ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Prominent New York trainer Chad Brown has shipped four horses to Woodbine this year. Two of them finished second in a stakes, most notably Bowman’s Causeway in the Plate Trial, and the other two bombed. He sends out Sovereign Crisis in Friday’s headliner, and it will be interesting to see how she does in the first-level allowance for 3-year-old fillies that is scheduled for nine furlongs on the grass.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Preakness winner Shackleford has been sent to WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., for a two-week break before gearing back up for a run in the $1 million Haskell Invitational on July 31 at Monmouth Park, said trainer Dale Romans.

“He’s just going to get some rest he deserves,” said Romans. “He might go into a round pen on some grass, maybe hand-walk a little bit. I’m really, really happy with him. He gave us a great Triple Crown, and I’d have to think he’s right in the thick of it for champion 3-year-old this year.”

Versatile 4-year-old Parx shipper Golddigger's Boy extended his winning streak to four races when he successfully stretched outfrom 6 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles to capture Tuesday night's $75,000 Docent Stakes for Pennsylvania-breds at Penn NationalRace Course.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - At respective odds of 63-1 and 68-1 in the Kentucky Oaks, Street Storm and Suave Voir Faire ran to expectations, which weren't much. Still, everyone involved had a good time, and more importantly, the fillies survived to fight another day.

Street Storm was eighth and Suave Voir Faire was ninth behind the victorious Plum Pretty in the May 6 Oaks, and they will make their next starts in back-to-back races Thursday at Churchill Downs.

LOUISVILE, Ky. - Capt. Candyman Can, most recently third in the June 4 Aristides at Churchill Downs, exited the race with what appears to be a shoulder injury and most likely will miss the rest of the year, according to trainer Ian Wilkes.

Capt. Candyman Can, a 5-year-old gelding, has been a model of consistency throughout his career, winning half of his 16 starts and earning more than $760,000.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – After game second-place finishes in April and May, Screaming Regal and Lucky Mr. K will start favored in optional claiming races at Hollywood Park on Thursday. The outcome of those races could push the two 3-year-olds closer to stakes races later this summer.

Shocktime put up the year’s highest Beyer Figure for a 2-year-old filly last Saturday, when she earned an 83 for her 12-length romp in a division of the Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales Futurity at Lone Star Park. It was the second blowout win for the filly, who could run next at either Churchill Downs, Louisiana Downs or Prairie Meadows. “There’s some options,” said Bret Calhoun, who trains Shocktime.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The first few months of 2011 did not go to expectation for Blind Luck, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2010.

There were more losses – three – than wins – one. Along the way, she lost her status as division leader to Havre de Grace, a finalist for the Eclipse Award for 3-year-old filly of 2010. But over the next five weeks, Blind Luck has a chance to regain the top spot.

MIAMI – W.D. North could have done what most of his colleagues in Ocala, Fla., usually do when preparing a 2-year-old to race at Calder: work them exclusively on one of the training centers or farms in town and not ship to the track until the day of the race.

Instead, North opted to load his promising 2-year-old U.S. Citizen on his trailer last Friday and made the long drive down to Calder, where he worked the speedy youngster three furlongs from the gate in 35 seconds the next morning with jockey Juan Leyva aboard.

Northern California’s summer fair circuit gets under way Thursday when the San Joaquin Fair at Stockton begins the season with a four-day meet.

And it’s going to be hard for racing fans to pass up the offer the fair is giving them – free admission to the fair itself and the track.

“This year we need to do something different,” said the San Joaquin Fair’s interim CEO, Janet Covello. “We need to rebuild our base.