Geris Hand paid an Oaklawn Park meet-high $228 to win on Thursday when she won the ninth and final race on the card. She was dismissed at 113-1 in the maiden claiming race for fillies and mares bred in Arkansas.

Geris Hand rallied for a 1 1/4-length win, covering six furlongs in 1:13.74. She was making her second start since September. Geris Hand was sixth, beaten 13 lengths, in her first start of the year Jan. 27 at Oaklawn. The start came in a $10,000 maiden claiming race. She ran for a $12,500 tag Thursday.

Fair Grounds has rolled out the welcome mat for the Southern California shipper So Conflated – emphasis on “out.”

So Conflated drew the outside post when 14 horses were entered in the Grade 2, $400,000 Risen Star on Thursday in New Orleans. So Conflated, who won the $100,000 California Derby in his most recent start, is trained by Doug O’Neill, owned by Reddam Racing, and will be ridden by Mario Gutierrez, the connections who won the Kentucky Derby last year with Nyquist. O’Neill, ever the optimist, wasn’t fazed by the news of his colt’s wide post.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Haul Anchor, who won a pair of route stakes for New York-breds and was being considered for the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham on March 4, is sidelined for a few months due to a knee chip, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Thursday.

McLaughlin said Haul Anchor underwent surgery Thursday to remove the chip and likely will be out of training for two to three months.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Unable to find an allowance race at Fair Grounds, trainer Jeremiah Englehart returned Moves Like Ali back to New York two weeks ago with the intention of running him in Monday’s $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters.

But Moves Like Ali got sick upon his return and will miss the race.

Moves Like Ali, a son of Maclean’s Music, was a sharp debut winner on closing weekend at Saratoga last September. He set the pace in the Grade 3 Futurity at Belmont before fading to third behind Theory.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – After finishing a respectable second in the Maddie May Stakes going two turns on Jan. 29, Toni Tools will turn back to a sprint when she heads a field of 10 entered for Sunday’s $100,000 Franklin Square Stakes at six furlongs.

Toni Tools, a daughter of Roaring Fever, won three straight sprints from Oct. 6 through Dec. 18 for trainer Todd Pletcher and owners Vinnie Viola and the MeB Stables of Maryellen Bonomo. Pletcher stretched her out in the Maddie May, and Toni Tools rallied from fifth to finish second, beaten a length by repeat winner Dublin Girl.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Despite racing eight fewer dates, the New York Racing Association in 2016 was down less than 1 percent in total handle on its races from the previous year, according to figures provided by the company on Wednesday.

A total of $2.23 billion was wagered on races from Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga, a decrease of 0.7 percent from 2015, when $2.24 billion was wagered. In 2016, NYRA conducted 229 days of racing and 1,950 races. In 2015, NYRA conducted 237 days of racing and 2,220 races.

At least a dozen 3-year-olds were expected to be entered Thursday in the Grade 2, $400,000 Risen Star Stakes on Feb. 25 at Fair Grounds.

Fair Grounds racing officials on Wednesday listed Arklow, Girvin, Guest Suite, It’s Your Nickel, Local Hero, Mo Town, Shareholder Value, So Conflated, Sorry Erik, Takeoff, Untrapped, and U S Officer as expected entrants in the Risen Star. The race, one of six stakes on the card, will be contested at 1 1/16 miles and is the first North American Kentucky Derby prep of the year to offer 50 Derby qualifying points to the winner.

Alsvid, the millionaire sprinter who won his 8-year-old debut last month at Oaklawn, has been retired, trainer Chris Hartman said Tuesday. The gelding will be sent to the Elk City, Okla., farm of owners Jim and Jo Brenda Rogers.

Alsvid won 11 stakes during his career, at Churchill Downs, Oaklawn, Prairie Meadows, Remington Park, and Zia.

“We had a lot of good times,” Hartman said. “He took us to a lot of places and it was a lot of fun, but all rides come to an end.”

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Blue Tone, winner of the Grade 3 San Gabriel last month at Santa Anita, arrived Tuesday at Oaklawn for an intended start in the Grade 3, $500,000 Razorback Handicap on Monday, trainer Bob Hess Jr. said. Hess said Jose Ortiz will ride Blue Tone.

The Razorback also is expected to draw Gun Runner, winner of the Grade 1 Clark Handicap; Shotgun Kowboy, Goats Town, Hawaakom, and Mishegas. Possible starters include Dazzling Gem, Smack Smack, and Taketothestreets.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has a pair of 3-year-olds targeting the Southwest in Warrior’s Club and Dilettante. Warrior’s Club won the Spendthrift Farm Stallion Stakes in October at Churchill Downs, while Dilettante popped a Beyer Speed Figure of 88 for a recent maiden special weight route win at Oaklawn.

Warrior’s Club enters the Southwest off a fourth-place finish in the $150,000 Smarty Jones on Jan. 16 at Oaklawn. He was racing on a wet track for the first time.