Eagle, who ran well in finishing third last fall in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes but finished a disappointing seventh in the Jan. 17 Lecomte here in his 3-year-old debut, is out of training with what trainer Neil Howard described to Fair Grounds publicity as a “jarred knee.” Howard declined to provide further details about the nature of the injury or how much time Eagle might miss.

By Candy Ride, Eagle was bred and is owned by Will Farish.

Hard Aces was to be scratched from the Mineshaft Handicap on Saturday because a private purchase that appeared to have fallen through was completed this week.

As well as Eden Grey’s Kitten won his career debut, trainer Steve Flint said not to be surprised if the Louisiana-bred 3-year-old shows more when he races again Sunday.

NEW ORLEANS – J S Bach, the sharp Gulfstream Park maiden winner who would have been among the favorites in Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes here, had to be scratched because of a fever, and the focus now is getting him well enough to ship back to Gulfstream early next week.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Tom’s Tribute, the winner of the Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar in 2014 and three other stakes in his career, has been retired because of an ankle injury, trainer Jim Cassidy said Friday.

Tom’s Tribute may stand at stud this spring, pending discussions with farms, Cassidy said.

Owned by Marilyn Braly, Tom’s Tribute won 6 of 16 starts and earned $634,880. Cassidy said that Tom’s Tribute emerged from a fourth-place finish in the Grade 2 San Gabriel Stakes on Jan. 3 with an ankle injury.

Patrioticandproud, a stakes winner at Woodbine who was seventh in the Grade 2 San Marcos Stakes on Feb. 7, is a candidate for the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap on March 7, trainer Mark Casse said.

Patrioticandproud, a 6-year-old gelding, was third in the Las Vegas Marathon on dirt here last October and later second in two turf stakes – the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup at Del Mar on Nov. 27 and the Grade 2 San Gabriel Stakes here Jan. 3.

“He’s trained extremely well on the dirt,” Casse said. “We know the distance will not be an issue. We’re thinking about it.”

Three Southern California-based sprinters – Big Macher, Conquest Two Step, and Secret Circle – are candidates for the $2 million Golden Shaheen at six furlongs at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on March 28.

Conquest Two Step and Secret Circle were first and second in the Grade 2 Palos Verdes Stakes at six furlongs Jan. 31. Big Macher was fifth in that race.

On Friday, Big Macher worked a half-mile in 47.80 seconds.

“We’re planning on going if he continues to do well,” trainer Richard Baltas said.

Third-place finishes in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf last October and the minor Eddie Logan Stakes on Dec. 27 have led Daddy D T to a first-level optional $80,000 claimer on turf in Sunday’s sixth race at Santa Anita.

If the race goes well, Daddy D T will be back in stakes in the coming months.

“I just want to get a nice, easy win,” trainer John Sadler said Friday. “We want to get a confidence builder.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Chad Brown’s arsenal of turf stars will increase by one with the arrival of Chilean champion Il Campione, who soon will join his barn after being purchased privately by a Lane’s End partnership.

Il Campione, a son of Scat Daddy, has won 8 of 10 starts, including four Group 1 races in his native Chile. His graded victories came on grass at distances ranging from 1 1/8 miles to 1 1/2 miles.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita has made minor revisions to the stakes schedule for its spring-summer meeting, which runs from April 25 to June 28, raising the purses of four stakes, reducing the purses of four stakes, and moving the Grade 1 Vanity Stakes from mid-June to early May.