HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Although Mucho Macho Man gets all the ink, there are other horses in trainer Kathy Ritvo’s barn who have had some success this season. One of those is Miss Suwanee, who beat males winning her maiden this summer at Saratoga and will be among the contenders in Friday’s $54,500 allowance feature at Gulfstream Park, carded at five furlongs on the turf.

Ea, the long-winded gelding who won two races totaling 25 furlongs in a week’s time at Saratoga, breaks from the rail as the 4-5 morning-line choice in Friday’s Aqueduct feature at 1 1/2 miles.

All seven entrants in the $69,000 three-turn race – situated as race 4, the opening leg of the pick six – are in for the optional claiming price of $35,000.

Danny Caldwell was searching for an “adrenaline flow” after he left his career as a high school coach to start a business with his brother. He has found the right fit in racing. Caldwell has won four of the last five Thoroughbred owner titles Remington Park in Oklahoma City, his latest on Sunday. He operates an active claiming barn, and led all owners with 21 wins. Caldwell’s stable earned $380,080.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Animal Kingdom took his first step toward his much-anticipated 2013 debut when he breezed an easy half-mile in 52 seconds around the dogs at Palm Meadows on Tuesday. Animal Kingdom returned from a long layoff to finish second behind Wise Dan in the Breeders’ Cup Mile. The 2011 Kentucky Derby winner, Animal Kingdom is being pointed to the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap on Feb. 9.

“He went easily,” trainer Graham Motion said. “The idea was to give him a nice, comfortable first breeze back. He’s had some down time since the Breeders’ Cup.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Fort Larned has taken up residence under trainer Ian Wilkes’s shed at the Palm Meadows training center. But don’t expect to see the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Eclipse Award candidate racing any time soon.

Fort Larned, a homebred owned by Janis Whitham, capped off a big year for both himself and Wilkes with a game half-length triumph over Mucho Macho Man in the Classic. The victory was the fifth in nine tries on the season for Fort Larned, who won the Grade 3 Skip Away here in late March and also captured the Grade 1 Whitney at Saratoga.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The year 2012 was a year to remember on a personal level for Roger Attfield, as he was inducted into the horse racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., this summer and later was enshrined in the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

On the racetrack, however, Attfield’s season could only be called disappointing.

“It’s the worst year I’ve had in about 25 years,” said Attfield, who was speaking from his Florida winter base in Payson Park.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Minds Eyes has won her last two starts in sprints on the synthetic main track at Del Mar and the hillside turf course at Santa Anita. She will be asked to try something new Friday, starting in a second-level optional $62,500 claimer over a mile on turf at Betfair Hollywood Park.

This is the time to try a longer distance, according to trainer John Shirreffs.

“We think the added distance will suit her,” he said. “She’s running late. It’s something a trainer would like to try.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The steady Miss Tatey Cat figures to lead the way in Friday’s Woodbine feature for 2-year-old fillies. Her main obstacle in the first-level allowance might be the seven-furlong distance.

Miss Tatey Cat has made all three of her starts at five furlongs in maiden-claiming company, and ran against a track bias in her first two tries. She broke slowly before stalking the leaders on the outside en route to finishing second over an inside-favoring track in her $40,000 opener Oct. 3.

Russell Baze added two more candidates to his California Derby contenders list over the weekend at Golden Gate Fields.

On Saturday, Zeewat won the one-mile Gold Rush under Baze for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. On Sunday, Baze guided China Prince to his maiden victory for trainer Daniel Franko. Both could end up in the Jan. 12 California Derby.

The 3-year-old Lucy’s Bob Boy earned a career-best 103 Beyer Speed Figure en route to breaking a 36-year-old track record at Charles Town on Tuesday night.

Taking a substantial class drop to face open company in a nonwinners-of-two allowance, Lucy’s Bob Boy cruised to a 17-length victory over three overmatched opponents. His time of 1:16.44 for 6 1/2 furlongs erased the record of 1:17 set by Jet Appeal on Jan. 6, 1976.