ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Incredicat passed his first serious Queen’s Plate test with flying colors with a 1 3/4-length score here in last Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile Wando Stakes.

Incredicat had won his maiden over 5 1/2 furlongs at first asking here last Dec. 4, but then got caught up in a speed duel when finishing third in a 6 1/2-furlong first-level allowance at Gulfstream on March 24.

Racing last Saturday with blinkers off, Incredicat relaxed nicely under Luis Contreras and turned back a couple of challenges while leading at every call.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Excaper, runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf for Black and owners Richard Kaster and Frederick Wieiting, had his first breeze of the season here last Sunday.

Bred in Kentucky, Excaper also ran second in the Summer over one mile of grass here last year and concluded his campaign with a third-place finish in Gulfstream’s Dania Beach over the same distance and surface on Dec. 18. After that race he came down with the neurological disease equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, said Black.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Jermaine Bridgmohan, the younger brother of Shaun Bridgmohan and a winner of 543 career races, has moved his tack to Woodbine and is being represented by agent Jack Lauzon.

Bridgmohan had campaigned this winter at the Fair Grounds, where he rode 18 winners, including two for Woodbine-based Malcolm Pierce.

“Malcolm Pierce and Mike McDonald in Florida both recommended that I give Woodbine a shot and I was fortunate to hook up with Jack,” said the 23 year-old Bridgmohan. “I’m looking to have a good meet.”

Michael Moreno, who races as Southern Equine Racing Stables, has purchased a minority interest in Arkansas Derby winner Bodemeister, according to a source with knowledge of the sale.

Moreno had been looking at a number of Kentucky Derby contenders in recent weeks. Bodemeister is considered the favorite for the Kentucky Derby on May 5.

The majority interest in Bodemeister is owned by Ahmed Zayat. Zayat confirmed the sale, but did not want to identify the buyer, but said, "He is a very passionate man. Young and smart. Loves the game. A true sportsman."

Atlantic City Race Course in New Jersey opens its six-day, all-turf meet Friday, with the opening card of six races attracting 72 entries, the maximum number allowed.

The abbreviated meet kicks off the New Jersey Thoroughbred racing calendar, with cards of either six or seven races slated to be held April 27-29 and May 1-3. Racing starts at Monmouth Park on May 12.

Phil Dancer, racing without blinkers for the first time in his five-race career, responded to the equipment change by coming from off the pace to win Tuesday’s $75,000 Philmont Stakes for 3-year-olds at Parx Racing.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Liaison was the only potential Kentucky Derby starter to work on Wednesday, going a stiff six furlongs in 1:12.92 at Churchill Downs with jockey Shaun Bridgmohan aboard.

Havre de Grace wasn’t the only filly from trainer Larry Jones’s barn whose career ended prematurely last weekend. On Tuesday, Jones reported that Robi Jo, a lightly raced 3-year-old filly he owns in partnership with his wife Cindy, injured herself at Churchill Downs on Saturday and has been retired. She will be bred to Proud Citizen.

Robi Jo, a daughter of Lemon Drop Kid, won her first two starts before suffering her lone defeat when finishing fifth making her stakes debut March 10 at Fair Grounds. Jones was pointing Robi Jo to the Edgewood Stakes on turf on Kentucky Oaks Day.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It didn’t take trainer Bob Baffert long to make his presence felt around Churchill Downs in advance of this year’s Kentucky Derby.

Less than 24 hours after arriving in Louisville, Baffert sent out the likely Derby favorite Bodemeister to work five furlongs in company with one of his three Kentucky Oaks hopefuls, Jemima’s Pearl, on a clear and crisp Tuesday morning under the Twin Spires. The Baffert show continued about 15 minutes later when his undefeated filly Mamma Kimbo also worked for the Oaks.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Rain this week in California will not put a damper on opening day of the spring meet at Betfair Hollywood Park, which opens Thursday for a 50-day season that many horseplayers welcome.

A bias-free main track and launch of 2-year-olds offer refreshing change following a long winter on the speed-friendly Santa Anita dirt. For bettors and horsemen who appreciate an occasional come-from-behind winner, Cushion Track at Hollywood is fine, thank you.