There are question marks surrounding every 2-year-old in Saturday night’s $300,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. For some like Seeker, who exits the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint, and Ted’s Folly, who is seeking his sixth straight win, the race will be their first at two turns. For others, such as Grade 1 Champagne alum No Spin, the Springboard is a chance to prove themselves on dirt. And for runners like Fire Alarm, who in his last start faced future Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club winner Gemologist, the race is a first shot at stakes competition.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Corey Nakatani was all set to spend the winter in New York, until he got an offer he couldn’t refuse.

Thus, after he rides at Aqueduct on Friday and then makes a one-day stopover at Remington Park on Friday, Nakatani will return to Southern California where he will ride first-call for trainer Steve Asmussen during the Santa Anita meet which begins Dec. 26. Nakatani will actually begin riding at Hollywood Park on Wednesday and is scheduled to ride Handsome Mike for Doug O’Neill in the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity on Dec. 17.

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – Jess You and I has become an annual fixture in the Champion of Champions, the year-end Quarter Horse stakes at Los Alamitos that brings together many of the nation’s leading older horses.

Jess You and I won the 2008 Champion of Champions as a 4-year-old, but was eighth in 2009 and fourth last year. For his fourth consecutive appearance in Saturday’s $750,000 Champion of Champions, Jess You and I could make history, as the first 7-year-old winner.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – It has proven nearly impossible to sweep California’s three Grade 1 stakes for 2-year-old fillies. Only Excellent Meeting in 1998 has won the Del Mar Debutante, Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita, and Hollywood Starlet Stakes at Hollywood Park.

Some fillies are brilliant at the end of Del Mar in sprints, but unable to finish the season in the winner’s circle of a route at Hollywood Park in December. Some develop too late to be effective in sprints.

Rapid Redux, who set a record for horse based in the continental United States with his 20th consecutive victory last month at Mountaineer Racetrack, will take aim at another record Tuesday at Laurel Park.

A little more than two months ago, Love’s Blush beat Baltimore Belle by 3 1/2 lengths in the Maryland Million Ladies, a 1 1/8-mile race contested on turf. Their rematch in Saturday’s $75,000 Geisha for Maryland-bred fillies and mares at Laurel Park will come at a one-turn mile on the main track, which makes it plausible that Baltimore Belle can turn the tables.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – One of the more notable sightings on the racetrack here Thursday morning was that of the old warhorse Presious Passion, who is attempting a comeback with trainer Mary Hartmann.

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Hard Seven looks to continue her sharp form in the $35,000 City of Phoenix Stakes at Turf Paradise on Saturday. A six-furlong event for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, the City of Phoenix drew a field of nine.

A first-level allowance restricted to Pennsylvania-bred 2-year-olds on Nov. 8 at Parx Racing turned out to be an extremely productive sprint. Three horses who finished in the back half of the pack in the 10-horse field returned to win next time out, which stamps one-two-three finishers Francesco Rules, Ill Conceived, and Traffic Light strong contenders in Saturday’s $75,000 Pennsylvania Nursery.

Historic Hialeah Park will open its doors Saturday for its third season of Quarter Horse racing. The 42 day 2011-2012 meet will run through Feb. 19.

Racing will be conducted Fridays through Sundays, with the lone exceptions being racing on Monday, Dec. 26. instead of Christmas Day.

Hialeah will offer a full simulcast schedule from Gulfstream, which runs Wednesdays through Sundays.