OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Tried and true veterans of the New York-bred sprint stakes program have assembled for another meeting in a somewhat less prestigious – though no less contentious – event Wednesday at Aqueduct.

Just three months ago, Mineswept, Driven by Success, Smokin Hero, and Be Bullish ran third, fourth, sixth, and seventh, respectively, in the $125,000 Hudson Stakes at Belmont Park. Wednesday that same quartet along with three of their friends meet in a $54,000 optional claiming/New York-bred allowance that serves as the best race on Aqueduct’s nine-race program.

OLDSMAR Fla. – There were a number of smiling faces at Tampa Bay Downs last Friday when Robert Jeffries sent out Cover Price to upset a tough field of allowance rivals in the ninth race to the tune of $71.40.

Jockey Pedro Flores fractured his right collarbone and suffered bruising to his lower back Sunday when his mount fell in the fifth race at Golden Gate Fields.

Flores was taken from the Albany, Calif., racetrack to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where his injuries were diagnosed.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Battle-tested against a stakes-winning stablemate last fall, Include Me Out won her first stakes in Sunday’s $150,000 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita, running in the sort of race her trainer thought would suit the 4-year-old filly.

Include Me Out started over 1 1/16 miles for the first time and gave a career-best performance to win the Grade 2 stakes by 4 1/4 lengths over Great Hot.

“Pedigree-wise, she wanted two turns,” trainer Ron Ellis said of Include Me Out.

Take Me Away Today, who began her career in the claiming ranks, become a stakes winner Sunday, when she closed fast in the $50,000 El Paso Times at Sunland Park. She won by 2 1/2 lengths over Brooks Beach, while it was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Angry Bird.

The El Paso Times was a 6 1/2-furlong race for 3-year-old fillies.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Gleaming uncorked a powerful bid through the stretch to run down Sassy City for a 1 3/4-length win in the $50,000 American Beauty at Oaklawn Park on Sunday. It was another 3 3/4 lengths back in third to Rattlin Gyspy.

A dense fog had gripped Oaklawn for much of the afternoon, but the low cloud cover lifted in time for the American Beauty.

ARCADIA, Calif. – It took two tries, but the multiple stakes winner Ultimate Eagle finally completed a workout over the weekend.

Last Friday, Ultimate Eagle was about a half-mile into a workout at Hollywood Park when an iron broke, forcing an exercise rider to pull up the 4-year-old, trainer Mike Pender said. On Sunday, Ultimate Eagle worked five furlongs in 1:00.60.

“You add those two together, and he’s worked about nine-eighths,” Pender said.

Santa Anita and the HRTV racing network are conducting a documentary contest on Santa Anita racing this spring open to film students and filmmakers.

The program submissions must be five minutes or less and based on Santa Anita. Entitled “A Day at the Races,” the competition offers prizes of $10,000, $5,000, and $3,000 for the first three entries selected by a panel of racing and entertainment judges. A $10,000 first prize will be awarded to the winner of an online poll.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Amazombie’s absence from the Grade 2 Palos Verdes Stakes at Santa Anita last Saturday will postpone his 2012 debut until the $200,000 San Carlos Stakes on Feb. 25, trainer Bill Spawr said Sunday.

The champion sprinter of 2011, Amazombie was withdrawn from the Palos Verdes because of wet track conditions, a decision that Spawr said he did not regret Sunday. The Palos Verdes was won by the ex-claimer Frumious, who set a quick pace while leading throughout. He finished six furlongs in 1:07.28.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Midnight Transfer weaved his way from last to first to win his stakes debut in Sunday’s $82,500 San Pedro Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters at Santa Anita.

Midnight Transfer ($6.40) was last on the rail on the turn and closed well late to win by a head over pacesetter Got Even. Ridden by Joel Rosario, Midnight Transfer ran 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:14.25.

The successful run on the turn and through the stretch was a relief to Rosario.