ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Bear It’s Time will try to win Monday’s $125,000 Lady Angela Stakes off a five-month layoff, and she should be prominent in the seven-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine.

Bear It’s Time graduated with authority in her second start in December, receiving a 72 Beyer Speed Figure in that six-furlong maiden special for Ontario-sired types.

Trainer Reade Baker failed to nominate Bear It’s Time to the Lady Angela, which tops Monday's holiday card, but ended up supplementing her to the race at a cost of $2,500.

If you believe in patterns or that history tends to repeat itself, then Rockaby Bay is due to win Monday’s feature at Delaware Park, a second-level optional $40,000 claimer scheduled for a mile and 70 yards on turf.

Every year since 2007, the now 8-year-old Rockaby Bay has run exceptionally well in a turf race while making his second start following an extended layoff.

BALTIMORE - Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom arrived at Pimlico at 6:45 a.m., just 12 hours before he tries to keep his Triple Crown hopes alive In Saturday's $1 million Preakness Stakes.

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BALTIMORE - Excited, relishing a deep, yielding turf course, powered clear to a 3 3/4-length victory over 10 other 3-year-old fillies in the $75,000 Old Hilltop Stakes, the 13th and final race on a marathon Friday card at Pimlico.

Excited ($5.60), the favorite, was on the rail in fourth during the early going, was tipped three paths wide on the final turn, and drew away to her second win in eight lifetime starts. Pink Pallet outfinished Blushandbashful by one length for second.

BALTIMORE - Dialed In and Animal Kingdom were co-favorites in advance wagering for the 136th Preakness at Pimlico, although the two-day daily double wager combining the Black Eyed Susan Stakes on Friday with the Preakness suggests Animal Kingdom will be a solid favorite when the second jewel of the Triple Crown is run Saturday.

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BALTIMORE – Local female turf sprint star Suzzona won for the 14th time in 23 grass sprints when holding off a late bid from Supreme to take the $75,000 The Very One Stakes by a diminishing neck Friday at Pimlico.

Rose Catherine, the 4-5 favorite, was a distant third, another 4 1/4 lengths back, over a yielding course on which she seemed to struggle.

Suzzona ($9.80) needed 1:00.41 to complete five furlongs on a deep, tiring course that horses slogged through all afternoon.

BALTIMORE – No telling whether her effort would have been good enough for her to be competitive two weeks beforehand in the Kentucky Oaks, but a clear-cut victory in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was satisfaction enough Friday at Pimlico for the connections of Royal Delta.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After working a half-mile in 49.80 seconds Friday at Churchill Downs, Santiva appears on track to start in the Belmont Stakes on June 11, trainer Eddie Kenneally said.

The move was little more than a maintenance breeze, coming less than two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, a race in which he closed from midpack to be sixth, beaten 5 1/2 lengths.

Having had a couple weeks to reflect on Santiva’s Derby performance, Kenneally said he was pleased.

As methodical a planner as trainer Todd Pletcher is, Friday’s Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico wasn’t on the original schedule for his tall, rangy 3-year-old filly R Holiday Mood.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Former Kentucky Derby candidate Anthony’s Cross finally recovered from a nagging setback and is expected to resume a regular work pattern late next week.

Anthony’s Cross emerged as a top 3-year-old in February at Santa Anita. He won the Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis, then finished fifth in the Santa Anita Derby, a slow-pace race in which he fell too far back to make an impact. Trainer Eoin Harty still hoped to start him in the Kentucky Derby, though Anthony’s Cross had only $182,000 in graded earnings,

A week before the Derby, Harty pulled the plug.