VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Following a meeting with horsemen Friday, Hastings canceled its card for Sunday, May 18. To make up for the loss, Hastings will add a racing day, Wednesday, July 23.

“We will strive to have strong nine-race cards on Saturday, May 17, and the Victoria Holiday Day Monday on May 19,” said Hastings general manager Darren MacDonald. “Tentatively, we’re looking at a 3 p.m. start time for the July midweek card.”

MacDonald said the change of dates was made in cooperation with horsemen.

ELMONT, N.Y. - LL Cool J, Frank Sinatra Jr., and former New York Yankees centerfielder Bernie Williams headline the musical acts that will perform at the June 7 Belmont Stakes, the New York Racing Association announced on Friday.

Musicians from the United States Military Academy will also be at the track and there will be a performance from the Tony-Award winning Broadway musical “Wicked.”

LL Cool J, a two-time Grammy Award winning singer and a star on the CBS drama “NCIS: Los Angeles” will perform two songs between the running of the Manhattan and the Belmont Stakes.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Skyler White Shield is one of the bright new additions to the Lone Star Park riding colony. White Shield, 18, who finished fourth in the standings at the recent Turf Paradise meet in Phoenix, hopes to establish himself in this market and, following Lone Star, will ride at nearby Remington Park in Oklahoma City.

“That’s the plan,” he said. “I’m just going to stick around and try to make it work, keep working hard.”

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trainer Craig MacPherson is still trying to figure out the mystery of the very talented but unpredictable Miss Derek. The 4-year-old filly will likely make her first start of the year in the $50,000 Strawberry Morn Stakes for fillies and mares on Victoria Day, May 19, at Hastings Racecourse.

“I was hoping she would have matured over the winter, but she’s still a work in progress,” said MacPherson.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The 2-year-old filly Sea Mona won her debut against maidens Thursday, overcoming a troubled start and displaying a promising rally through the stretch.

Trainer Adam Kitchingman said Sea Mona is likely to make her next start in the $125,000 Landaluce Stakes for 2-year-old fillies over 5 1/2 furlongs here June 22.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Shared Belief, the champion 2-year-old male of 2013, is within a month of his first start of the year, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Friday.

Unbeaten in three starts, Shared Belief worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 from the gate at Golden Gate Fields on Thursday. Hollendorfer said Friday that he would like to give Shared Belief three more works before seeking a race.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Game On Dude, the winner of a record three runnings of the Santa Anita Handicap and 11 other stakes, will have his next race June 28 in the $500,000 Gold Cup at Santa Anita, trainer Bob Baffert said Friday.

The Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita is run over 1 1/4 miles and was previously run as the Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park, which closed in December.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Tight Britches is starting to compile a serious win streak. She made it nine in a row Thursday night, when she defeated male rivals in the third race at Lone Star Park. Tight Britches won the optional $7,500 claimer by 1 1/4 lengths over favorite Mr. Fuzzybottom, while zipping five furlongs in the slop in 56.99 seconds. She was one of four winners on the nine-race card for the team of trainer Karl Broberg and jockey Junior Chacaltana, who top their respective standings at Lone Star.

AUBURN, Wash. – Robbie Baze’s best horse has a cool name – Scat Daddybaby – and a quick way of going. The 4-year-old gelding won his first start of the year in impressive fashion, running six furlongs in 1:08.20 here April 20 to earn a Beyer Speed Figure of 84. It remains the highest Beyer of the Emerald Downs meeting, and Scat Daddybaby outran a group that included six stakes winners.

The week of the Kentucky Derby, General a Rod was sold, his new owners desirous of running a second horse in the Derby. General a Rod was in the Derby all right. But he didn’t get a chance to do much running because of a trip that went from bad to worse.