CYPRESS, Calif. – California Chrome worked a mile in 1:41.40 at Los Alamitos on Sunday. The work was designated by track clockers as breezing, which is a rarity in Southern California. The designation means that California Chrome worked under minimal urging from jockey Victor Espinoza.

The 2014 Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old, California Chrome had his longest workout of the year on Sunday, and his second-to-last workout before a scheduled start in the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 7.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Drayden Van Dyke, the champion apprentice jockey of 2014, had his first win as a journeyman Friday aboard the 3-year-old Ernest Shackleton.

Van Dyke, 20, may have a stakes horse in Ernest Shackleton, a candidate for turf stakes in March and April. Ernest Shackleton, imported from Ireland last fall, won for the first time in the U.S. on Friday. The colt is trained by Doug O’Neill.

Van Duke downplayed the move from apprentice to journeyman. Ernest Shackleton was the 199th win of his career.

“I’m just happy to win,” he said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Firing Line, second Dec. 20 in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity, worked five furlongs in 1:00.60 Saturday.

Owned by Arnold Zetcher and trained by Simon Callaghan, Firing Line is a candidate for the $150,000 Robert Lewis Stakes at 1 1/16 miles Feb. 7.

The workout was slower than a five-furlong clocking by Firing Line in 59.80 seconds Jan. 17, which Callaghan said was by design.

“He went strongly the week before so went a little on the easy side,” Callaghan said. “He was nice and relaxed, and that’s the main thing.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Texas Red is scheduled to have two starts in February as he resumes his career following a win in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita last November.

On Saturday, trainer Keith Desormeaux said Texas Red will start Feb. 1 in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita and could make a relatively quick turnaround for the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes at 1 1/16 miles Feb. 21 at Fair Grounds.

Joy Boy, a winner of two of his last three outs, will start as one of the top contenders in Sunday’s eighth race at Oaklawn Park, a third-level optional $62,500 claiming race at a mile. The field of eight includes Stachys, Donoharm, and Agent Di Nozzo.

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Take Charge Brandi, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2014, is scheduled to work Sunday at Oaklawn, said her trainer, D. Wayne Lukas. She is preparing for her 3-year-old debut, which is to come in the $100,000 Martha Washington at a mile at Oaklawn on Jan. 31.

Take Charge Brandi won three consecutive stakes to close out her 2-year-old season: the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, the Grade 3 Delta Downs Princess, and the Grade 1 Starlet. She races for Willis Horton of Marshall, Ark.

The pedigrees of the 3-year-old fillies in the eighth race here at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, a 6 1/2-furlong maiden race, don’t get much richer.

Among the field of 13 are first-time starters Pin Up, a Tapit filly whose dam, Cara Rafaela, produced the great racehorse and sire Bernardini; Regia Marina, a Medaglia d’Oro filly whose dam, Fleet Lady, produced 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Midshipman; and Fast Moon, a fast-working first foal from a mare whose female line includes Inside Information and Educated Risk.

Perchance earned a 94 Beyer Speed Figure in a one-length victory in a six-furlong, first-level allowance here at Gulfstream Park on Thursday and is a possibility for the Grade 2 Davona Dale on Feb. 21, according to her connections.

Perchance, a 3-year-old filly by Distorted Humor, was produced by Dream Rush, a former standout sprinter whose two previous foals, the now-retired Dreaming of Julia and Atreides, were brilliant miler types.

Any chance of Little Mike returning to action here at Gulfstream Park this winter ended earlier this month when owner-trainer Carlo Vaccarezza sent the four-time Grade 1 winner back to the farm in Ocala. Vaccarezza had Little Mike in training here throughout the fall and got him up to an open gallop on the turf in mid-December and a three-furlong breeze over the main track on Christmas Eve before opting to postpone his star’s comeback once again.

The Bill Mott-trained America, who won the Affectionately Stakes on New Year’s Day, was sent to south Florida, where she will get a brief freshening. As a result, she will not contest next Saturday’s $100,000 Ladies Stakes.