HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - It took Turbo Compressor nearly until the spring of his 4-year-old campaign and 11 starts to finally get on the turf. But it was well worth the wait.

Turbo Compressor dominated a strong allowance field that included the multiple graded stakes winner Boisterous by 5 1/2 widening lengths under leading rider Javier Castellano when he finally made his turf debut in Sunday’s co-featured fourth race at Gulfstream Park. The victory was the fifth for Turbo Compressor, who is already a two-time stakes winner and graded stakes-placed on dirt.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – An optimistic Ramon Dominguez said Monday he is hoping to miss only a couple of weeks of riding, despite suffering a separation of his collarbone in a spill at Aqueduct on Sunday.

Dominguez met with a specialist Monday in Long Island who sounded optimistic about an expedited return to the saddle.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – At a time of the season when most of the talk is about 3-year-olds and the Kentucky Derby, it’s refreshing to digress briefly to praise the accomplishments of a horse like Game Ball.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A change of scenery – even if it’s only a few feet away – is definitely in order for the New York Racing Association, which moves its racing Wednesday from Aqueduct’s winterized inner track to the main track.

Though it has been a mild winter weather-wise, it has been a harsh couple of weeks on the inner track, with nine fatalities having occurred in the final 17 days of the meet. Overall, there were 18 fatalities during the 74-day session.

PHOENIX - Turf Paradise canceled its second consecutive card Monday due to poor track conditions, following a severe winter storm that blew through Arizona Sunday. Racing was canceled after one race Sunday.
Live racing is scheduled to resume Tuesday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A field of at least seven 3-year-olds now seems definite for the $1 million Florida Derby on March 31, led by division leader Union Rags and El Padrino. Other confirmed starters include Take Charge Indy, Neck ’n Neck, News Pending, Reveron, and Fort Loudon.

Daddy O. rallied for a neck win over On Down the Road in the $110,000 New Mexico State University Handicap at Sunland Park on Sunday. It was another half-length back in third to Double Smart.

The mile and 70-yard race was for 4-year-olds and up bred in New Mexico.

Daddy O. ($24.20) covered the distance on a track rated fast in 1:43.62. Alejandro Medellin rode the winner for trainer Ross Amestoy.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Trainer Ron Ellis and owner Samantha Siegel, who combined to win the Grade 1 Santa Margarita Invitational on Saturday with Include Me Out, came back for an encore performance Sunday at Santa Anita when they sent out Canonize to capture the $71,800 Santana Mile for older males.

Canonize ($5.40), the favorite, had a compelling duel with Gladding down the stretch and prevailed by a half-length after that prolonged drive. It was another 8 1/4 lengths back to Honour the Deputy in third.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.  – Tapitsfly may be a Breeders’ Cup winner, but  she’d never won a graded stakes until Sunday when she took care of that little glitch in her  résumé with a three-quarter-length victory over Bay to Bay in Gulfstream Park’s Grade 2 Honey Fox.

Jockey Ramon Dominguez, the two-time reigning Eclipse Award winner, suffered a separated – but not fractured – collarbone and will miss an undetermined amount of time as the result of a spill in Sunday’s eighth race at Aqueduct.

Meanwhile, apprentice jockey Samuel Camacho Jr., involved in the same spill, was uninjured and is expected to ride Wednesday at Aqueduct. Both jockeys were released from North Shore University Hospital about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.