ARCADIA, Calif. – Silent Bird has not lost since his debut in December 2015, reeling off five consecutive wins since the middle of January 2016.

The winning streak includes four optional claimers and the minor Damascus Stakes at seven furlongs at Santa Anita last November, the only stakes appearance for the 5-year-old horse. Next Saturday, Silent Bird will have his long-awaited graded-stakes debut in the Grade 1 Triple Bend Stakes at seven furlongs.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Gormley, the winner of the Grade 3 Sham Stakes for 3-year-olds at a mile Jan. 7, is tentatively scheduled to start in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita next Saturday, trainer John Shirreffs said on Saturday.

Shirreffs said Royal Mo, the winner of the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Feb. 4, will be pointed for the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park on March 18.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The list of contenders for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap next Saturday has grown to include a horse claimed for $62,500 on Thursday and a Group 1 winner from South America.

Cautious Giant, third in two graded stakes for sprinters in 2016, will start as a pacesetter for stablemate Imperative, new owner Ron Paolucci said on Saturday. Cautious Giant was claimed for $62,500 on Thursday from an optional claimer at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course.

When Chris DeCarlo was unseated by his mount, Enchanteresse in the sixth race at Aqueduct last Nov. 19, the jockey thought he was going to be out a few days. An initial misdiagnosis of his injury turned a few days into a few months. On Feb. 25, DeCarlo began getting back on horses in the morning, and now he’s eyeing a mid-March return to the saddle in the afternoon.

DeCarlo said Friday that he is targeting March 14 for his return, though if that is the date, he likely would have to ride at Parx since that is a dark day at Aqueduct.

The $125,000 Stymie Stakes at Aqueduct next Sunday won’t have any superstars, but it’s shaping up as a solid race that includes a trio of New York-breds – Royal Posse, Diversify, and Send It In – who have combined to win 14 of their last 16 starts.

Diversify, undefeated in four starts; Send It In, who has won six of his last seven; and Royal Posse, a winner of four of his last five, are all targeting the Stymie, scheduled for 1 1/8 miles over the inner track.

The stakes-winning 3-year-old Saint’s Fan came back lame from a Friday workout at Fair Grounds, was diagnosed with a fractured cannon bone in his left-hind leg, and had to be euthanized.

Trainer Dallas Stewart bred and owned Saint’s Fan, a Louisiana-bred by Take of Ekati out of the Sky Mesa mare Boy Crazy.

“He had a workout today, got back to the barn, and after a bath, we noticed he wasn’t walking well,” Stewart said.

Stewart said the fracture ran down the cannon bone all the way to the sesamoid and wasn’t repairable.

Miguel Hernandez never won the Sunland Park Derby as a jockey, but he has a good chance to do so as a trainer with the undefeated Conquest Mo Money.

The horse improved his record to 3 for 3 in last weekend’s Mine That Bird Derby, which served as the local prep for the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby. Conquest Mo Money is now bound for the March 26 race, Hernandez said Wednesday.

Hernandez won riding titles at Sunland, Zia Park, Ruidoso, and Turf Paradise during a 33-year career in the saddle that came to an end in a spill in 2013.

Fear the Cowboy, the winner of last year’s Evangeline Downs Mile, will be considered for the $250,000 Essex Handicap on March 18 at Oaklawn, said trainer Efren Loza Jr. Loza said he is monitoring the potential field for the Essex, which shares a card with the Rebel and Azeri stakes.

Fear the Cowboy last raced Feb. 25, finishing second in the $100,000 Maxxam Gold Cup at Sam Houston. He earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 90. One start prior, Fear the Cowboy won an allowance at Delta Downs. Loza is wintering at Delta and has a string of horses in south Florida.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Hard Aces has had a nearly constant presence in the major stakes for older horses in Southern California in recent years. He even wins a few of them.

Owned by Pete and Kosta Hronis, Hard Aces won the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita in 2015 and will have his third consecutive appearance in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap next Saturday. He was fourth in 2015 and second last year to Melatonin.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Dortmund, the six-time stakes winner, is likely to have his first start for trainer Art Sherman in the Grade 1 Frank Kilroe Mile on turf at Santa Anita next Saturday.

Sherman said the $400,000 Kilroe Mile has more appeal than the Grade 1 Triple Bend Stakes at seven furlongs on dirt on the same day.

“I got a feeling it will be a little easier,” Sherman said of the Kilroe Mile. “I’ve been wanting to try him on grass.”