Practical Joke will make his first start as a 3-year-old in the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park on March 4, and Jose Ortiz will have the mount, trainer Chad Brown said Wednesday.

Brown also had been considering the Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct on March 4 for Practical Joke’s first start on the Kentucky Derby trail.

“Ultimately, the decision was made because he’s thriving in south Florida, and I really don’t want to move the horse since he’s doing so well,” said Brown, who winters at the Palm Meadows training center.

Unbridled Mo has won some of her biggest races on the road and the plan is for the Houston Ladies Classic winner to travel for her next start, trainer Todd Pletcher said Tuesday. The filly based in South Florida is a candidate for the Grade 2, $350,000 Azeri on March 18 at Oaklawn.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The undefeated One Liner, who popped a Beyer Speed Figure of 102 for his win Monday in the Grade 3, $500,000 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park, was traveling Tuesday, headed back home to Palm Beach Downs in South Florida.

Arrogate, the best horse in the world, worked a sharp five furlongs in 59 seconds on Tuesday morning at Santa Anita. Trainer Bob Baffert said Arrogate's next start has yet to be determined, but conceded, "We've got a week to figure out what to do."

Mastery, one of the top 3-year-olds in the country, will make his first start of the year in the Grade 2, $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 11, trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday after Mastery worked six furlongs in 1:12 at Santa Anita.

The time equaled the fastest of 10 works at the distance on Tuesday.

Mastery worked in company, with Martin Garcia aboard. Mike Smith has the mount in the San Felipe.

"He worked great," Baffert said.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Gun Runner was bright and alert on Tuesday, the morning after he put up a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 110 for winning the Grade 3, $500,000 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park. The start was his first at 4, and he covered the mile and a sixteenth on a fast track in 1:40.97.

On Saturday, locally based runners finished first, second, and third in the Grade 3, $200,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, but you are unlikely to see any of them being pointed to the Kentucky Derby.

Zakaroff won the El Camino Real Derby in a $99.60 upset, with More Power to Him running third and Tribal Storm fourth. Favored Ann Arbor Eddie finished second, but was disqualified to fourth for interference, resulting in More Power to Him and Tribal Storm being placed second and third.

ARCADIA, Calif. - There was one winning ticket in Monday’s pick six at Santa Anita, which paid $109,742 including the single-ticket jackpot.

Going into the final race on the 11-race card, four horses were covered in the pick six, all to one ticket. The Monday program began without carryovers in the pick six.

NEW ORLEANS – I’m a Chatterbox came out of her second-place finish in the Houston Ladies Classic last month in good condition, but beyond a repeat bid in the Grade 1 Delaware Handicap this summer, there are no set plans for the 5-year-old mare.

“We’re just twiddling our thumbs,” trainer Larry Jones said. “We’re going to keep her going. We’ll spot around, look and see. We’re still going to get her on grass at some point.”

NEW ORLEANS – Two 3-year-old fillies showed off their talent in dirt-route races at Fair Grounds over the weekend.

On Sunday, Jenda’s Agenda won her second race from as many starts and aced her transition from a sprint to a route in a first-level allowance. Jenda’s Agenda beat the talented filly Stonetacular by one length but was eased up in the final furlong and basically galloped across the finish. She ran one mile and 70 yards in 1:43.51 and got an 85 Beyer, three points higher than the figure for her blowout debut win last month in a sprint.