Eagles Flight, a 3-year-old half-brother to 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, has resumed workouts for the first time since early June with the hope he can resume his career at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting that begins on Dec. 26.

Trained by John Sadler, Eagles Flight worked three furlongs in 35 seconds at Santa Anita on Thursday. On Oct. 10, the colt worked a quarter-mile in 23.20 seconds.

“He’s going to work every Thursday going into Santa Anita,” Sadler said.

Jockey Luan Machado appeared to misjudge the finish line in Wednesday’s eighth race at Keeneland – which utilizes two finish lines – costing his mount, Ultimate Strike, a sure win as he was ultimately nailed at the wire by Gotta Have Dreams.

Five Quarter Horse trained by Heath Taylor, including three runners from the $200,000 All American Juvenile at the Downs at Albuquerque on Sept. 2, were euthanized Wednesday after testing positive for equine infectious anemia, the California Horse Racing Board announced late Wednesday afternoon.

Taylor has lost 18 horses to EIA in the last month, 12 at Los Alamitos and six at Lone Star Park in Texas. The first positives were detected Sept. 24, according to the racing board.

No matter where racing is conducted in Northern California, trainer Manny Badilla has a consistent approach in advance of stakes – no pre-race interviews.

After a race, Badilla freely enjoys discussing results, particularly on Wednesday, three days after Lammas won his third consecutive stakes on the circuit in the $68,350 Bull Dog Stakes at the Big Fresno Fair.

The Fresno meeting ended on Monday. On Saturday, the Golden State Racing meeting begins a nine-week run in Pleasanton, a late autumn replacement for Golden Gate Fields, which closed permanently in June.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Soul of an Angel, among the leading contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, breezed three furlongs in 35.40 seconds before galloping out a half-mile in 48.20 over a fast track Tuesday at Gulfstream Park in tandem with stablemate General Ledger.

The work was the first for Soul of an Angel since she earned an automatic berth into the Filly and Mare Sprint by virtue of her impressive 3 1/4-length victory over odds-on Beth’s Dream in the Grade 3 Princess Rooney Stakes here Sept. 21.