Moon Philly got involved in all sorts of misadventures three weeks ago in New York that prevented her from winning her first career stakes. It was all smooth sailing, however, when she ran in Saturday’s $75,000 Nellie Morse Stakes at Laurel Park.

The only real obstacle standing between Daisy Devine and a win in the $75,000 Marie G. Krantz Memorial Handicap was the Fair Grounds turf course.

Persistently soggy after taking heavy rain in December and early January, the course was deemed unsuitable to host a pair of turf stakes – including the Krantz – originally scheduled for Jan. 19. The races were pushed back to Jan. 26, but even after another week of drying, the Fair Grounds grass remained wet enough that turf racing was canceled Friday and after one race Thursday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.– Golden Ticket may have surprised most everybody when he dead-heated with Alpha to win the 2012 Travers. But if his 4-year-old debut is an indication, Golden Ticket won’t surprise anyone if there are more Grade 1 wins in his future.

Joyous Music and Flip the Switch, both of whom have 4-for-6 records in short sprints at Charles Town, will meet for the first time in Tuesday night’s featured eighth race with a $31,000 purse.

The 4 1/2-furlong race has multiple conditions, including nonwinners of two allowances or stakes within the past five months and nonwinners of four lifetime, but of the eight fillies and mares, all but two – the 7-year-old Pretty Miss Trippi and the 4-year-old Rough Draft – are entered for the optional $40,000 claiming price.

ARCADIA, Calif. – He’s Had Enough, the 3-year-old colt who was second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita last November, has a racing record that is much more appealing than his workout style.

Friday at Santa Anita, just before the first race on a rainy day, He’s Had Enough worked in company with his 4-year-old stablemate Handsome Mike in preparation for the $200,000 Robert Lewis Stakes over 1 1/16 miles this Saturday.

Early in their racing careers as 2-year-olds, Coach A.J. and Seventeenohsix displayed enough potential that their connections gave them multiple shots in stakes.

Coach A.J., claimed out of a maiden win at Saratoga for $50,000, was tried sprinting on dirt in the Grade 3 Sapling at Monmouth Park and then going 5 1/2 furlongs on turf in the $115,000 Laurel Futurity.

Ramon Dominguez, who continues to progress in his recovery from a slightly displaced skull fracture at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, was transferred Thursday from the neurological intensive care onit to a medical step-down unit.

“The step-down unit is an intermediate location between the ICU and a regular, inpatient room,” said his wife, Sharon Dominguez, in a press release issued by the New York Racing Association on Saturday afternoon.

Russell Baze rode the 50,000^th Thoroughbred mount of his career at Golden Gate Fields on Friday, dueling for the early lead aboard favored Finish Rich in Nyc before settling for third in the day's sixth race, a $12,500 claimer for 4-year-old fillies.

For Baze, his 50,000^th race was pretty routine.

“I’ve got a lot of miles under my belt,” he said.

The 54-year-old Baze opened the day with three straight victories aboard favorites Supercilious in the first, Street Consensus in the second, and Ma Mel in the third.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Joe Rocco Jr. rode his 1,000th winner when he guided Rustler Hustler to victory in Thursday’s ninth race at Gulfstream Park. Rocco then wasted little time starting out on the road to number 2,000, coming right back to capture the finale on Success Rate for his third win on the card.

“I’m a little embarrassed that it’s taken me that long to get to 1,000, because I’ve been riding so long, but it does mean a lot,” said Rocco, 30, whose first winner came aboard the first mount of his career, Rainbow’s Raja, on Feb. 2, 1999 at Tampa Bay Downs.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Phil Sims is based at Oaklawn Park for the first time in his 30-year training career, and a fast start at the young meet has him third in the standings. Sims has won with three of his first nine starters, chief among them Don’t Tell Sophia.

Don’t Tell Sophia was a commanding, seven-length winner of the $75,000 Pippin for fillies and mares Jan. 19. With the win, she remained perfect on dirt in three starts. She is 2 for 8 on synthetic and turf surfaces.