AUBURN, Wash. – Wagering at Emerald Downs increased sharply in 2015 thanks in part to bigger purses and a burgeoning horse population. Average daily handle during the 70-day, April-through-September meeting was $1,262,956, track officials said, up 10.7 percent from 2014.

Trainer Mark Casse worked a quartet of Breeders' Cup hopefuls on Friday morning at Churchill Downs, and perhaps stealing the show was the lone runner who has yet to make his stakes debut.

PIEDMONT, Okla. – Clever Trevor immediately makes his way to Tess Von Hemel when she enters his pasture at her family’s 10-acre farm a half-hour from Remington Park. Yes, he’s interested in the treats she bears. But when the goodies are gone, he’s content to simply keep the company of the 16-year-old he’s watched grow up.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Sam Grossman, better known as Sam the Bugler, returned to work Thursday at Belmont Park after a two-month hiatus following an alcohol-related incident at Saratoga on Aug. 8.

Grossman played the “Call to Post” for Thursday’s opener for the first time at a New York Racing Association track since the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 8. An intoxicated Grossman had to be escorted out of the winner’s circle that day. The following day, Grossman was placed “on leave” by NYRA.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Pretty N Cool, the runner-up to Songbird in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante, drew post 5 in a six-horse field for Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Matron Stakes at Belmont. The race is for 2-year-old fillies at six furlongs.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Kiaran McLaughlin was monitoring important workouts on two fronts Thursday morning, with his top sprinting 3-year-old filly, Cavorting, breezing at Belmont Park and his leading older female, Wedding Toast, putting in a workout at Saratoga.

Cavorting, the probable favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Keeneland, breezed four furlongs in 49.54 seconds over the Belmont training track. For the second straight week, Cavorting went her first quarter (23.79 seconds) faster than her second (25.75) under exercise rider Renzo Morales.

Lucky Folie, third in the Surfer Girl Stakes on turf Oct. 10, will not start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland on Oct. 30.

Trainer Richard Mandella said he plans to start Lucky Folie in the $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at seven furlongs at Del Mar on Nov. 15. Lucky Folie finished second in the Surfer Girl Stakes at a mile on turf but was disqualified and placed third behind Mirage, who was checked in the stretch.

Mandella said Lucky Folie did not show enough in the performance to justify a trip to Kentucky.

ARCADIA, Calif. – There was no urgency to a five-furlong workout at Santa Anita on Thursday for the 4-year-old filly Taris, a candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31. She had displayed enough evidence of her speed in the L.A. Woman Stakes on Oct. 4.

Taris was part of a four-horse speed battle in the L.A. Woman that led to a half-mile in 43.45 seconds. She faded from contention to finish third, beaten 3 3/4 lengths by Ben’s Duchess.

On Thursday, Taris worked alone, going five furlongs in 1:01.80 under jockey Gary Stevens.

ARCADIA, Calif. – With two wins at Del Mar in August and one here at Santa Anita in September, Beholder has maintained a steady race schedule, affording trainer Richard Mandella the luxury of not having to press on her as she gears up to face males Oct. 31 in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland.

When Beholder worked Thursday at Santa Anita, the intent was not so much to get her fit as it was to keep her where she is, which is a pretty good place.

“She’s had her racing,” said Mandella. “We don’t need to create anything at this point.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockeys Drayden Van Dyke, Martin Pedroza, Fernando Perez, and Felipe Valdez face suspensions in the coming days for riding infractions earlier this month, according to recent rulings published by track stewards.