HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. –Trainer Mark Casse is loaded with 3-year-old prospects this winter although the most highly regarded of the group, Uncaptured, still remains at least a month away from making his 2013 debut.

Uncaptured, a son of Lion Heart owned by John Oxley, won 5 of 6 starts at 2, including both the Grade 3 Iroquois and Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs. The lone blemish on his record came in his two-turn debut over the Polytrack at Woodbine, where he finished fifth after an unlucky trip.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Tour Guide is a 3-year-old at a crossroads. He won his second straight sprint stakes last weekend, and his connections are now debating whether to stretch him out to two turns for either the Grade 3, $300,000 Southwest at Oaklawn on Feb. 18 or the Grade 2, $400,000 Risen Star at Fair Grounds on Feb. 23.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Had they not already had Escapefromreality pointed to Saturday’s $200,000 Withers Stakes, perhaps they would have taken a shot in that Grade 3 race with Ghostly Vision.

Both New York-breds had two career starts, and in the case of Ghostly Vision, he has already proven himself around two turns.

But owners Anthony and Mary Ellen Bonomo and trainer Dominick Schettino opted for a more conservative route and instead Ghostly Vision will run in a first-level allowance race for New York-breds, the nominal feature on Sunday’s nine-race program at Aqueduct.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Clubhouse Ride can run the best race of his career this weekend, yet only finish second. It is the same with Make Music for Me.

So why bother? Because nothing in racing is pre-ordained, even if everyone expects Game On Dude to win the Grade 2 San Antonio Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita.

“Anybody can stub their toe,” Clubhouse Ride’s trainer, Craig Lewis, said. “The likelihood is remote, but anybody can stub their toe. In racing, any scenario is possible.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Dame Marie is stakes-tested and coming off a strong second-place finish in her 2013 debut earlier in the meet. But trip players may take a chance at beating the likely favorite with Cosmic Energy when the pair rematches under optional claiming conditions in Sunday’s $57,500 feature at Gulfstream Park.

ALTOONA, Iowa – Prairie Meadows, whose stakes program rose to new heights in 2012, will begin its 67-day Thoroughbred season April 19 with a similar look as last year. Racing will be conducted from Thursday to Sunday each week until Aug. 10.

The lone exception to the schedule is that there will be racing Wednesday, July 3, to accommodate the track’s fireworks show.

Turfway Park has canceled its Friday night card due to expected cold temperatures.  Single-digit wind chill temperatures are forecast for northen Kentucky on Friday evening.

The facility will be open for simulcasting Friday. Racing is expected to resume as scheduled on Saturday with a 1:10 p.m. Eastern first post.

While there are no Zagoras in this year’s 14-horse Endeavour field on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, an Irish-bred filly named Dealbata makes her first start since September for trainer Chad Brown. The runner-up in the Grade 3 Noble Damsel at Belmont Park in her last start, Dealbata looks like a graded-stakes-quality mare.

A winner of three of five outings in France, Dealbata took the Mohegan Sky Stakes at Belmont in her U.S. debut, then was a fast-closing second in the De la Rose Stakes at Saratoga. In the Noble Damsel, she rallied to be beaten 1 1/2 lengths.

Heavy On Themister and his 32-year-old trainer, Shawn David, registered the richest wins of their careers in December, and on Saturday night they will be out to trump themselves in the $200,000 Premier Night Championship at Delta Downs.

The Championship leads a $1 million card of races for Louisiana-breds, six of them stakes and four others starter races. Heavy On Themister should go favored in the main event after rallying for a one-length win in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic at Fair Grounds on Dec. 8.

Solar Charge, who has been chasing such talented sprinters as Delaunay and Gold Element in his last couple of starts, will shake those rivals Saturday night when he moves to turf for the $50,000 Bucharest at Sam Houston Race Park. The five-furlong race is for 4-year-olds and up bred in Texas.