OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Siete de Oros, who came within a head of pulling off a 41-1 upset in the Jerome Stakes here on Jan. 5, will return to Aqueduct for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Withers Stakes, where he hopes to validate that performance and jump on the Triple Crown trail.

Siete de Oros, owned and trained by Ramon Preciado, is one of seven horses expected to be entered Wednesday for Saturday’s Withers, a 1 1/16-mile race that offers 17 qualifying points (10-4-2-1) for the Kentucky Derby.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The Grade 2 Fountain of Youth is one of the most important prep races on the Kentucky Derby trail, and this winter it is a second-tier race worth 50 points to the winner in the new system used to determine eligibility for this year’s Derby field.

But barring some late changes of heart, it would appear the four major players from last Saturday’s program could all wind up bypassing the Fountain of Youth on Feb. 23, including Itsmyluckyday and Shanghai Bobby, the first- and second-place finishers in the Grade 3 Holy Bull.

OLDSMAR, Fla. – The barn of trainer Jane Cibelli continued on a hot streak last week, winning four more races, but the excitement of those victories was tempered a bit because the “big horse” in the barn, undefeated 3-year-old Purple Egg, has been sidelined since winning for the third time in the Inaugural Stakes on Dec. 1, opening day at Tampa Bay Downs.

TAMPA BAY, Fla. - There were no klieg lights or microphones around the winner’s circle last Wednesday like there were after Fort Larned won the Breeders’ Cup Classic last November, but his trainer, Ian Wilkes, was still smiling broadly when he posed for victory pictures three times, with Carolina Cruisin, Forever Vow, and Nicklaus Way.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – After thrusting himself into the Kentucky Derby picture over the weekend winning the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes with Itsmyluckyday, trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. returns with another of his promising 3-year-olds – Dixie High, who will try turf for the first time in Wednesday’s $54,5000 main event, carded at five furlongs on the grass.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Ken McPeek said Travers winner Golden Ticket, who turned in a big effort launching his 2013 campaign with an easy 5 1/4-length optional claiming victory on Saturday, has been nominated to the Grade 1 Donn Handicap on Feb. 9 but is not likely to run.

PNOENIX - Turf Paradise was forced to cancel live racing for a third straight day Monday as heavy rains in recent days have made the track surfaces unsuitable for racing.

Live racing is scheduled to resume Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.

Turf Paradise canceled for the second straight day Sunday after continuing heavy rains made the track unsuitable for racing. Racing is scheduled to resume Monday with first post time of 12:30 p.m. Mountain.

The $35,000 Swift and $35,000 Glendale Handicap, which were part of Saturday's canceled card, are tentatively scheduled to be brought back Friday and Saturday, respectively.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. --   Trainer Chad Brown predicted Premier Steps would improve off her disappointing U.S. debut when he ran her back in Sunday’s $100,000 Sweetest Chant at Gulfstream Park. And sure enough, Brown was right.

Rallying from perfect position off the pace of Discreet Marq, Premier Steps wore down the game leader in the final strides to register a neck decision in the one-mile Sweetest Chant. Caroline Thomas rallied belatedly outside the top pair to finish another neck farther back in third.

Teddy’s Promise, the winner of the $250,000 Santa Monica Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita, is likely to have one more start at the meeting, in the $100,000 Las Flores Stakes over 6 1/2 furlongs on March 10.

Trainer Ron Ellis said that Teddy’s Promise has the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint in November as a long-term goal. She was eighth in the2012 BC Filly and Mare Sprint. Before Saturday’s race, there were discussions between owners Ted and Judy Nichols and Ellis about retiring Teddy’s Promise.