ARCADIA, Calif. – In his 14-race career, Masochistic has won eight races, three graded stakes, and been disqualified from purse money twice for medication violations.

In November, Masochistic was second in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita, but he was later disqualified because of a steroid positive. In January, the Breeders’ Cup announced that Masochistic is banned from any Breeders’ Cup race at Del Mar in November, as are all runners from trainer Ron Ellis’s stable.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Todd Pletcher said Wednesday that Malagacy, untested in a pair of sprints at this meet to begin his career, will make his next start at Oaklawn Park in the Grade 2, $900,000 Rebel Stakes on March 18.

Malagacy, by Shackleford, won a 5 1/2-furlong maiden race by 15 lengths and a 6 1/2-furlong optional-claiming race by seven lengths.

Carlos Carrasco, the 18-year-old younger brother of top Maryland rider Victor Carrasco, won with the first two mounts of his career at Laurel Park last Saturday.

Carrasco scored a 15-1 front-running upset aboard the Jose Corrales-trained Wilko’s Last Dance in race 3 and came right back to win the fourth on 3-5 favorite Speightshill for trainer Jonathan Maldonado.

There will be an early sign of spring this week when the Sagamore Farm of Under Armour founder Kevin Plank ships six horses from Florida to their home base in Maryland. Over the next month, other snowbirds will be heading back to the Mid-Atlantic, which could use an infusion of new blood.

Trainer Arnaud Delacour said A. P. Indian is scheduled to breeze again here at Tampa Bay Downs this weekend as the 7-year-old gelding gears up for his seasonal debut next month in the Commonwealth Stakes at Keeneland. A. P. Indian was a 2016 Eclipse Award finalist in the sprint division.

Delacour said another of his stable stars, Divining Rod, is back under tack at WinStar Farm in Kentucky after a minor setback interrupted his training at Tampa. The 5-year-old Divining Rod is expected to return to action within a few months.

OLDSMAR, Fla. – This year marks not only the 25th anniversary of trainer Rusty Arnold having his second and most recent starter in the Kentucky Derby but also the 35th anniversary of his first.

There would be no better way to celebrate than having another Derby starter.

“It’s the plan we’ve had since last fall,” said Arnold, who on Saturday will be looking to take a big step in that direction when Wild Shot runs in the Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs.

Mo Town, who finished fifth as the favorite in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds on Feb. 25, returned to the work tab Wednesday at Payson Park in Florida, breezing a half-mile in 49.60 seconds.

Trainer Tony Dutrow said he is considering the Grade 1, $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on April 1 or the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 8 for the colt’s next start.

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Southwest Stakes runner-up Petrov emerged from a Saturday workout in good order, and there’s a “90 percent” chance he’ll make his next start in the Grade 2, $900,000 Rebel on March 18, trainer Ron Moquett said Monday. Petrov worked five-eighths in company, covering the distance in 59.60 seconds and galloping out strongly in his first breeze since the Southwest.

“This was kind of a maintenance breeze and letting him kind of tell me where he’s at,” Moquett said. “He was very happy and did it all the right way.”

Moquett said Jose Ortiz will have the mount in the Rebel.

Trainer Mark Casse suggested just after Valadorna had finished third in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes that the 3-year-old filly could bypass the Fair Grounds Oaks and race instead in the Ashland Stakes at Keeneland. On Sunday, Casse confirmed that was the plan.

“She came out of that race very good, has come back and trained well,” Casse said. “We’re still working shipping arrangements and keeping an eye on the weather. We’ll probably go 10 days, two weeks before the race.”

Farrell, one of the top 3-year-old fillies in North America, will make her next start in the Fair Grounds Oaks on April 1, trainer Wayne Catalano said Sunday.

Farrell easily won the Golden Rod at Churchill to cap her 2-year-old season and has won the Silverbulletday and Rachel Alexandra stakes this winter at Fair Grounds. Catalano said the day after the Feb. 25 Rachel Alexandra that he would consider training Farrell up to the Kentucky Oaks, but the decision has been made to race her again at Fair Grounds.