Antonio of Venice, winner of the roughly run $500,000 Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Series on Dec. 16, returned to the work tab Sunday, breezing a half-mile in 50.81 seconds over the Belmont Park training track.

Trainer Rudy Rodriguez said he has no immediate plans for Antonio of Venice, who would be eligible for stakes in January such as the $100,000 Rego Park for New York-breds going 6 1/2 furlongs on Jan. 21 or the $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield going six furlongs on Jan. 27.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The phone rang and that’s all it did. Calls were not returned. When the television was on, it was not tuned to horse racing programs.

In early October, California jockey Drayden Van Dyke walked away from racing at a time when mental aspects of the sport and personal issues had become overwhelming.

After a decade of riding with minimal interruption, Van Dyke, 29, stopped. He needed time for himself.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Bold Journey could be making a bold journey for his next start.

Bold Journey, dominant winner of Saturday’s Gravesend Stakes at Aqueduct, is being considered for a Middle East trip for the Group 3, $1.5 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint, according to part-owner Adam Wachtel.

“If we got an invite I would want to go to Saudi Arabia,” said Wachtel, who co-owns Bold Journey with Pantofel Stable and Gary Barber. “I think he’s turned into a pretty serious horse. With all the retirements, there’s an opportunity in the division for him.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Invitations will be released Wednesday for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, and there is a chance the top three finishers from last Saturday’s Grade 3 Harlan’s Holiday may not only be on that list but could meet again in the marquee race of the 2023-24 Championship meet on Jan. 27.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Midnight Stroll, the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks winner of 2022, suffered an apparent cardiovascular event that caused an instant death at the end of a gallop over the Belmont Park training track on Wednesday, trainer John Terranova said.

Terranova was training Midnight Stroll to a possible start in the Inside Information Stakes on Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park.

“That filly was absolutely blossoming,” Terranova said. “It’s a big blow. That was the queen of the barn. I feel bad for everybody in the barn and all her owners.”

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – With his focus being on races from April to November, trainer David Donk is somewhat in limbo with his filly Fingal’s Cave, who came off a 14-month layoff to win Thursday’s $100,000 Bay Ridge Stakes for New York-bred females at Aqueduct.

Donk said he will point Fingal’s Cave to open-company stakes. Races such as the Grade 1, $600,000 Madison on April 6 at Keeneland or the Ruffian, a one-mile stakes likely to be run in early or mid-May at Aqueduct, are somewhat intriguing to him.

Where and when Fingal’s Cave might run before then is still unsettled.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Though he has already won around two turns, Regalo will cut back to a one-turn mile when he starts in the $150,000 Jerome Stakes on Jan. 6 at Aqueduct.

The Jerome is the first of four races for 3-year-olds on this circuit to be run between January and April that offer qualifying points to the May 4 Kentucky Derby.

Regalo, a son of Maximus Mischief trained by Brittany Russell, won a seven-furlong maiden race in his second career start on Oct. 26 at Laurel and then came back to win a 1 1/16-mile first-level allowance race by 4 1/2 lengths on Dec. 9.