ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Katie Get Excited will be stretching out for the first time and making her stakes debut here at Woodbine in Sunday’s 1 1/16 mile Selene Stakes. But Ricky Griffith, who trains the Kentucky-bred, said he believes Katie Is Excited is worthy of the opportunity to prove she belongs with the cream of her crop.

“I think she’s got some class,” said Griffith, who conditions Katie Get Excited for the partnership of his main client, Glenn Harvey, and Steve Duffield, who race as Debmar Stable.

MIAMI – Trainer David Fawkes’s arsenal of talented horses grew by one, somewhat unexpectedly, during the spring when he added the Grade 1-placed Tamarind Hall to his stable. She has not started since finishing 10th after forcing the pace into the stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint last fall. Tamarind Hall will make her first start for Fawkes in Sunday’s $38,000 feature at Calder, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint to be decided under money allowance conditions.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Dynamic Host could have easily started in the $150,000 San Juan Capistrano at Santa Anita on April 22. Dynamic Host would have more than likely been beaten in the San Juan Capistrano, a race that drew many of the circuit’s top turf marathoners.

Instead, trainer Art Sherman decided to skip that race with Dynamic Host in favor of Sunday’s $70,000 Round Table Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park. The Round Table Stakes is run over 1 1/2 miles on turf, and is a race that the 6-year-old Dynamic Host can win.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Tu Endie Wei’s lone route race was forgettable, and she will get a mulligan around two turns Sunday at Woodbine in the Grade 3, $250,000 Selene Stakes.

After going 3 for 4 last year, Tu Endie Wei was voted the Sovereign Award for champion 2-year-old filly. She captured her debut in the My Dear Stakes with a 91 Beyer Speed Figure and then took the Ontario Debutante Stakes over a charging Northern Passion.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to be horseplayers – except when you want them to take you to the track for a nice Mother’s Day brunch and hopefully tout you on a couple of winners.

Tom Amoss, whose 86-year-old mother allowed him to grow up to be a horse trainer, says he wishes he could spend the day with her, but he has business to tend to at Churchill Downs.

“We always go home [to New Orleans] to see her on Fourth of July weekend, so that’s what we’ll do again this year,” said Amoss.

ALBANY, Calif. – Racing was expected to resume with no problems Friday as Golden Gate Fields continued to work on restoring full power to the facility.

Problems initially cropped up Thursday, but racing was not affected. The tote board and tote machines were fully operational.

Problems continued overnight, and a lack of power affected some computers on the front side as well as telephone lines. Clockers had to rely on walkie-talkies to communicate with the backstretch during workouts.

Iowa-bred racing is alive and well as 11 accomplished runners head to post in Saturday night's featured $70,000 John Wayne Stakes at Prairie Meadows.

Contested over the six-furlong distance, this year's John Wayne brings together the combined winners of 50 races at Prairie Meadows for earnings of well over $1.5  million.

Sword Trick and Cowgirl N Up are the most accomplished 3-year-olds in their respective divisions of the $75,000 Texas Stallion Stakes at Lone Star Park on Saturday. But both have something significant to prove. Sword Trick and Cowgirl N Up are seeking their first two-turn wins in the 1 1/16-mile races, and controlling their speed will be key if they are to succeed, according to their trainers, Bret Calhoun and Caroline Dodwell.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Players who wagered on Thursday’s pick six at Belmont Parkhad a right to be upset after the stewards allowed the scratch of probable heavy favorite, Imagining, from the sixth race after wagering for the pick six closed.

There was a pick six carryover of $131,171 entering the card and an additional $438,913 was wagered into the pool. Imagining would have been an odds-on favorite in a race that was moved to the dirt from the turf.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Brilliant Speed, third in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve on Kentucky Derby Day, will make his next start in the Grade 1 Manhattan on Belmont Stakes Day, according to trainer Tom Albertrani.

Brilliant Speed was beaten three lengths by Little Mike, who surprisingly got loose on the lead in the Woodford Reserve.

“He ran very, very well,” Albertrani said. “He got bottled up at the three-eighths pole, and Johnny [Velazquez] thought it cost him second place. I think the mile and a half of the Manhattan should be to his liking.”