A consortium of three county fair associations will present a plan to the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday to run a 10-week meeting this fall at the Alameda County Fair Grounds in Pleasanton that will replace Golden Gate Fields as a year-round base for Thoroughbred racing in Northern California.

Golden State Racing, a group of Northern California-based horsemen working in conjunction with the California Authority of Racing Fairs, has proposed a 26-day season from Oct. 19 through Dec. 15 racing on a Friday-through-Sunday basis.

Jockey Ruben Silvera will likely be out five weeks after breaking his collarbone in a spill Monday at Parx, according to his agent, Richard Englander.

Silvera and apprentice jockey Eliseo Ruiz, also involved in the spill, were named on horses Thursday at Aqueduct but did not ride. Ruiz, according to Englander, had a hoof imprint on his left forearm but X-rays taken on the arm were negative. Ruiz is expected to miss one week. A third rider involved in the spill, Julio Correa, was fine and rode Tuesday and Wednesday at Parx.

Just a Touch, second as the favorite in the Gotham Stakes, is expected to have a workout Saturday at Belmont Park, as his connections continue to mull over where he will make his next start.

The Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 6 is a possibility, as is the Grade 1, $1 million Blue Grass at Keeneland the same day. Dustin Dugas, the New York-based assistant to trainer Brad Cox said there is tentatively a van lined up to take Just a Touch to Kentucky on Tuesday.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Fingal’s Cave, the multiple New York-bred stakes winning mare, will make her next start in the Grade 3, $175,000 Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct on April 6, trainer David Donk said Thursday.

Fingal’s Cave had been mentioned as a potential runner for the Grade 1 Madison at Keeneland the same day. She is also nominated to the $100,000 Biogio’s Rose, a one-mile race for New York-breds, at Aqueduct on March 23.

Jockey Julien Leparoux, an Eclipse Award-winning rider who has been wintering at Oaklawn for the first time in his career, is wrapping up his time in Arkansas. This is his final week to ride regularly at the meet, agent Jose Santos Jr. said Tuesday.

Santos said Leparoux has upcoming stakes engagements on Jeff Ruby Day on March 23 at Turfway Park and Florida Derby Day March 30 at Gulfstream Park. In between, he will be riding some at Turfway and working horses to prepare for other meets in Kentucky.

“He’ll be ready for opening day at Keeneland,” Santos said.