SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Raymond Bulgado, an exercise rider employed by trainer Nick Zito, was listed in critical condition in the trauma intensive care unit at Albany Medical Center with undisclosed injuries Monday following a spill during training hours.

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After working five furlongs in 1:00.88 over the Oklahoma training track Monday, Wired Bryan was confirmed as a starter for the Grade 1, $300,000 Hopeful Stakes here on Labor Day.

Wired Bryan, beaten a nose by Corfu in the Saratoga Special on Aug. 11, worked in company with Neatie the Cat, finishing about two lengths ahead of that horse at the wire.

A pair of sprint stakes for Indiana-breds ages 3 and up highlights Wednesday night’s nine-race card at Indiana Downs.

Facey’s Spirit easily won the prep for the $85,000 Merrillville Stakes and likely will be favored in the 10-horse Merrilville field, which includes three coupled entries. Trained by Chris Dorris, Facey’s Spirit led from start to finish in the Aug. 6 prep and won by 4 1/2 lengths. Her victory came after a two-month freshening following her first two starts of the year.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Princess of Sylmar, the clear-cut leader of the 3-year-old filly division, will race one more time this year, and owner Ed Stanco said Monday he wouldn’t mind taking on Royal Delta in the Grade 1, $400,000 Beldame at Belmont Park on Sept. 28. The other option would be the Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion at Parx one week earlier.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Debut winner La Reine Bourbon and unlucky first-out loser Granny Mc’s Kitten give trainer Chad Brown a solid 1-2 punch as he seeks a repeat score in Wednesday’s $100,000 P.G. Johnson Stakes for juvenile fillies at Saratoga.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Ian Wilkes was obviously disappointed in Fort Larned’s fifth-place finish as the 6-5 favorite in the Grade 1 Whitney here earlier this month. But instead of looking back on what might have been, Wilkes is thinking ahead to what he hopes will be a bounce-back performance for the reigning Breeders’ Cup Classic champion in Saturday’s Grade 1 Woodward.

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DEL MAR, Calif. - Fed Biz set a track record for seven furlongs on Sunday at Del Mar in the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes, but since there are no Breeders’ Cup races this year at seven furlongs, or on a synthetic surface, two BC options are being considered, according to his trainer, Bob Baffert.

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DEL MAR, Calif. – With six straight wins, five this year, including three in Grade 1 company, Game On Dude has put himself in position to be named Horse of the Year at year’s end, a feat he could have pulled off in both 2011 and 2012 had he won the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trainer Craig MacPherson picked a good time to get on a roll with stakes horses. Just around the corner is the biggest day of the year at Hastings, when the Grade 3, $150,000 British Columbia Derby will headline six stakes totaling $650,000 on Sept. 8. Also on the stakes-rich card is the $100,000 British Columbia Oaks.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Dimension became the first runner to start for trainer Conor Murphy when he finished fourth in a third-level allowance race at Keeneland last fall. On Sunday, Dimension became Murphy’s first stakes winner when he turned back all challengers for a 2 1/4-length victory under jockey David Moran here in the Grade 2, $201,600 Play the King.