INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, who did not ride his assigned mounts at Hollywood Park on Thursday after failing to contact racing officials or his agent, will not resume riding until Nov. 26 at the earliest to deal with personal matters related to his fiancée, his agent, Tom Knust, said on Friday.

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SHAKOPEE, Minn. -  Canterbury Park received approval from the Minnesota Racing Commission on Thursday to conduct a 62-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse race meet in 2012. The meet will begin Friday, May 18, and run through Monday, Sept. 3. Thursday and Friday racing will begin at 7 p.m., with weekend and holiday racing beginning at 1:30 p.m.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Jockey Patrick Valenzuela contacted his agent early Thursday evening after failing to appear to ride at Hollywood Park earlier in the day, and said he missed his mounts because of concern for his girlfriend’s well being.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Jockey Patrick Valenzuela failed to appear at Hollywood Park to ride on Thursday, leaving his agent concerned about his well being. Valenzuela was scheduled to ride five of the eight races on Thursday.

 "I don't know what's happening," said his agent, Tom Knust. "I've been trying to call him and get a hold of him."

STICKNEY, Ill. - Multiple Grade 1 winner Giant Oak suffered a hind-end injury during a training mishap Thursday at Hawthorne Race Course. The specific nature of the injury has not yet been diagnosed, but Giant Oak certainly is out of the Nov. 26 Clark Handicap and therefore almost certainly finished racing in 2011.

Giant Oak's owners, Rudy and Virginia Tarra, plan to bring the 5-year-old horse back to race in 2012, but if it turns out he is badly hurt, Giant Oak, a well-bred son of Giant's Causeway, could go off to stud in the upcoming breeding season.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The pick six was hit Thursday for only the second time in the last eight racing days. There were five winning tickets, each worth $132,209 for the 15-3-5-15-4-9 combination of Stud Muffin ($5.80), The Roundhouse ($22.80), My Unbridled Storm ($12.20), Cosmic King ($9.70), Grand Strategy ($7.20), and Saucy Jade ($7.90).

 The 5-of-6 consolation paid $686.

With a three-day carryover of $237,446 going in, an additional $763,224 was bet into the pick-six pool Thursday.

MIAMI – Trainer Roger Attfield has settled into his winter base at Payson Park fresh off his first-ever Breeders’ Cup victory with Perfect Shirl and will waste little time getting into action locally. He plans to send horses down to Calder to run in both the Grade 3 My Charmer on Thanksgiving Day and the Grade 2 W L McKnight that Saturday.

Oregon Lady will look for her second straight stakes win and first graded victory in the My Charmer. A 4-year-old Irish bred, she is coming off the best race of her career, a 4 1/2-length victory in the River Memories Stakes at Woodbine.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Fresh off a big payday in the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby, Redeemed will be a clear favorite to notch his first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s Discovery Handicap at Aqueduct. He will carry top weight of 121 pounds and concede five to seven pounds to seven rivals, including Wood Memorial runner-up Arthur’s Tale.