Social Inclusion arrived in Baltimore on Thursday morning after a van ride of almost 19 hours from south Florida. The Preakness will mark the fourth career start for Social Inclusion, who won his first two races before finishing third in the Wood Memorial.

Manny Azpurua, 85, the trainer of Social Inclusion, would become the oldest trainer to win the Preakness if his colt prevails. Art Sherman, 77, became the oldest trainer to win the Derby with California Chrome’s victory.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Woodbine Oaks prospect Lexie Lou makes her first start for owner Gary Barber and trainer Mark Casse in the $150,000 Fury Stakes, a seven-furlong sprint for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Woodbine.

Lexie Lou was one of the leading 2-year-old fillies in the country last year. She was a charging fourth in her season opener, the six-furlong Star Shoot Stakes, after which she was sold by owner-trainer John Ross to Barber.

Casse is eyeing the June 15 Oaks but also is keen on trying Lexie Lou on grass, over which she’s yet to compete.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In his second day back training after winning the 140th Kentucky Derby last Saturday, California Chrome galloped 1 1/2 miles at Churchill Downs on Thursday as he prepares for the May 17 Preakness at Pimlico.

His gallop under regular exercise rider Willie Delgado was routine and much like those he turned in before the Kentucky Derby. Settled for the first mile or so, he picked up his pace over the final half-mile.

Trainer Gary Hartlage confirmed that the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis Handicap on the June 14 Stephen Foster Handicap undercard at Churchill is the probable next start for On Fire Baby, the winner of the Grade 1 La Troienne on the Oaks undercard.

“She bounced out of it great,” Hartlage said. “I’m not going to totally commit to the Fleur de Lis yet, but yes, we sure are looking that way.”

Trainer Bret Calhoun enjoyed a memorable Derby Weekend by winning the Grade 3 Twin Spires Turf Sprint on Friday with Marchman and the Grade 3 Eight Belles on Saturday with Fiftyshadesofgold.

The move to the Eight Belles was particularly sagacious, considering that Calhoun had pointed Fiftyshadesofgold to the Oaks for weeks before diverting her to a better fit.

“We’ll think about the Acorn for her,” he said.

Marchman, a two-time stakes winner this year in the turf-sprint niche, could run May 31 in the Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup at Penn National, he added.

Dreaming of Julia, a multiple graded stakes winner last year, will not make her 4-year-old debut in Sunday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Ruffian Stakes as expected due to a “little infection,” according to trainer Todd Pletcher.

Dreaming of Julia, who won the Grade 2 Gulfstream Oaks by 21 3/4 lengths in 2013, has not run since finishing second to Close Hatches in the Grade 1 Mother Goose last June at Belmont.

Mr Speaker, the winner of the Lexington Stakes over Keeneland’s Polytrack, will make his next start in the $200,000 Pennine Ridge Stakes going 1 1/8 miles over the turf course at Belmont Park on May 26.

Trainer Shug McGaughey said he has not ruled out running Mr Speaker on dirt later in the year, but he will use the Pennine Ridge as a stepping-stone to the Grade 1, $1.25 million Belmont Derby on July 5.

In his first work since the Lexington, Mr Speaker worked four furlongs in 48.93 seconds over the dirt at Belmont last Saturday.

OMAHA, Neb. – It’s festival time in Omaha, as live racing returns to Horsemen’s Park for a three-day meet that starts Friday at 6 p.m. Central.

Friday’s four-race card kicks off a weekend of trip giveaways, T-shirt tosses, and live music in a true festival environment that always draws large crowds. Omaha has never forgotten its links to racing’s heyday, when Ak-Sar-Ben ranked as one of the Midwest's top tracks, and the weekend of racing over this strip is a strong reminder of those days.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Untapable will be considered for the Acorn or Mother Goose stakes for her next start, trainer Steve Asmussen said Wednesday, the second day for the filly to go to the track since she dominated the Kentucky Oaks last Friday at Churchill Downs.

Asmussen typically breezes his horses nine days after a race but said he’d “most likely skip” a work this Sunday for Untapable “and maybe wait another week before we let her get back into a nice rhythm.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – Following Our Caravan’s 9 3/4-length victory in the Calder Derby on April 5, it would not have been surprising had his connections targeted the Preakness Stakes on May 17.

But owner Stuart Sobotnick and trainer Michael Dilger opted for the more conservative route and chose to run Our Caravan in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park.

Our Caravan is the only stakes winner among seven 3-year-olds entered Wednesday in the Peter Pan, the local prep for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 7.