ARCADIA, Calif. – Prospect Park, second in the Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita on June 7, will be ridden by Tyler Baze in the $350,000 Los Alamitos Derby on July 4, trainer Clifford Sise said Thursday.

The Grade 2 Los Alamitos Derby will be run at 1 1/8 miles and is the richest race of the two-week summer meeting at Los Alamitos, which runs from Thursday through July 12.

Baze replaces Kent Desormeaux, who is scheduled to ride Texas Red, the winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last November, in the $500,000 Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park on July 4.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trainer Dave Forster is looking forward to running Susan’s Day and Ambleside Park in the $50,000 Supernaturel on Wednesday at Hastings. The 1 1/16-mile race is the first middle-distance stakes race for 3-year-old fillies at the meet, and Forster has been looking at the Supernaturel for both horses since the stakes schedule was announced earlier this year.

“I think they both want to go long, and I like the way they are both coming into the race,” said Forster. “I didn’t push them early, and they seem to be really coming around now.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Bill Kaplan will have a decision to make between now and Wednesday, when entries are taken and post positions drawn for the rich Summit of Speed card on July 5: whether to keep his promising 3-year-old filly Naval Command against her own kind in the Grade 3 Azalea or try her with older horses in the richer, more prestigious Win and You’re In Breeders’ Cup race, the Grade 2 Princess Rooney.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Triple Crown hero American Pharoah will be paraded through the paddock and on the racetrack between races at Santa Anita on Saturday.

American Pharoah is scheduled to parade on the racetrack between the seventh and eighth races on a 10-race program that begins at 1 p.m. Pacific. American Pharoah will start his tour in the paddock at approximately 4:30 p.m. He will be paraded through the walking ring and then through the tunnel onto the racetrack.

Frank Fletcher’s primary objective in racing is to win the Arkansas Derby at his home track of Oaklawn Park, and he took a significant step toward making that happen last week when he purchased an Into Mischief colt for $575,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June auction of 2-year-olds in training.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Al Stall Jr. will send out two of the favorites Saturday night for the Grade 2 Firecracker at Churchill Downs, but the veteran trainer won’t be on hand to saddle either Departing or Medal Count.

“I made a commitment a while back to be with Frankie,” said Stall. “I’ve also got Chide in the Mother Goose [at Belmont Park] Saturday, but my people have to come first.”

Jockey Sheldon Russell didn't get the good news from his doctors he was hoping for on Thursday.

Russell, who has been out since he was injured in a spill at Pimlico on April 25, has started to gallop horses and was hoping his doctors would clear him on Thursday to resume riding early in the Laurel Park meet, which begins July 3.

According to Russell's agent, Marty Leonard, Russell's doctors want him to give his injuries more time to heal. Russell will more likely launch his comeback in late July, according to Leonard.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Barbados might have been the most exciting 3-year-old not on the Triple Crown trail to race at Gulfstream Park this past winter.

When Hollywood Park closed at the end of 2013, its signature race for older horses was rechristened the Gold Cup at Santa Anita. The $500,000 purse, the distance at 1 1/4 miles on dirt, and its position in early summer remained the same despite a venue change.

Another mainstay has been the presence of a leading runner trained by Bob Baffert. From 2011 to 2013, Baffert won the Hollywood Gold Cup each year with either First Dude and Game On Dude. Last year, Game On Dude was fourth as the 4-5 favorite behind Majestic Harbor in the first Gold Cup at Santa Anita.

OPELOUSAS, La. – With Louisiana Legends Night at Evangeline Downs a little more than a week away, the connections of some of the major players are making final preparations for one of the state’s biggest racing days. Eight stakes restricted to statebreds and worth a combined $775,000 should provide some real fireworks the evening of July 4.