ARCADIA, Calif. – Sircat Sally has outgrown the California-bred division.

Unbeaten in five starts, Sircat Sally won her graded-stakes debut in the Grade 3 Providencia Stakes on turf at Santa Anita last Saturday. Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said he is considering the Grade 3 Senorita Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at a mile on turf May 6 for Sircat Sally’s next start. The $100,000 Senorita could lead to an appearance in the Grade 2 Honeymoon Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf for 3-year-old fillies June 17.

“She’s doing well on turf,” Hollendorfer said.

ARCADIA, Calif. - As 2017 unfolds, trainer Richard Baltas’s female turf division is growing in strength.

Goodyearforroses won the Grade 2 Santa Ana Stakes on March 12 and is scheduled to start in next Saturday’s Grade 1 Jenny Wiley Stakes at a mile on turf at Keeneland. Place des Vosges, the winner of optional claimers in February and March, may run in the Grade 3 Santa Barbara Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Santa Anita on April 30.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Paradise Woods, who won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks by 11 3/4 lengths Saturday, had a believer in trainer Richard Mandella long before her first start in January.

“I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging, but she’s always made us think she was that good,” he said.

That may sound easy for Mandella to say after such an impressive win in the $400,690 Santa Anita Oaks, except the Hall of Fame trainer insists he had those thoughts before Paradise Woods finished a well-beaten second in her debut Jan. 26.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Unique Bella, the top-ranked 3-year-old filly in the land before a recurrence of a shin injury sent her to the sidelines, will recuperate at the Pegasus Rehabilitation Center in Washington state, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Sunday morning at Santa Anita.

Unique Bella is still here at Hollendorfer’s barn, but her trip to Washington is imminent. Hollendorfer has used Pegasus with numerous horses over the years. The facility is owned by Dr. Mark Dedomenico, a long-time client of Hollendorfer’s.

Arrogate, the best horse in the world, returned to the track to train at Santa Anita on Sunday morning, jogging once around the wrong way under exercise rider Dana Barnes in his first appearance on the track since returning from his win two weeks earlier in the Dubai World Cup.

His trainer, Bob Baffert, said Arrogate weighed 1,194 pounds before he left for Dubai, and was at 1,150 after he got back here. Now, two weeks later, he’s again at 1,194.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Songbird, a two-time Eclipse Award winner, took her first serious steps toward returning to action with an easy three-furlong drill in 35.80 seconds early Sunday morning at Santa Anita. Exercise rider Edgar Rodriguez was aboard for the drill, in which Songbird went by herself, breaking off at the three-furlong pole. Santa Anita’s clockers had her going out a half-mile in 48.20 seconds.

“Very nice and smooth, galloped out well. I’m very pleased,” said her trainer, Jerry Hollendorfer.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Miss Sky Warrior, convincing winner of Saturday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct, will ship to Kentucky sometime this week to continue preparations for the Kentucky Oaks on May 5, trainer Kelly Breen said Sunday.

Miss Sky Warrior remained at Aqueduct Sunday morning; the bulk of Breen’s horses are still stabled at Palm Meadows in south Florida. Breen is scheduled to run a horse next Saturday at Keeneland and will likely ship Miss Sky Warrior to Keeneland later this week before moving on to Churchill.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – On Sunday morning, trainer Graham Motion tweeted a photo of a pony done up in bubble wrap with the caption, “Irish War Cry looks good this morning.”

While humorous, the tweet truthfully encapsulated the fragile nature of Thoroughbreds, especially 3-year-olds on the Triple Crown trail.

Six years ago, Motion won the Wood Memorial with Toby’s Corner. On the day he was scheduled to ship to Churchill Downs, Toby’s Corner turned up lame and didn’t make the Kentucky Derby.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The first three finishers from the Santa Anita Derby on Saturday all will be pointed to the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs, and the fourth-place finisher likely is headed to the Belmont Stakes, their trainers said Sunday morning.

Gormley and Royal Mo, who finished first and third, respectively, in the Santa Anita Derby, “both look great this morning,” trainer John Shirreffs said at his barn.

Oaklawn leading trainer Steve Asmussen’s top prospects for the Racing Festival of the South stakes put in their final works Sunday morning, including his Arkansas Derby double of Lookin At Lee and Untrapped.

It was an overcast morning in the 60s in Hot Springs, Ark. The track was fast.

Untrapped, who comes off a third-place finish in the Grade 2, $900,000 Rebel at Oaklawn, went a half-mile by himself in 51 seconds. Lookin at Lee did the same, also going in 51 seconds. Lookin At Lee was third in the Grade 3, $500,000 Southwest in February at Oaklawn.