Jockey Carlos Montalvo sustained minor facial fractures in a two-horse spill Monday at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, and was released from a local hospital about 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to his agent, Bradley White.

Jockey Ry Eikleberry, who also went down in the fourth-race spill, returned to ride the remainder of the card and was in good condition Tuesday, according to his agent, Jose Santos Jr. Eikleberry is set to ride this week, said Santos, with racing at Lone Star resuming Friday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Classic Causeway, the speedy colt who won the Sam F. Davis and Tampa Bay Derby before running poorly in both the Florida Derby and Kentucky Derby, will try turf for the first time in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Park Derby.

Trainer Ken McPeek took over the training of Classic Causeway from Brian Lynch following the Kentucky Derby. The colt has since finished third in the Ohio Derby.

McPeek believes Classic Causeway’s speed could be dangerous at the Belmont Derby distance of 1 1/4 miles.

Howbeit never got a chance to perform as the 3-5 favorite in Saturday’s $75,900 Oak Tree Sprint at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton.

A few strides after the start of the six-furlong race, Howbeit stumbled severely and unseated jockey Evin Roman. Howbeit ran with the field, and caused trouble when he carried a few rivals wide in the stretch.

On Sunday, trainer Mark Glatt said that Howbeit grabbed a quarter, but otherwise emerged from the incident without injury.

CYPRESS, Calif. – The Grade 3 Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 14 may have gained three runners after maiden race wins at Los Alamitos on Sunday by Man Child and President Z and Wizard of Westwood, who finished in a dead heat.

Man Child, a first-time starter trained by Ryan Hanson, led throughout a five-furlong maiden special weight to win by a half-length over Abeliefinthislivin, finishing in 58.17. Ridden by Ramon Vasquez, Man Child earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 62.

Hanson was left impressed by the way Man Child fought off two challengers in the final furlong.

ELMONT, N.Y. – That Joseph O’Brien is represented in one of the Grade 1 turf stakes for 3-year-olds to be run at Belmont Park this Saturday is no surprise. That O’Brien plans to base a small string of horses at Saratoga this summer is certainly a pleasant one.

O’Brien, based in Ireland, said Sunday he will have six stalls in Saratoga this summer, marking the first time he will have an extended presence at a North American track.

The 3-year-old filly Desert Dawn, third in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks in May and in the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks on June 12, will have her debut against older fillies and mares in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 6, trainer Phil D’Amato said on Sunday.

The $400,000 Hirsch is run at 1 1/16 miles. The winner receives a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Keeneland on Nov. 5.

Cindy Hutter, an exercise rider and assistant trainer to her husband, George Weaver, was listed in stable condition Sunday afternoon at Albany Medical Center after being injured in a training incident Sunday morning in Saratoga, according to the New York Racing Association.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The first Sunday of July at Santa Anita was comeback day for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, his return to daily training after a highly publicized 90-day suspension for a medication violation found in a post-race test taken from 2021 Kentucky Derby first-place finisher Medina Spirit.

Baffert vehemently fought the case with regulators and in court before a Kentucky Court of Appeals declined to issue an emergency injunction in early April that would have prevented the suspension from starting. The suspension began April 4 and ended Saturday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The two marquee races of every Saratoga meet are the Travers and Whitney Stakes. It became abundantly clear on Saturday that trainer Todd Pletcher will have top-flight contenders in both.

Charge It took a big step toward being mentioned among the elite of the 3-year-old division with a demonstrative 23-length victory in the Grade 3, $250,000 Dwyer Stakes. He ran a mile in 1:34.67 and earned a 111 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest figure earned by any 3-year-old in 2022.

Warrant will start as the 121-pound highweight in the Grade 3, $300,000 Cornhusker Handicap next Saturday night, July 9, at Prairie Meadows. He drew post 5 in the field of six older horses when entries were taken Saturday.

The Cornhusker is a 1 1/8-mile race that anchors the Iowa Racing Festival of Racing. The series features four stakes Friday night and another four on the Saturday card that includes the $250,000 Iowa Derby that drew 10 and the Grade 3, $225,000 Iowa Oaks. First post for each card is 6 p.m. Central.