ETOBICOKE, Ontario – It will be hard to top the career year that trainer Ralph Biamonte had in 2011, but he does seem poised for a productive 2012. He entered a trio of Ontario-bred 3-year-olds in Sunday’s $150,000 Woodstock Stakes at Woodbine, most notably Menlo Castle.

Menlo Castle is one of the early favorites for the $1 million Queen’s Plate on June 24. It took him four starts to earn his diploma, which he did in style over 6 1/2 furlongs Sept. 5 in the $201,200 Simcoe, a stakes for graduates of local yearling sales.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Winning Machine looks like the one to beat when he makes his seasonal debut in the $50,000 George Royal Stakes at Hastings Sunday. The six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up drew 12 horses but only 10 will be allowed to start.

Post time for the eight-race card is 1:50 p.m. Pacific. The George Royal goes as the last race and is scheduled for 5:20 p.m.

 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Another World came four wide into the stretch and put in a determined bid to catch Remit and a resurging Cascabella on the wire and win the $100,000 Redbud at Oaklawn Park on Thursday. Another World proved a head better than Remit, who finished a half-length in front of third-place finisher Cascabella.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Beat the Blues rolled up the rail for a 1 3/4-length win in the $75,000 Carousel at Oaklawn Park on Thursday. Mysterious Chimes was second, holding off the late-charging Gleaming by a nose. It was another two lengths back to favorite Salty Strike in fourth.

Remington Park has six stakes for Quarter Horses on tap Saturday night, the biggest being the $850,000 Oklahoma Bred Futurity. The 330-yard race is for 2-year-olds bred in Oklahoma.

Sam Houston Race Park in Houston will put on four major Quarter Horse stakes Saturday night, including the Grade 1, $100,620 Texas Challenge Championship for older horses, and the Grade 2, $487,770 Sam Houston Futurity. The program starts at 7 p.m. Central.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - There is no such thing as magic blinkers, but after Groupie Doll swept to victory Thursday in the 11th running of the Grade 1, $300,000 Vinery Madison Stakes at Keeneland, there was plenty of talk about how blinkers helped the 4-year-old filly keep her focus.

"I think they helped a lot," said Rajiv Maragh, who guided Groupie Doll to a three-length score in the seven-furlong Madison. "They helped get her up into the race without doing too much. When I asked her, she really came with her run. She's got a lot of power."

I’ll Have Another, the winner of the Santa Anita Derby last Saturday, has returned to training at Hollywood Park, trainer Doug O’Neill said.

I’ll Have Another was jogged on Wednesday and was galloped on Thursday.

Owned by Paul and Zillah Reddam, I’ll Have Another will remain in Southern California until April 28, and will have his final major workout for the Kentucky Derby on April 27. The Kentucky Derby is May 5.

“He’s so full of himself, showing great energy,” O’Neill said.

Ultimate Eagle, the winner of the Grade 2 Strub Stakes but the beaten favorite in the Santa Anita Handicap last month, has been taken out of training until late summer, trainer Mike Pender said on Thursday.

A winner of 5 of 10 starts and $467,800 for owner B.J. Wright, Ultimate Eagle was being considered for Saturday’s Charles Town Classic in West Virginia when the decision was made, Pender said.

“He’s getting a little rest,” Pender said. “I’d like to get him revved up and ready to go with an eye on the Breeders’ Cup.”

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – There is a Grade 1-winning 3-year-old running at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, but not in the Arkansas Derby. Drill will be in action on the undercard, in the $100,000 Northern Spur.

He will face six others in the one-mile race for 3-year-olds that will begin and end at the sixteenth pole. The Northern Spur is one of four stakes on the closing-day card. Together, the races are worth a cumulative $1,750,000, making the program the richest ever run at Oaklawn.