The last time Gladding was in Northern California, he dominated the field in the $51,000 Alamedan Handicap on July 1 at Pleasanton, winning by 6 1/2 lengths while recording a career-best 103 Beyer.

Gladding returns to Northern California on Friday, and he’s the morning-line 7-5 favorite in the Grade 3 All American at Golden Gate Fields.

Trainer John Sadler doesn’t dispute the early vote of confidence, even though Gladding came down sick over the summer.

MIAMI – Kya One could not quite catch up to Naples Bay when the pair first met in the Grade 3 Noble Damsel late this summer at Belmont Park. But trainer Chad Brown is hopeful that with a race under her belt, more distance to work with, and perhaps a little softer course, Kya One can reverse the outcome when the two fillies square off again in Thursday’s $100,000 My Charmer at Calder. The My Charmer is for fillies and mares going 1 1/8 miles on the turf.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Enough has changed for Brushed by a Star since she won the Chilukki Stakes earlier this month at Churchill Downs. But what the filly’s new trainer, Eddie Kenneally, hopes has not changed is her will to win.

“She’s done really well ever since the sale, and we haven’t had to change a whole lot in regard to her training,” said Kenneally, who will saddle Brushed by a Star as the 122-pound highweight for the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap, the traditional Thanksgiving Day feature at Churchill. “She came to us in great shape. She’s healthy and sound.”

Catch a Thief, taking a distinct drop in class following four straight races in graded stakes, and Bold Affair, a sharp filly stretching out beyond seven furlongs for the first time following 14 sprints, are the two most difficult horses to evaluate in the Thanksgiving feature at Laurel Park.

The $100,000 Geisha Stakes, a one-mile race for Maryland-bred fillies and mares, goes as race 8 on a card that begins earlier than usual at 11:05 a.m. Eastern.

Five sprinters ran Sunday at Golden Gate Fields in an open allowance race as a prep for the $50,000-added Oakland on Dec. 15.

The result was a bit of a surprise with the talented but troubled Gig Harbor knocking off Northern California’s No. 1 sprinter Shudacudawudya with ease. Perhaps an even bigger surprise was the fact he did it in wire-to-wire style, outracing Shudacudawudya’s speedy stablemate Cardiffbythesea to take command early.

“He’s very fast but also very ratable,” said winning trainer Steve Specht of Gig Harbor, a 4-year-old City Zip colt.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Audre Cappuccitti, a prominent trainer, owner, and breeder in Ontario, died in Mississauga’s Trillium Health Centre on Monday at age 75.

Cappuccitti had been battling health problems of undetermined origin for more than a month.

After racing horses with other trainers, including Bronze Basque in 1993 with Vito Armata, Cappuccitti took out her own license in 1996 and saddled 26 winners that year.

Her winners included the 5-year-old Deputy Inxs, who had been trained previously by Gail Cheyne and the late Glen Buttigieg.

Jockey Ry Eikleberry won the 1,000th Thoroughbred race of his career Monday at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M., when he guided One Fine Jewel to a neck win in the 11th race. One Fine Jewel rallied from off the pace in the $5,000 conditioned claiming route, and paid $22.60.

The milestone was a meaningful one for Eikleberry, a 23-year-old native of Phoenix who stands 5-foot-9.

“It’s something I can look back at and be proud of,” he said.

NEW ORLEANS – The white ibis with their crazy long orange beaks were occupied in their usual routine Monday morning, pecking away at bits of food in the turf course. Murmurs of Creole French burbled from barns sitting in the distant corners of the backstretch. At 7 o’clock, the sun still low, steam swirled from the backs of just-exercised horses cooling out on walking wheels. An hour and a half later, people were shedding layers by the minute, dressing down to match the strengthening sunshine as the blue saddle towels of trainers Amoss, Asmussen, and Stall buzzed around the racing oval.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer Dale Romans has settled on the Clark Handicap, and not the Cigar Mile, as the final career start for Shackleford, the 4-year-old younger half-brother to Afleeting Lady.

“I guess the main factor is just that we wanted to stay home,” said Romans.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Chante Dan missed a scheduled start in the final race here Nov. 2 when her rider booked off late and her trainer, Preston Ferris, was unable to secure a replacement.

“It was frustrating,” said Ferris. “No one would ride her. She was scratched in the paddock. But, it all worked out.”

Ferris, 25, was in a forgiving mood here Sunday morning after Chante Dan delivered the trainer’s first career victory in the final race on Saturday.