HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Real Estate pressed the pace before finishing a tiring seventh in Friday’s fourth race. But the 9-year-old had every reason to come up just a little short considering he was making his first start in 4 1/2 years in the $40,000 claiming dash.

Real Estate, a homebred son of High Yield owned by Peter Blum, had not started since winning the $100,000 James B. Moseley at Suffolk Downs on Sept. 20, 2008 with trainer Bruce Levine. A winner of 4 of 7 career starts, Real Estate is trained by Hall of Famer Allen Jerkens.

A Toss Up will launch his season Sunday in the Grade 2, $50,000 Eastex Handicap for Quarter Horses at Remington Park. He is the 125-pound highweight in the 350-yard race, which is part of the opening weekend action at the Oklahoma City track.

STICKNEY, Ill. – The bad news is that only 63 horses were entered on Sunday’s nine-race card at Hawthorne, the fourth day of the first four-day racing week of the 2013 season here. The good news is that among those 63 are the best horses to make an appearance since racing resumed here after a midwinter break on Feb. 15.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Apropos looked like a budding star Thursday at Oaklawn Park, when she won a first-level allowance sprint by more than 10 lengths to earn a Beyer Speed Figure of 101. She is a 4-year-old daughter of First Samurai.

“She’s a filly we’ve been high on from a long, long time ago,” said Al Stall Jr., who trains Apropos for her breeders, Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider.

Caixa Eletronica, unraced since winning the Fall Highweight last Thanksgiving over Aqueduct’s inner track, heads a field of five entered for next Thursday’s $75,000 Uncle Mo Stakes. Caixa Eletronica is owned by Mike Repole and trained by Todd Pletcher, the same connections who campaigned Uncle Mo.

Javier Castellano will be up from Gulfstream to ride Caixa Eletronica, who is using this race as a prep for the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic on April 20. Caixa Eletronica won last year’s Charles Town Classic when it was a mere $1 million.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Bill Mott’s stable is loaded this winter in all areas, but specifically when it comes to 3-year-old fillies. The Hall of Fame horseman continued his roll with young female runners when he sent out Calistoga and White Rose to popular victories on Thursday and Friday’s programs and will hope to continue the run Sunday with the undefeated Close Hatches.

Demonic, who missed a scheduled start in Saturday’s $300,000 San Felipe Stakes because of a bruised foot, worked a half-mile in 48 seconds at Hollywood Park on Friday.

The workout was the fastest of 14 recorded works at the distance, leaving trainer John Sadler hopeful that Demonic can start in April, possibly in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 6.

“We have a couple of weeks to get back to where we want,” Sadler said. “We’ll learn a lot more in the next couple of weeks.”

My Wandy’s Girl, runner-up as the favorite in the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie Handicap on Feb. 16, will make her next start in the Grade 2, $250,000 Ruffian Handicap at one mile on the Wood Memorial undercard April 6, Hushion said.

My Wandy’s Girl was beaten three-quarters of a length by longshot winner Funnys Approval in the Barbara Fritchie, her first start since Nov. 24.

Trainer Ron McAnally said Friday that Suggestive Boy is a candidate for the $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile on turf April 12.

“That looks like a logical spot,” McAnally said. “The timing is good, a little more than a month. Everything is good.”

Suggestive Boy has won both of his starts this year – the Grade 2 Arcadia Stakes on Feb. 2 and the Grade 1 Frank Kilroe Mile on March 2. He could face a very tough job in the Maker’s 46 Mile.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – By no means does owner Jim Riccio Sr. have Derby fever. But his 3-year-old The Truth and K G gave him something to think about with his first-level allowance win Thursday at Aqueduct.

Attempting two turns for the first time, The Truth and K G put away a pace challenge from debut winner Now and Then and held off the late-running Go Get the Basil – who had won three consecutive races – to win by a nose. The Truth and K G, trained by Rudy Rodriguez, ran a mile and 70 yards in 1:42.01 and both he and Go Get the Basil earned a 94 Beyer Speed Figure.