmont Park main and training tracks on Saturday, three of whom – Meantime, Patch, and Tapwrit – are likely to find themselves in the starting gate two weeks down the road in the Belmont Stakes.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Having confirmed that Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming will skip the Belmont Stakes and return this summer, trainer Todd Pletcher on Saturday began focusing on the third leg of the Triple Crown with Tapwrit and Patch, his two potential starters for the 149th Belmont on June 10.

On Saturday at Belmont Park, both Tapwrit, sixth in the Kentucky Derby, and Patch, 14th in the Derby, put in workouts over the training track.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Inside Straight, the winner of the Oaklawn Handicap, likely would have been the favorite for Monday’s $200,000 Commentator Stakes here. His connections are hunting bigger game though, and he will be pointed to the Grade 1, $1.2 million Metropolitan Handicap on June 10.

“We’re probably going to take some criticism for it, but the horse has been training well, and the owner preferred to run in the Met Mile, so we’re going to give it a shot,” said Robertino Diodoro, who trains Inside Straight for owner Randy Howg.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown’s dominance of the filly-and-mare turf division includes the New York-bred ranks.

Brown sends out the trio of Ancient Secret, Fourstar Crook, and Ack Naughty here Monday in the $125,000 Mount Vernon Stakes for fillies and mares at a mile on the turf.

The millionaire String King has a couple of stakes objectives on his calendar at this Louisiana Downs meet, trainer Charlie Smith said Wednesday.

The first is the $50,000 Louisiana Cup Turf Classic, a race he has won three times. The 1 1/16-mile stakes for Louisiana-breds will be run Aug. 5. Smith said String King also is a candidate for the Unbridled, a race he has won in the past. The $60,000 Unbridled at 1 1/16 miles on turf will be run on the Super Derby undercard Sept. 9.

Smith said jockey Kevin Smith has been working String King and is slated to ride the horse.