ELMONT, N.Y. – Clearly Now, who finished sixth in the Grade 2 True North Stakes on Belmont Stakes Day, underwent a minor throat procedure known as a myectomy June 7 to correct a breathing problem, trainer Brian Lynch said.

“He displaced and he was having trouble correcting himself,” Lynch said.

Lynch said that Clearly Now did not lose much training time and that he could be pointed to the Grade 3, $400,000 Belmont Sprint Championship on July 4. Clearly Now won that race last year by 6 1/4 lengths, earning a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 113.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – After setting a track record in her Woodbine Oaks victory on Sunday, Academic will be pointed toward the $1 million Queen’s Plate on July 5 for her next start, trainer Reade Baker said.

Academic was supplemented to the Oaks at a cost of $12,500 after her maiden win to start the season on May 15.

Baker said he and owner Danny Dion thought Academic’s maiden win was good enough to give her a shot in the Oaks.

The Oaks, Baker said, looked like it was “falling apart.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown worked his usual arsenal of turf horses Sunday morning at Belmont Park, but Lady Eli was not among them. Believing the turf course was too firm for Lady Eli’s liking, Brown had her work a half-mile on dirt, covering the distance in 48.87 seconds in company with Strict Compliance, winner of the Penn Oaks.

ELMONT, N.Y. – On the precipice of a professional milestone, trainer David Jacobson has gone into a slump.

Jacobson, the leading trainer in terms of wins on the New York Racing Association circuit the last three years, enters Wednesday one win away from 1,000 for his career. However, he has gone winless with his last 29 starters at Belmont Park, since Room for Me won an allowance race May 24. At Monmouth Park, where he is tied for second-leading trainer, Jacobson has won with three of his last 13 starters since June 5.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – American Pharoah resumed training Monday morning at Churchill Downs with a 1 3/8-mile gallop that reaffirmed the colt has emerged from his Triple Crown sweep in good order.

American Pharoah was given Sunday morning off by trainer Bob Baffert and his assistant Jimmy Barnes following the public celebration at Churchill on Saturday night. “It was a long night,” said Barnes.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The primary goal of Talco’s 2015 season was determined with his upset win in Saturday’s $400,000 Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita.

The race was part of the Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In program, offering a fees-paid berth for the winner to the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 31. The Grade 1 Shoemaker was the most significant win of Talco’s career in his 15^th start, and a turnaround from his behavior after he joined trainer John Sadler’s stable last summer from France.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Beholder will show improvement from her win in Saturday’s $100,250 Adoration Stakes at Santa Anita when she makes her third start of 2015 in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 1.

Sunday, trainer Richard Mandella expressed confidence Beholder was not in peak form when she won the Grade 3 Adoration Stakes for her 10th career stakes win.

“She was in good shape yesterday and will be better next time,” Mandella said.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Salutos Amigos, among the top sprinters on the East Coast if not in the country, will make his return to the races July 5 in the Grade 2, $250,000 Smile Sprint Handicap at Gulfstream Park, trainer David Jacobson confirmed Sunday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Wildcat Red is wasting little time getting himself fit and ready for his much-anticipated return. Working for just the second time since going to the sidelines following his fifth-place finish in the Sunshine Millions Classic five months earlier, Wildcat Red zipped a quick five furlongs in 59.40 seconds over a fast track with Eddie Castro aboard on Friday morning.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Ralph Nicks has reported that his graded-stakes-winning speedster Speechify has been sidelined due to a minor suspensory injury. The 5-year-old is used to overcoming adversity, surviving as he does on a liquid diet due to a restricted esophagus which prevents him from eating solid food.

“It’s nothing major, just a little setback,” said Nicks. “He’ll miss 60 days and then be back in training.”

Speechify’s most important victory came here early last winter in the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector.