The maiden race winner Summer Exclusive will skip the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 6 in favor of the $250,000 Bay Shore Stakes over seven furlongs for 3-year-olds on the same day at Aqueduct.

Summer Exclusive worked seven furlongs in 1:26 at Hollywood Park on Monday, but trainer Peter Miller said he was not pleased with the way the colt finished. Miller timed the workout in 1:25.40.

“He didn’t relax and didn’t finish as I’d liked for him to,” Miller said. “We’ll stick to one turn now and stretch him out later.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer James Bond knows it's a tall order to run Cue the Moon off a 146-day layoff in Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Gulfstream Oaks at 1 1/8 miles against the likes of graded stakes winners Live Lively and Dreaming of Julia.

"But I think she's that good," Bond said.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Few have questioned his ability. No one has questioned his desire. Many have questioned whether Shanghai Bobby, last year’s 2-year-old champion male, is a legitimate Kentucky Derby contender.

Cot Campbell gave a number of reasons why he picked out the Louisiana Derby for Palace Malice, the colt who will represent Dogwood Stable on Saturday in the Fair Grounds showcase.

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Sam Houston Race Park will jump into its Quarter Horse season Thursday night with a full slate of trial races. The theme of the entire opening weekend, in fact, is trials. The most important card will be Saturday night, when qualifying races are run for the Grade 2 Sam Houston Futurity. Last year, the 330-yard race for 2-year-olds was worth $487,770.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The strongest barn on the East Coast, if not the country, became that much stronger last summer when trainer Todd Pletcher added Stonestreet Stables to his client list.

Juvenile fillies Kauai Katie and Dreaming of Julia, along with the turf stakes winner Dominus topped the performers, but the group also included a promising middle-distance runner in Hierro, who seeks his second straight win in Thursday’s $65,350 allowance feature at Gulfstream Park.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Marathon Lady, who finished second by a nose in the Grade 3 Bourbonette Stakes at Turfway Park last Saturday, has returned to trainer Steve Hobby's Oaklawn Park barn. She is now possible for the Grade 3, $400,000 Fantasy at Oaklawn on April 10. Earlier this meet, she won a maiden special weight route at Oaklawn.

“We’re going to nominate her for the Fantasy,” said Hobby, who trains Marathon Lady for Alex and JoAnn Lieblong. “It’s a little bit fast back, but we’ll just let her tell us if she’s ready or not.”

Irish Exchange easily handled a sealed, muddy track and the step up to stakes company for Tuesday’s $72,810 Langhorne Stakes for fillies and mares at Parx Racing.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – As soon as Mother Nature permits, construction is to begin on a new attraction designed to honor the top Thoroughbreds to race at Saratoga during the past 150 years, it was announced at a Tuesday press conference at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame by the Saratoga 150 Committee and the New York Racing Association.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Tiz Flirtatious, the winner of the Grade 2 Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday, will make her next start in the $250,000 Gamely Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park on May 27, trainer Marty Jones said.

Jones said Tuesday that Tiz Flirtatious will not run in the $150,000 Santa Barbara Handicap over 1 1/4 miles on turf April 20, the final race for the division at the Santa Anita meeting.

“I think we’ll skip that,” Jones said.

He said the decision “is more about the timing. We’d like to point her to some of the Grade 1 races this year.”