ARCADIA, Calif. – Rutile sparked decade-old memories of her older half-brother, Giacomo, when the 4-year-old filly won a maiden race in her career debut Saturday at Santa Anita.

Rutile closed from last in a field of 10 to win the six-furlong race by three-quarters of a length over Vivacious Beauty, paying $44.80. Rutile ran six furlongs in 1:10.04, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 77.

Rutile, by Medaglia d’Oro, races for breeders Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs, the people behind Giacomo, the winner of the 2005 Kentucky Derby.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Ashleyluvssugar won his graded stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,750 San Luis Rey Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Santa Anita. The fact that the 4-year-old gelding won a Grade 2 and did so in a turf marathon is a point of amazement for trainer Peter Eurton.

Earlier in his career, Ashleyluvssugar had impatient tendencies, Eurton said. In the San Luis Rey Stakes at 1 1/2 miles, Ashleyluvssugar ($13.20) was third for the first mile under jockey Gary Stevens and fought off a challenge from the 3-5 favorite Finnegans Wake to win by 2 1/4 lengths.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Bill Mott was in New York on Sunday morning and will be on his way to Dubai on Monday. But he may now have a reason to put Kentucky on his itinerary for the first Saturday in May.

Mott is the trainer of Dubai Sky, who on Saturday won the Grade 3 Spiral Stakes over Turfway Park’s synthetic surface and earned enough points to get into the May 2 Kentucky Derby if his connections want to run.

ELMONT, N.Y. - As the New York winter struggles to evolve into spring, this circuit’s heartiest 3-year-old soul, El Kabeir, continues to thrive, working five furlongs in 59.97 seconds Sunday morning over the Belmont Park training track.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Dortmund and Prospect Park, the two leading contenders for the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 4, had vital six-furlong workouts in Southern California on Saturday.

Dortmund, unbeaten in five starts, worked in 1:12 at Santa Anita, the second-fastest of 18 works at the distance. Dortmund started his workout alone and joined horses who started several lengths in front, trainer Bob Baffert said.

“He caught some company to keep him interested,” Baffert said. “They kept him going all the way around.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The three favorites for the Florida Derby had their final breezes Saturday for the $1 million race, with Upstart breezing at the Palm Meadows training center and the Todd Pletcher duo of Itsaknockout and Materiality doing their work at Palm Beach Downs.

Upstart, who figures as a solid favorite next Saturday in the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, breezed five furlongs in 59.40 seconds under exercise rider Vicki King.

Masochistic, a four-time winner who was recently transferred from trainer A.C. Avila to Ron Ellis, will make his 2015 stakes debut in the $200,000 Kona Gold Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs on April 11, Ellis said.

Masochistic joined Ellis’s stable after Avila was suspended 60 days and fined $10,000 by the racing board last month for a medication violation involving Masochistic in 2014. Masochistic tested in excess of the permitted level of the tranquilizer acepromazine when fifth in his debut in March 2014.

Trainer Bob Baffert said Lord Nelson will not start in Sunday’s $800,000 Sunland Park Derby in New Mexico and will be pointed for the $300,000 Bay Shore Stakes at seven furlongs at Aqueduct on April 4.

Lord Nelson was fourth in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 7. Baffert decided to skip the Sunland Park race after watching Lord Nelson train Thursday. Lord Nelson had already been entered for the Sunland Park Derby but did not leave California.

ARCADIA, Calif. – One Lucky Dane may have earned a start in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 4 after winning his 3-year-old debut in a first-level optional $80,000 claimer at Santa Anita on Thursday.

Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, One Lucky Dane ($2.80) led throughout and pulled away from four rivals to win by 9 3/4 lengths over Harmonic in 1:35.48. He earned a career-best 96 Beyer Speed Figure.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oceanwave has developed into a 3-year-old filly of note during the Oaklawn Park meet, and she could get a shot at the track’s richest offering for her division. The Grade 3, $400,000 Fantasy is April 4, and she is being considered for the 1 1/16-mile race, said trainer Wayne Catalano.