Intense Holiday, who finished a solid third in Cairo Prince’s Holy Bull Stakes romp, will make his next start in the Grade  2, $400,000 Risen Star Stakes on Feb. 22 at Fair Grounds.

Intense Holiday also had been under consideration for the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park, but Pletcher said via text message Monday that Intense Holiday would instead be shipped from Pletcher’s Palm Meadows base to New Orleans for the 1  1/16-mile Risen Star. Pletcher still has Commissioner as an intended runner in the Fountain of Youth.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Two of trainer Todd Pletcher’s plethora of Kentucky Derby hopefuls worked at Palm Meadows on Tuesday, including his most-accomplished 3-year-old, Havana.

In his third work in less than two weeks, Havana breezed a half-mile in 50.50. His stablemate Hartford, who won his only race by 5 3/4 lengths at Gulfstream last month, got back on track Monday after having missed a work, breezing five furlongs in 1:01.25.

Broadway Empire, winner of the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park in October and two stakes in Canada, has returned to training at Turf Paradise, trainer Robertino Diodoro said over the weekend.

Broadway Empire was ninth in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and Zia Park Derby in November before being turned out briefly.

“I gave him 45 days off,” Diodoro said. “He’s training in Phoenix. He had two quarter-cracks and had been fighting them all year. We got them wired, and we gave him a little break.”

Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, who has not ridden since late January and said at the time his riding career was over, has been banned from racetrack grounds.

Valenzuela failed to appear at a hearing with track stewards Feb. 6 to discuss his absence from riding on Jan. 24 and was subsequently suspended indefinitely. The terms of the suspension deny Valenzuela access to California’s racetracks.

ARCADIA, Calif. – No matter what she accomplishes in her racing career, Eblouissante will never escape the shadow of Zenyatta, her half-sister and the 2010 Horse of the Year.

“That’s just the way it is,” said trainer John Shirreffs, who trained them both.

Zenyatta won her first 19 races, losing her 20th and final start to Blame in a thrilling running of the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2010.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Pat Byrne has confirmed that Calvin Borel will return from Oaklawn Park to ride Almost Famous in the Feb. 22 Fountain of Youth. Borel was aboard the colt when he finished fourth behind Cairo Prince in the Jan. 25 Holy Bull.

Almost Famous breezed a half-mile in 49 seconds at Palm Meadows on Saturday, and Byrne said he plans a blowout for the colt this weekend.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Centre Court, the standout 5-year-old turf mare trained by Rusty Arnold for owner-breeder G. Watts Humphrey Jr., had her third breeze Monday since returning from a layoff, going a half-mile in 50.20 seconds over the Palm Meadows turf.

Arnold said he may wait until the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley on April 12 at Keeneland to run Centre Court, whose last start resulted in a last-place finish in the Aug. 24 Ballston Spa at Saratoga.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – A quartet of Oaklawn Park-based 3-year-olds targeting Monday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Southwest have temporarily moved to the Evangeline Downs Training Center near Lafayette, La., to outrun the winter weather that forced the cancellation of last week’s live racing and stripped horsemen of four days of training.