BALTIMORE – Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another went through another strong gallop Monday morning at Pimlico, where trainer Doug O’Neill chose to send the colt to the track earlier than usual to dodge expected rain later in the morning.

With the track still fast, and with exercise rider Jonny Garcia up, I’ll Have Another was accompanied to the five-furlong pole by his multi-millionaire pony Lava Man before breaking off into a very lively gallop of three-quarters of a mile. Pimlico clocker Mark Euga caught the colt in 26.60 seconds from the quarter pole to the wire.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Dhaamer won minor handicaps at notable racecourses in England in 2010 and 2011, but had never won a stakes before Sunday’s $72,950 Round Table Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park.

The turn of foot the 5-year-old Dhaamer showed through the stretch left trainer Mike Mitchell dreaming of further glory in distance turf stakes this summer.

“He had plenty left in the tank,” Mitchell said.

INGLEWOOD, Calif.- Jockey Patrick Valenzuela had his first win since ending a four-month retirement last month in Sunday’s seventh race at Betfair Hollywood Park.

Valenzuela, 49, rode favored Langfurs Lightning to a three-quarter length win over King’s Red Journey in a maiden claimer over 7 1/2 furlongs. Langfurs Lightning ($5.40) was Valenzuela’s 25th mount since returning to riding on April 26, at the start of the current spring-summer meeting.

“I feel like I’ve got a monkey off my back,” Valenzuela said after he left the winner’s circle.

Jockey Omar Berrio, who suffered an apparent stroke on Friday, remained hospitalized on Sunday but was moving his arms and legs and talking with visitors, according to Southern California backstretch chaplain Eddie Meza.

There was concern in the aftermath of the stroke that Berrio had suffered damage to his speech and possible paralysis to his right side, but Meza said on Sunday that was not the case. Meza visited the 43-year-old Berrio in the hospital.

“He was moving his arms and legs,” Meza said. “He was talking.”

Drill won Saturday's Laz Barrera Stakes while  ridden by jockey Martin Garcia, who was aboard three winners for Baffert on Saturday at Hollywood Park. But it appears it will be the last time they team together in the immediate future.

Baffert told the Paulick Report website on Sunday that he no longer intends to ride Garcia because the rider did not appear for morning workouts last week and that Garcia said he wants to take mounts for other stables.

Garcia declined to comment between races on Sunday. His agent, Jim Pegram, would not elaborate on the dispute.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Drill, the winner of the Grade 3 Laz Barrera Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park on Saturday, may be bound for New York in June.

Trainer Bob Baffert said that Drill will be kept to stakes around one turn for the foreseeable future, and that the $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes for 3-year-olds over seven furlongs on June 9 is a potential next start.

“The Woody Stephens is the next logical race, but we’ll play it by ear,” Baffert said.

He emphasized that Drill’s next start “will be a one-turn race.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario — A rejuvenated Dixie Strike  defeated 1-2 favorite Tu Endie Wei with an impressive closing run under Patrick Husbands in the $280,000 Selene Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday.

After trailing the field early, Dixie Strike  ($9.10) made an eye-catching inside move heading into the far turn in the Grade 3 event for 3-year-old fillies. She collared Tu Endie Wei at the eighth pole before drawing away to prevail by 3 3/4 lengths, in a quick time of 1:43.79 for 1 1/16 miles.

A terrific 13-race Friday card with seven stakes and no claiming events awaits Preakness eve fans at Pimlico in Baltimore, where the historic Pimlico Special is being revived after having been dormant since 2008.

The $300,000 Pimlico Special is being run as a Grade 3 event, having displaced what had been the William Donald Schaefer Handicap so as to retain its graded status. The 1 3/16-mile race drew some of the best older horses in training, including Alternation, Nehro, Hymn Book, Toby’s Corner, and Mission Impazible among the field of 10.

 ALTOONA, Iowa -- Cresco Direct Hit kicked clear from a demanding duel with defending champ and stablemate Mutti Blues to take the $70,000 John Wayne Stakes at Prairie Meadows on Saturday night.

The 7-year-old Cresco Direct Hit, owned by Maggi Moss and trained by Chris Richard, had plenty left after blazing through early fractions of 21.98 and 45.07 seconds to resist the spirited rally of the Lynn Chleborad-trained Cainam to score by 1 1/2 lengths.

ALBANY, Calif. – While the photo finish sign flashed, Chips All In’s rider Aaron Gryder told Stoney Fleece’s rider Kevin Krigger after the $75,000 Alcatraz Stakes that he would be posing for pictures after the race.

He was right as Stoney Fleece put his nose on the wire, beating the pacesetting favorite in the final stride of the 1 1/16-mile turf race.

“Aaron knew I nailed him, but I thought it was iffy,” said Krigger. “I’m glad he knew because it made me feel a lot better galloping back.”

Gryder said, “Kevin thought I had [held on], but I told him I didn’t.”