Lacey Gaudet had a career year running her family’s racing operation in 2016, winning 31 races and more than $850,000 in purses. Additionally, she made a tremendous claim in July at Laurel Park on behalf of owner Matt Shera, taking John Jones for $25,000.

John Jones has since developed into one of the leading older horses in Maryland, winning five of six starts, including a pair of Maryland-bred stakes, and earning $222,000. In his lone loss since being claimed, John Jones finished third, beaten two lengths, in the $190,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at Gulfstream Park.

Parx-based horseman Luis Carvajal Jr. said he was relieved after Imperial Hint won the Grade 3 General George last Saturday at Laurel Park. The win was the first in a graded race for the horse, trainer, and owner Raymond Mamone.

“For me, having a small stable, it is a big deal to win a race like this,” Carvajal said Monday. “Going to the races that day, driving to Laurel, I knew he had a shot, and I was very nervous.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – McCraken, one of the favorites for the 143rd Kentucky Derby on May 6, is back in a daily training routine at the Palm Meadows training center in Boynton Beach, Fla., following his victory in the Feb. 11 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. McCraken is being pointed to a return to Tampa for the March 11 Tampa Bay Derby.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – LeRoy Jolley can walk virtually unnoticed among the crowd at Gulfstream Park. It wasn’t always this way.

More than a generation ago, Jolley was the trainer of the moment in much the same way that Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher, and Bob Baffert are today. He was destined for greatness at a very young age; when he was just 24, he trained Ridan, the heavy favorite and third-place finisher in the 1962 Kentucky Derby. He accomplished so much during the quarter-century that followed that his plaque was enshrined in the Racing Hall of Fame in 1987.

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.