SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Two grooms, both employees of trainer Charlton Baker, were arrested Thursday in their dorm room on the backstretch of Saratoga Racecourse and face multiple charges related to possession of a large quantity of cocaine, according to the Saratoga Springs police department.

Jose Hidalgo, 59, and Guadalupe Montesdecoa-Aguilar, 36, were arrested and criminally charged with possession of controlled substance, 2^nd degree, which is an A-II felony, and possession of a controlled substance in the 3^rd degree with intent to sell, a B Felony.

Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally will be honored with the Laffit Pincay, Jr., Award for service to racing in a ceremony at Del Mar on Aug. 27, the track announced earlier this week.

McAnally, 90, is in the midst of his 74^th summer at Del Mar, and has a small stable at the meeting.

The Pincay Award, which is scheduled to be presented by the 75-year-old retired Hall of Fame jockey, was introduced in 2004 and recognizes individuals who have served racing with integrity, dedication and distinction.

Joe Bravo is taking a low-key approach with his two stakes mounts at Del Mar on Friday and Saturday.

On Friday, Bravo rides the outsider Almost a Factor in the $100,000 CTT and TOC Handicap at 1 3/8 miles on turf for fillies and mares. Trained by Carla Gaines, Almost a Factor was a troubled fourth in an allowance race over the same course and distance on July 28, a frustrating result for Bravo who could not overcome traffic issues at a pivotal point.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - One of the more regular sights thus far during the current Saratoga meet has been Dean Reeves and his wife Patti greeting another horse in the winner’s circle.

The couple, who race under the nom de course of Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, both on their own and in partnership with other entities, have already made eight such trips this summer, including two on Wednesday, the second after their odds-on favorite Dakota Gold captured the Cab Calloway division of the New York Stallion Series.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Moira has been tabbed as the 5-2 favorite by linemaker Ernie Perri for the 163rd running of the $1 million Queen’s Plate on Sunday at Woodbine.

Moira, an easy winner of the Woodbine Oaks on July 24, got post 8 in the 11-horse field and will be ridden by Rafael Hernandez in her quest to become the 38th filly to win the 1 1/4-mile event for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds.

Trainer Kevin Attard, who is seeking his first Plate victory, was content with Moira’s post.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Matareya, the Grade 1 Acorn winner who finished third as the favorite in the Grade 1 Test on Aug. 7, is getting turned out for a few months and probably will not run again until 2023, trainer Brad Cox said.

Matareya, owned by Godolphin Racing, will get her time off at her owner’s farm in Lexington, Ky., Cox said.

“She had a long season,” Cox said. “She’s obviously a Grade 1 winner, and with what’s left on the schedule we just thought it would be a great time to give her a break and go from there.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Santin came out of his Arlington Million victory in good order and will make his next start in the $1 million Coolmore Mile on Oct. 8 at Keeneland, according to trainer Brendan Walsh.

Santin earned a career-high 106 Beyer Speed Figure in his 1 3/4-length triumph Saturday over Smooth Like Strait on the Churchill Downs turf. It was the second Grade 1 win this year for Santin, a 4-year-old Godolphin homebred colt by Distorted Humor, following the May 7 Old Forester Turf Classic over the same course.

DEL MAR, Calif. – There are plenty of places Ryan Curatolo has been throughout his relatively young life as a jockey, but one spot he’s obviously been at home is the back of a horse.

No matter where he’s gone – and his passport has more stamps than a foreign correspondent for a newsmagazine – Curatolo has produced, and it’s been more of the same this summer at Del Mar, where he’s scratched and clawed his way to a tie for sixth in the jockey standings with seven wins from 53 mounts through Sunday.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - D. Wayne Lukas flashed a Cheshire cat grin when asked if Secret Oath, beaten 12 1/2 lengths by Nest in the Coaching Club American Oaks four weeks ago, was feeling the effects of a long campaign.

“Get ready,” Lukas, sitting atop his stable pony on a cool Tuesday morning in Saratoga said. “The outsiders don’t train her. I’m not making any excuses; the campaign doesn’t bother me a bit.

Wilmer Garcia, who has been in the thick of the battle for leading rider at Prairie Meadows, will miss the remainder of the meet after fracturing two vertebrae in a race Sunday.  

Garcia was injured when his horse clipped heels with another right out of the starting gate during the eighth race and he hit the ground hard, according to his agent, Becky Esch.  

Esch said Garcia fractured his C-4 and C-5 vertebra. Garcia is in a Des Moines, Iowa, hospital, where he is scheduled to have two surgeries Wednesday.