OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Though he had just won Saturday’s $75,000 Evening Attire Stakes at Aqueduct aboard Last Gunfighter, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. was not in a celebratory mood.

Ortiz only picked up the mount on Last Gunfighter from Ramon Dominguez, who sustained a fractured skull as a result of a spill at Aqueduct on Friday and remained hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Jamaica Medical Center Hospital. Ortiz became available when his mount for the race, Norman Asbjornson, scratched to run in Monday’s Native Dancer Stakes at Laurel.

Both Balance the Books and Noble Tune proved themselves among the elite 2-year-olds of 2012, but only on turf. Several horses in recent years have won the Kentucky Derby after beginning their careers on grass, so Chad Brown, who trains both horses, said he will give both the opportunity to make the Derby.

Trainer Mike Trombetta gave himself a back-up plan for Ore Pass by entering his lightly raced 3-year-old in a one-mile, first-level allowance on this Thursday’s card at Laurel Park. As it turned out, Trombetta won’t have to use that insurance policy.

Ore Pass, who flopped as the 4-5 favorite in an allowance sprint at Parx Racing two weeks ago, returned Saturday and redeemed himself by scoring in the $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr. Stakes for 3-year-olds at Laurel.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – If this was the swan song for Successful Song, she sang.

In what was likely the final start of her career, Successful Song rolled to a 3 1/4-length victory in the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Distaff for older females Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

With jockey Joel Rosario aboard, Successful Song ($4.40), the favorite, surged to the lead in the 1 1/8-mile race entering the far turn and drew off to a sizeable advantage. Speak Easy Gal, who was making the final start of her career, rallied for second, with My Pal Chrisy third.

Jockey Ramon Dominguez continued to show improvement Sunday while remaining hospitalized with a “slightly displaced skull fracture” sustained in a spill at Aqueduct on Friday.

Dominguez, 36, is in the intensive care unit of Jamaica Medical Center Hospital, a few miles from Aqueduct.

continues to improve as he remains in the intensive care unit at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, according to his agent, Steve Rushing.

“He’s slowly progressing each day,” said Steve Rushing, Dominguez's agent, via text. “He’s talking a little bit more today.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Regalo Mia overcame a wide trip and a relatively paceless race, rallying from last to a three-quarter-length victory over defending champion Hooh Why in the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf.

Romacaca, the 4-5 favorite, finished a tiring third.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Golden Mystery saved the best for last. In the final start of her 37-race career, Golden Mystery crushed her five rivals in the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Fillies and Mares Sprint at Gulfstream Park, romping to a 5 1/4-length victory over the sloppy main track.

Golden Mystery ($6), the second choice, was part of a four-horse  battle  for the lead, but put those pace rivals away and never was threatened by favored Emma’s Encore, who rallied for second, a neck better than R Holiday Mood.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – A year ago, Oaklawn Park’s series for 3-year-olds was dominated by Southern California-based horses Bodemeister, Secret Circle, and Castaway. Among them, they split up both divisions of the Southwest and also won the Rebel and Arkansas Derby.

This year, the Southern California train has arrived even earlier in the meet, with Avare shipping to town for the season’s first route stakes for 3-year-olds, the $150,000 Smarty Jones. He goes Monday for trainer Doug O’Neill, who last spring won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness with I’ll Have Another.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Eddie Kenneally and his owner Dr. Joseph Witek, said they’re ready to put Majestic Hussar on the Kentucky Derby trail following his impressive victory over odds-on favorite Palace Malice in Saturday’s opening race at Gulfstream Park.

As the lone Maryland-bred in the field, morning-line favorite and 124-pound highweight Eighttofasttocatch has a lot riding on the outcome of Monday’s co-featured Native Dancer Stakes at Laurel Park.

And while his eight opponents will compete for the basic purse of $75,000, the jackpot is worth $125,000 to the connections of Eighttofasttocatch because of a $50,000 bonus from the Maryland breeding fund.