Trainer Juan Arias has informed racing officials at Turfway Park that he intends to ship Decisive Moment from south Florida for the Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes on March 26.

Decisive Moment is part of a growing roster of 3-year-olds under consideration for the 40th running of the Grade 3 Vinery Spiral, the annual showcase race at Turfway in Florence, Ky. A two-back winner of the ungraded Jean Lafitte at Delta Downs, Decisive Moment most recently was fifth in the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds.

Not all horses can race every three weeks or so. Elusive Jozi has had her races amply spaced, not by design, but out of necessity.

“She’s kind of hot-headed and takes a lot out of herself when she runs,” explained Ralph Nicks, who trains Elusive Jozi for breeder-owner David Garner. “It takes her a while to get back to where I’m satisfied that she’s ready again.”

Training went on as usual at Golden Gate Fields Friday morning, even as high waves from a tsunami caused by a strong earthquake in Japan struck the West Coast of the United States. The three major tracks in Southern California also were unaffected by the tsunami.

Although there were tsunami watches along the California coast, Golden Gate Fields is located on a protected area in San Francisco Bay. Track officials do not expect the tsunami to affect racetrack operations or schedules, said track spokesman Tom Ferrall.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.– Dynamic Holiday has won her last three starts, two of those victories coming in stakes. Excited has finished second in each of her last three starts, two of those close calls coming in stakes. The two promising 3-year-old fillies will bring those streaks into Sunday’s $100,000 Herecomesthebride at Gulfstream Park, a Grade 3 race carded at 1 1/8 miles on the turf.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Game On Dude, the winner of the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap on March 5, is bound for the United Arab Emirates after receiving an invitation on Thursday for the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 26, according to trainer Bob Baffert and Dubai racing officials.

Chantal Sutherland, who became the first woman jockey to win the Santa Anita Handicap, will ride Game On Dude in an attempt to become the first woman jockey to win the world’s richest race.

“I’m so excited,” Sutherland said on Friday. “How cool is that?”

The explosive March 5 debut by Wilburn ranks as one of the meet’s best by a 3-year-old – 1:13.95 was the second-fastest time of the meet for 6 1/2 furlongs; he earned a 91 Beyer. Trained by Steve Asmussen, the Bernardini colt arrived too late for the Derby, but is one to follow as the season unfolds.

The New York Racing Association has hired Andrew DiNovo for its newly created position as director of account wagering.

DiNovo, 46, will develop, implement and oversee all aspects of NYRA's account wagering programs, including its telephone, online, mobile, and ontrack platforms, along with customer acquisition, development and analysis for NYRA Rewards.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – James Hooper knew eventually that his top-flight New York-bred gelding Inherit the Gold would be facing better competition. He just didn’t think it was going to happen in Saturday’s $65,000 Kings Point Stakes for statebreds at Aqueduct.

In Yawanna Twist – who twice placed in graded stakes as a 3-year-old and who was beaten less than two lengths in the Preakness – Inherit the Gold faces his toughest opponent. Hooper, the part-owner, part-breeder and trainer of Inherit the Gold, welcomes the challenge.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – With five of the nine fillies in Saturday’s Grade 3, $125,000 Honeybee at Oaklawn Park listed in this weekend’s Kentucky Oaks Future Wager, the mile and a sixteenth race should offer some insight into the $1 million big dance to be run at Churchill Downs on May 6.

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The Tampa Bay Derby has produced short-term pain but long-term gain for trainer Todd Pletcher.

Since 2000, Pletcher has run eight horses in the Tampa Bay Derby, winning it in 2004 with Limehouse while running second six times and third once. His last four runners have been defeated by a neck, neck, neck, and nose.