LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – The winner’s circle was empty after Saturday’s $461,000 Governor’s Cup Futurity at Los Alamitos.

Long Gone, who had finished first, was headed back to trainer Adan Farias’s barn after being disqualified and placed ninth. The promoted winner, Fixin to Fly, was on the backstretch, awaiting a van ride back to trainer Jim Hanson’s stable.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Most Unusual has one of the most successful trainer-rider combos at Woodbine and could earn his diploma in the lone non-claiming race on Friday’s card, a 1 1/16-mile maiden special on turf.

DEL MAR, Calif. – The Grade 1 winner Zazu has been supplemented to Saturday’s $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar, and may start in that race against older fillies and mares instead of being sent to Saratoga for the Alabama Stakes later this month.

Trainer John Sadler said that he would discuss options with owners Jerry and Ann Moss and their racing manager, Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs, before finalizing plans.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With the exception of last year, the Whitney has been a pretty special race for trainer Todd Pletcher.

Pletcher hopes to create another memorable moment Saturday when he sends out Mission Impazible against 10 rivals in a stellar renewal of the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap Invitational, which tops an 11-race card at Saratoga that also includes the Grade 1 Test Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.

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Handicappers and prospective buyers have a lot to think about with Salt Flat Speed dropping in for a tag at Northlands Park for the first time since he won a $20,000 claiming race by 4 1/4 lengths on July 31, 2009.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Trainer Bruce Alexander hopes to keep the positive momentum rolling into the Friday card at Monmouth Park as racing resumes following Haskell Day.

Alexander saddled three horses Sunday on the Haskell undercard and came away with two allowance winners, Seventy Niner and Tune Me In, while Moonhanger ran third in the Jersey Derby.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - After watching Uncle Mo breeze five furlongs Wednesday morning at Saratoga, trainer Todd Pletcher said last year’s 2-year-old champion is “on target” to make the Grade 1, $250,000 King’s Bishop here on Aug. 27.

Welcome to Spa Babies! I'll break down the statistics for every juvenile contest at the meet and hope for a tidy profit.

In past years, I would list the stats for each horse before writing up my analysis, selections and wagering strategy.
In order to streamline the content, this year's Spa Babies will showcase written analyses of each juvenile race.  Each analysis will include relevant statistical information.  Following the analysis, top three selections and wagering strategy will be provided.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - That sigh of relief heard around the barn area over the weekend came from trainer Tom Bush, who reports that his multiple Grade 1 winner Get Stormy appears to be recuperating nicely after suffering a minor tendon injury last week that kept him out of Sunday's Grade 2 Fourstardave.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - D. Wayne Lukas, a six-time leading trainer at Saratoga, is off to a 0-for-23 start at this year’s meet. The horse who may have run the best for him thus far is Hamazing Destiny, who came off an eight-month layoff to run second behind Jackson Bend in the James Marvin Stakes on opening day.