HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Winslow Homer, winner of the Grade 3 Holy Bull at Gulfstream in 2010, had his first published work since last summer on Wednesday morning at Oaklawn. He breezed three furlongs in a bullet 36 seconds under jockey Jenna Joubert, while clockers caught him galloping out a half-mile in 48.60.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The Usual Q.T., winner of the Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar in July, will end a streak of five appearances in Grade 1 and Grade 2 races when he starts in Saturday’s $300,000 Sunshine Millions Turf for California-breds and Florida-breds at Santa Anita on Saturday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – It has been more than two years since Royal Taat has seen the winner’s circle. With a little break from the weatherman, the once-stakes-caliber mare might finally have her picture taken again after Friday’s $55,000 main event at Gulfstream Park, which is scheduled for five furlongs on the grass.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Jockey Andrew Lakeman nearly died as a result of injuries he suffered in a spill at Belmont Park in May 2007. There were times he wished he had.

Instead, Lakeman was paralyzed from the chest down, confined to a wheelchair for the remainder of his life. Not the ideal place for an athlete accustomed to running six or seven miles a day, getting on a handful or two of horses each morning, and trying to make a career as a jockey in New York, arguably the toughest racing circuit in the country.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Though none of Flat Bold’s three career victories have come at six furlongs, trainer Tom Albertrani believes that may ultimately prove to his best distance.

“I think he may be better going shorter than going longer,” Albertrani said. “He’s got a lot of speed, but when you stretch him out sometimes it looks like he just barely gets there. We think sprinting him he could be a little better going shorter.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Boys At Tosconova, who was expected to start as the favorite in Sunday's Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes, will not start, Gulfstream Park's racing secretary, Dan Bork, confirmed on Wednesday.

Bork said that trainer Rick Dutrow had informed the track's stakes coordinator, Duano Christo, that Boys at Tosconova was not running in the Holy Bull.

"It's a shame he's not going to run," said Bork, " but I think we'll still have a solid field of seven or eight horses in the race."

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - In anticipation of a snowstorm that could bring 6 to 10 inches of snow to the New York Metropolitan area overnight, Aqueduct has canceled its Thursday card, officials announced Wednesday.

NYRA plans to open Aqueduct and Belmont Park for simulcasting.
 

Jacob Radosevich, the youngest of a long line of horsemen spanning three generations of the Radosevich family, won his first race as a jockey at Beulah Park on Tuesday when he guided Double Why to a five-length victory in the fourth race. Double Why is owned and trained by Jacob’s father, Jake Radosevich.

Jacob visited the winners’ circle again two races later when he won with Fair ‘n Warmer, who is trained by his father and owned by Desperado Stables Inc. He kept his roll going Wednesday by winning the first race at Beulah Park on another horse owned and trained by his father.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Tapizar, winner of the Grade 3 Sham Stakes in his stakes debut at Santa Anita on Jan. 15, will make his next start in the $250,000 Robert Lewis Stakes over 1 1/8 miles on Feb. 12, trainer Steve Asmussen said Wednesday.

Tapizar won the Sham Stakes over 1 1/16 miles by 4 1/4 lengths, leading throughout. Owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds, Tapizar won a maiden race at Churchill Downs by 10 1/2 lengths on Nov. 27, his fourth career start.

Blue Grass winner Stately Victor will return to racing on turf in Saturday night’s Grade 3, $200,000 Connally Cup at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston. He drew post 5 in a field of nine older horses when entries for the mile and an eighth handicap were taken on Wednesday.

Stately Victor was assigned high weight of 120 pounds. Alan Garcia has the mount for trainer Mike Maker.