PHOENIX – When All Saint went on his tear of winning four straight stakes during the 2010-11 Turf Paradise meet on his way to horse of the meet honors, he utilized his speed, going right out to a clear lead each time and playing keep-away. The 5-year-old All Saint returns to defend his title in Saturday’s $35,000 Hank Mills Sr. Handicap, but there’s a major roadblock he didn’t face in any of those four stakes wins last season: significant other speed.

You don’t make racing’s Hall of Fame like trainer Jerry Hollendorfer did this year without the ability to develop horses.

Hollendorfer has a knack of getting the best out of runners, whether it’s an Eclipse winner like Blind Luck last year, a 2-year-old filly like Hollywood Starlet winner Killer Graces, or a 3-year-old filly such as Halo Dolly, who could be the one to beat in Saturday’s $75,000 Pacific Heights at Golden Gate Fields.

Handle figures were down slightly at the Remington Park Thoroughbred meet that ended Saturday night. The meet followed a 2010 season in which the track posted a 48 percent increase in handle on its live races due to an expanded simulcast network.

Remington Park in Oklahoma City raced 67 dates this year, the same as in 2010, which was its first under the ownership of Global Gaming, a subsidiary of the Chickasaw Nation.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday approved a request by Turfway Park to lower its takeout for the pick four from 22 percent to 14 percent. Bob Elliston, the president of Turfway, said at the committee's meeting that Turfway hoped to attract more interest for its signal in the simulcast market through the measure.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Boys At Tosconova, who is entered along with stablemate Trickmeister in Saturday’s Harlan’s Holiday overnight stakes, continues to train well since shipping to Florida from New York with trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. last month. Boys at Tosconova worked six furlongs in 1:14.60 and galloped out seven-eighths in 1:29.20 over a very fast track at Gulfstream Park Wednesday

The 1 1/16-mile Harlan’s Holiday drew a field of eight that also includes Duke of Mischief, who will make his first start since finishing a distant 10th in the Grade 1 Whitney.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin reported that Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic runner-up Its Tricky is galloping daily at Palm Meadows and could run once and perhaps even twice during the current Gullfstream Park meet.

“It’s a long year, and I’m not sure what we’ll do with her yet, although the Rampart at the end of March is possible, with a prep in late February in the Sabin a potential stepping-stone to that race,” said McLaughlin.

The Grade 3 Rampart will be run on the Florida Derby undercard on March 31.

Star Guitar came out of his third straight win Saturday in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic in good condition, trainer Al Stall said, and his connections now have the all-time earnings record for a Louisiana-bred as a target.

“He went to the track today," Stall said Wednesday morning. "He looks good. Everything’s fine. He’s on schedule for the fourth of February at Delta.”

Mr. Commons, fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5, remains on schedule for the $150,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes over a mile on turf for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita on Dec. 26.

“He’s been strong, strong, strong,” trainer John Shirreffs said Wednesday.

While Mr. Commons has thrived on turf in recent months, winning the Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar in July and finishing second in the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile in August and Grade 2 Oak Tree Mile at Santa Anita in October, he could switch surfaces in early 2012.

String King paid at win odds of 4-1 in last Saturday’s Louisiana Champions Day Turf, but the longer-term odds of this horse winning a $100,000 race were astronomical.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Stakes winners Longview Drive and Lucky Chappy will miss Saturday’s $750,000 CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park, but the race will include the sharp maiden winner Blingo, a late addition to the field.

The Grade 1 CashCall Futurity has drawn 13 2-year-olds, four of which are stakes winners.

Longview Drive, who won the Charlie Palmer Futurity at Fresno in October, will be pointed to the $100,000 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita on Jan. 7, according to Dan Ward, assistant to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.