HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The eye-catching victory by Blue Buff in his career debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park resulted in short-lived joy for trainer Joe Orseno.

The next day, all 16 of the horses trained by Orseno for the DJ Stable of Leonard Green – including Blue Buff – were moved a couple of barns down at Palm Meadows and into the shed row of John Servis.

“The DJ folks told me they wanted to make a change,” said Orseno. “This is a tough one, I’ll tell you. What an unbelievably difficult business this can be. I’m numb.”

McCraken had his first workout since his latest victory when breezing a half-mile in company in 48.80 seconds Monday at his winter base at the Palm Meadows training center in Boynton Beach, Fla.

With regular rider Brian Hernandez Jr. in from New Orleans, McCraken worked alongside his Ian Wilkes-trained stablemate Fifth Title, a 4-year-old maiden.

“I got him galloping out in 1:12 flat, then another eighth in 13 and 1,” said Wilkes. “I’m very pleased with the horse. All’s good.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A long layoff, a bad post, an eventful trip – in the end, none of that mattered to Highland Sky, who made an impressive return from a 7 1/2-month vacation with a game three-quarter-length triumph over a strong optional-claiming/allowance field here last Saturday.

OLDSMAR, Fla. – It was anything but a lazy Sunday for No Dozing, who turned in a bullet workout at Tampa Bay Downs to remain under consideration for the Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby here on March 11. No Dozing breezed half a mile in 47.80 seconds, the fastest of 62 works at the distance here that morning, as he tries to bounce back from a disappointing 3-year-old debut.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A field of up to 10 3-year-olds is taking shape for the second of three major Kentucky Derby preps to be run this winter at Gulfstream Park, the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth on Saturday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The importance of an American horse race is now partly measured by the number of supporting stakes that surround it that day. So, yes, the Fountain of Youth here Saturday at Gulfstream Park will be a big one: Eight other stakes, all but one of them graded, will accompany the key Kentucky Derby prep on a 13-race card.

Here follows a rundown of those races, all of which were to be drawn Wednesday:

ARCADIA, Calif. – It seems like all 3-year-old fillies not named Unique Bella have been forgotten in recent months in Southern California.

Abel Tasman fits that profile. She has not raced since winning the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos in December and will be overlooked to some extent in Saturday’s Grade 3 Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita. Unique Bella will be a heavy favorite in the $100,000 race at 1 1/16 miles.

Farrell came out of her win Saturday in the Grade 2, $200,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes in good shape, but trainer Wayne Catalano is not committing to running back in the Fair Grounds Oaks here April 1.

Untrapped, the Risen Star runner-up, is headed to Oaklawn Park for the Rebel Stakes on March 18, but the third- and fourth-place Risen Star finishers, Local Hero and Guest Suite, are likely runners in the Louisiana Derby, trainers Steve Asmussen and Neil Howard said Sunday.

Mo Town, who was fifth as the favorite in the Risen Star, flies back to trainer Tony Dutrow's base at Payson Park on Tuesday.

NEW ORLEANS -- Girvin came out of the Risen Star Stakes as well as he went into it, according to trainer Joe Sharp. Making just his third start and racing around two turns on dirt for the first time, Girvin won the Risen Star on Saturday at Fair Grounds by two lengths over Untrapped. If all goes well with the colt, Girvin will make his next start April 1 in the $1 million Louisiana Derby,