OZONE PARK, N.Y. - If Redding Colliery ships to Santa Anita for the Big Cap as trainer Kiaran McLauglin has indicate he “likely” will, that might entice trainer Tony Dutrow to run Marilyn’s Guy in the Excelsior.

Marilyn’s Guy returned from an 11-month layoff to win a hard-fought nose decision over San Pablo in Saturday’s As Indicated Stakes over the inner track. Marilyn’s Guy earned a 99 Beyer Speed Figure in the process.

Dutrow said Monday that Marilyn’s Guy came out of the race “superior” but that his first instinct was not to run back in the Excelsior.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -  Transito Salazar, a hotwalker who suffered serious head injuries after reportedly falling from the balcony of one of the dormitories at Gulfstream Park early Sunday morning, has regained consciousness but remains in serious condition at Aventura Hospital, according to his employer, trainer Peter Walder.

Walder said Monday that a nurse in the intensive care unit said Salazar was admitted with internal bleeding in his brain and that his injuries were life threatening.

The 3-year-old filly Applauding, who was among the entries for Saturday's Rachel Alexandra Stakes at Fair Grounds, will be scratched from the race, trainer Al Stall informed track officials Monday morning. Applauding breezed a half-mile in 50.80 seconds Monday morning, and Stall said he wasn't pleased with the work.

"She didn't work to my satisfaction and I'm going to scratch her," Stall said. "She just wasn't herself. I don't know if something's bugging her internally or what. She just wasn't right."

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – It’s Tricky, a finalist for the 2011 Eclipse Award in the 3-year-old filly division, launched her multiple Grade 1-winning campaign with two victories over Aqueduct’s inner track.

After spending the last 3 1/2 months training in south Florida, It’s Tricky has returned to New York where she will begin her 4-year-old season in the Grade 2, $200,000 Top Flight Handicap here on March 3.

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - El Aguila Real, making his stakes debut against older Quarter Horses, won Sunday's $226,050 Los Alamitos Winter Championship, becoming the first qualifier for the $750,000 Champion of Champions in December.

Ridden by Cruz Mendez, El Aguila Real ($23.20) finished three-quarters of a length in front of Senor Toby, who was seeking his eighth consecutive win. Noconi, the fastest qualifier, finished third, a head behind Senor Toby.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Wherever one-mile stakes for 3-year-olds are run this spring, Drill will be a nominee.

A day after Drill won his second stakes in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita, trainer Bob Baffert said no plans have been made for the colt’s next start, but that races around one turn, particularly at a mile, will be given extra consideration.

“I think he’s a middle-distance horse, a one-turn horse,” Baffert said. “We’ll nominate to everything.”

ARCADIA, Calif. - The pick six pool on Monday at Santa Anita is expected to exceed $800,000 with interest spurred by a one-day carryover of $162,429 from Sunday.

Monday’s pick six covers the fourth through ninth races on a program that begins at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. The first pick six race is the fourth, an optional claimer over 1 1/2 miles on turf, with a post time of 2:03 Pacific. The first race offers a short-priced favorite in Imponente Purse, who will be a single selection on many tickets.

OLDSMAR, Fla. – Great Attack came up a neck short in last year’s Turf Dash at Tampa Bay Downs to the Todd Pletcher-trained Bridgetown but earned his first stakes win last Saturday when he outkicked Western Prospector by three-quarters of a length in the $75,000 Turf Dash.

Great Attack, fourth last year in the Breeder’s Cup Turf Sprint, covered the five furlongs Saturday over a good and somewhat giving turf course in 55.93 seconds. He earned a 96 Beyer Speed Figure.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Todd Pletcher took a slightly different approach on Monday morning to get his two undefeated 3-year-olds Algorithms and Discreet Dancer to the same place, the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth on Sunday at Gulfstream Park.

Algorithms and Discreet Dancer turned in their final workouts Monday at Palm Meadows for the 1 1/16-mile Fountain of Youth, a major step towards Gulfstream Park’s marquee race, the $1 million Florida Derby on March 31.

ARCADIA, Calif. –  Drill, who had fallen on hard times since being ranked last summer as the best of trainer Bob Baffert’s 2-year-olds, returned to his best form on Sunday with a hard-fought victory in the Grade 2, $147,000 San Vicente Stakes, nosing out American Act, with highly regarded Creative Cause just a length away.