LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bourbon Courage, the flashy 3-year-old who was defeated for the first time when fourth in the April 28 Derby Trial on opening night, could run next in the $400,000 Woody Stephens on the June 9 Belmont Stakes undercard.

"We’re seriously considering it," said Kellyn Gorder, who trains the Lion Heart colt for Bourbon Lane Stable and Lynn Wayne. "It’s seven furlongs, and that figures to be his kind of race. We know it’s coming up tough but we’ve got a lot of confidence in the horse."

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bouquet Booth earned a new lease on her racing career when she ended an eight-race losing streak with aplomb Thursday at Churchill Downs, running off to a six-length victory and earning a career-high 94 Beyer Speed Figure in a six-furlong allowance.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Savvy Supreme returns to the scene of her greatest triumph Sunday as the headliner in the $75,000 Monmouth Beach Stakes for fillies and mares at Monmouth Park.

The 4-year-old trained by Todd Pletcher makes her season debut in the mile and 70-yard contest against five rivals, with Elvis Trujillo set to ride.

Savvy Supreme won three times last year, with her finest moment the 1 3/4-length score in the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks. She earned a 90 Beyer Speed Figure that afternoon, equaling her career best.

All systems appear set for another big effort.

Trainer Henry Dominguez is coming at them with numbers Sunday in the $50,000 First Lady at Ruidoso Downs. The six-furlong race for fillies and mares is the first Thoroughbred stakes of the New Mexico meet that opened on Friday.

Dominguez’s representatives are She’smylittleman, winner of the $50,000 Czaria last out at Sunland Park; Bab at the Bowster, who won an allowance at SunRay Park in her last start May 5; and Free Range, who comes off a seven-length score in an optional $25,000 claimer at Sunland.

The NFL quarterback Tim Tebow might have been traded from the Denver Broncos to the New York Jets, but it still could be Tebow Time in Colorado on Sunday. Tebow Time, a 3-year-old stakes winner, will be seeking his third straight win when he starts in the $40,000 Inaugural at Arapahoe Park.
The six-furlong race for 3-year-olds is the first stakes of the meet at the Aurora, Colo., track that opened its meet Saturday.

Contested, who has reeled off three consecutive victories while gradually stretching out, will now attempt one mile for the first time in Monday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Acorn for 3-year-old fillies.

Contested won twice at Santa Anita, at six and 6 1/2 furlongs, before rolling to a 4 3/4-length victory in the Grade 3 Eight Belles going seven furlongs at Churchill on Oaks Day.

The season-ending goal for Cold Cash 123, the reigning world champion Quarter Horse, is a start in the Grade 1, $750,000 Champion of Champions. He can take a major step towards that objective on Sunday, when he starts in the $250,000 Remington Park Invitational.

The Invitational, a Grade 1 at 440 yards, offers its winner a berth into the Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos on Dec. 15.

Rarely has a sixth-place finish been greeted with such enthusiasm.

There were plenty of smiles around the John Forbes/Pat McBurney barn after Get Serious checked in sixth last weekend in the Elkwood Stakes.

All things considered, they were encouraged by the comeback effort from the 8-year-old gelding.

“We thought it was a fantastic race,” McBurney said.

A little context is in order.

ELMONT, N.Y. – In Caleb’s Posse, trainer Donnie Von Hemel will likely have the favorite for Monday’s Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park.

With She’s All In, Von Hemel will have a live longshot in Monday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap run about one hour earlier on the 11-race card.

Led by defending Phipps winner Awesome Maria, all five fillies and mares entered in Monday’s 44th renewal of the Phipps are coming off a stakes victory.

AUBURN, Wash. – Talk to My Laywer, hero of the Gottstein Futurity last summer, headlines a crackerjack field Sunday in the $50,000 Seattle Handicap at Emerald Downs. First post is 2 p.m. Pacific, and the season’s first stakes for 3-year-old fillies is the eighth race on a nine-race card.