ARCADIA, Calif. – More than a year before she won the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint against males last November at Santa Anita, Mizdirection was considered a top prospect as a turf miler.

Mizdirection won a stakes over that distance and surface at Del Mar in 2011, but was so brilliant in turf sprints in 2012 that she rightfully was kept to those races.

The outlook has changed again. Mizdirection will start over a mile on turf in Monday’s $150,000 Buena Vista Stakes, her first attempt at that distance since she won the Sandy Blue Handicap at Del Mar in 2011.

Horses returning from layoffs are often intriguing propositions, especially in stakes races.

Trainer Keith Nations, who has enjoyed great success the past two years here, has two comebackers set for Monday’s six-furlong, $50,000 Albany Stakes at Golden Gate Fields: Bailouttheminister and Hexbreaker.

“Both are working fantastic,” Nations said.

Good sprint form is plentiful among the six fillies and mares entered in Tuesday night’s $35,000 Presidents Day Handicap at Charles Town. Five of horses in the featured eighth race at 4 1/2 furlongs were first or second last time out and the sixth finished third in her most recent race following back-to-back wins.

Two of the last-out winners, Maryland shipper Vow of Honor and Penn National-based Dorothy’s Aurora, could wind up vying for favoritism.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Saginaw, whose 10 victories placed him in a three-way tie for the horse with the most wins in North America in 2012, kicks off his 2013 campaign at Aqueduct in Monday’s $75,000 Hollie Hughes Stakes for New York-bred sprinters.

Saginaw, a 7-year-old gelding by Peruvian, will face four rivals, including stablemate Be Bullish, who won the Hollie Hughes in 2011. Both horses are trained by David Jacobson, but will run uncoupled in the wagering.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Two-time Eclipse Award winner Royal Delta will kick off her 2013 season in the same manner she began her championship run in 2012, in the Grade 3 Sabin on Sunday at Gulfstream Park. The presence of the imposing Royal Delta in the $100,000 Sabin limited the field to just five starters, a group that also includes Grade 1 winner Grace Hall.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas will be firing from upfront and behind Monday when he sends out Will Take Charge and Channel Isle in the Grade 3, $300,000 Southwest at Oaklawn Park. Will Take Charge figures to be close to the pace in the 1 1/16-mile race, while Channel Isle will be a late threat.

ARCADIA, Calif. – A seven-furlong sprint Sunday at Santa Anita marks the winter launch for a handful of Triple Crown candidates based in California, including the intriguing debut winner War Academy.

“If he is going to have any chance of making the Kentucky Derby, he needs to start this week,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “It’s time. It’s crunch time.”

War Academy is one of three Baffert runners in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes, each starting for the first time this year. Shakin It Up is favored, lightly raced Belvin adds speed, and War Academy wants farther.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Salutos Amigos, winner of a six-furlong maiden race Feb. 9, is being pointed to the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes over 1 1/16 miles on March 9, a race expected to draw a strong field of 3-year-olds.

Owned by Southern Equine Stable and Mike Smith, Salutos Amigos made his third start Feb. 9. The Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes will be the first start around two turns for Salutos Amigos, who is by Salute the Sarge.

“Why not see if he’s a route horse?” trainer Eric Guillot said. “At least this way, we’ll know.”

ARCADIA, Calif. - Byrama, winner of two sprint stakes on turf for fillies and mares, was supplemented for $3,000 on Friday for Monday’s $150,000 Buena Vista Stakes.

The Grade 2 Buena Vista Stakes is run over a mile for fillies and mares on turf and will be Byrama’s first race at that distance since a fourth in the Sandy Blue Handicap on turf at Del Mar last August.

Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Byrama was third in the Wishing Well Stakes here Feb. 10.

H OT SPRINGS, Ark. – Lady Diva Ga Ga thinks she owns Oaklawn Park. And at the moment, she does. She has won both of her starts at the meet, and if she captures the $60,000 Spring Fever on Sunday, she would become the winningest horse at the current stand.