HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Plans for Adare Manor, Flying Connection, and Free Like a Girl, who finished a respective first, second, and third in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom last Saturday at Oaklawn, are to be determined, their respective trainers said Monday.

Adare Manor was a 5 1/2-length winner of the race with a Beyer Speed Figure of 100. She shipped in from Southern California.

“She’s back home, looks good,” said trainer Bob Baffert. “I have no immediate plans for her yet. We’ll let her tell us when she’s ready.”

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Skelly has some unfinished business this meet at Oaklawn Park.

The winner of the Grade 3, $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap for the second year in a row last Saturday could make one more local appearance, according to his trainer, Steve Asmussen.

“I’m probably going to run him back in the Lake Hamilton,” Asmussen said Tuesday. “I want to keep him at three-quarters of a mile and we know he loves Oaklawn.”

The 25-year-old jockey Jaime Torres came out of the Fair Grounds meet full of momentum.

The leading apprentice rider in New York during 2023 with 37 winners, Torres lost his five-pound apprentice allowance last October. He moved his tack to Kentucky, picked up a new agent, Liz Morris, and between September and November went 4 for 69 at Keeneland and Churchill Downs.

The Grade 1 Just a Game over one mile at Saratoga on June 7 could be the next stop for Beaute Cachee, who ran the race of her life posting a 25-1 upset of last Saturday’s Grade 1 Jenny Wiley. Leading from just after the start under Frankie Dettori, Beaute Cachee won by 1 1/2 lengths and earned a 100 Beyer, easily a career best.

Trainer Chad Brown said no plans have been set for the mare, who came out of the race in good shape.

In Kentucky, New York, and points beyond, Godolphin horses trained by Charlie Appleby will be showing up through the 2024 Breeders’ Cup.

Appleby already has run five horses at the Keeneland meet and said Tuesday, reached by telephone in England, that he plans to keep more horses in America this year, about a dozen, than during any previous season.

“We’ve got those older horses, a few 3-year-olds, that would suit the turf package. We felt we’ve got enough horses we can assemble a nice team of permanent imports,” Appleby said.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Michael Yates sent out Dorth Vader to a fifth-place finish in the 2023 Kentucky Oaks and at the moment is planning to be back at Churchill Downs to try his luck again in the prestigious Grade 1 event for 3-year-old fillies with Fiona’s Magic.