Freddie Lenclud is going places. From country to country, state to state, racetrack to racetrack, the 22-year-old apprentice rider is on the move, courtesy of a profession he is growing into.

Having recently finished the Churchill Downs fall meet as the top apprentice with nine winners, Lenclud is currently living near and working at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. Around the first of the year, he will move to Oaklawn Park, the Hot Springs, Ark., track where the 2010 meet starts Jan. 15.

Lenclud's perpetual motion began when he was 14.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The $1 million Queen's Plate for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds has been pushed back next year to Sunday, July 4, from its usual date of the third Sunday in June, Woodbine officials said Friday.

While Woodbine did not give a reason for moving the date of the Queen's Plate, the running will coincide with a planned visit from Queen Elizabeth II, who will be in Canada from June 28 through July 6 and should be in Ontario on Queen's Plate weekend.

This would be the first time since 1997 that the queen is on hand for the Queen's Plate and the second since 1973.

Friesan Fire checked in a well-beaten third Thursday at Fair Grounds in his . Never really in contention, Friesan Fire was beaten six lengths by Fair Grounds-loving Good and Lucky, who won by three lengths over Glamour Guy.

The Louisiana Racing Commission has approved the super high five wager for the state, at the request of Fair Grounds in New Orleans. The bet, which requires horseplayers to pick the first five finishers in a race, will first be eligible to be offered on Dec. 20.

Jockey Corey Nakatani, a Southern California mainstay who has not ridden since Oct. 15, is changing circuits and will be riding at the Oaklawn Park meet that opens on Jan. 15, said Jay Fedor, who will be his agent. Following the Arkansas season, Nakatani plans to ride in Kentucky.

Apprentice jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. suffered three broken bones in his back - injuries more serious than originally thought - as a result of a spill at Aqueduct on Nov. 22 and will be out of action for several months, his agent, Ruben Munoz, said Thursday.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Three California Horse Racing Board stewards denied a request from jockey Joel Rosario's attorney on Thursday to dismiss a case alleging that the jockey failed to put forth his best effort in a turf race at Del Mar on Sept. 6.

The case will resume Dec. 11, with defense testimony from Rosario and others. Rosario, the leading rider at the Del Mar meeting, could face a fine or suspension if he is found in violation of the rules.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Last year marked the 25th anniversary of Bompago's improbable victory in the Queen's Plate for John Cardella, who had claimed the gelding for $40,000 the previous summer.

But the 2008 season wasn't memorable in many other respects for the 78-year-old Cardella, who recorded just eight victories here for the second year in a row.

Cardella certainly has experienced his share of ups and downs in his 57 years on the racetrack, starting out as a groom and taking out his trainer's license in 1964.

MIAMI - Officials at Calder Race Course placed restrictions on a fourth barn on Thursday after a horse from the stable of Henry Suckie exhibited symptoms of a possible neurological disorder earlier that day.

On Monday, Calder placed a quarantine on the barn area and put restrictions on three of its barns when a horse from the stable of leading trainer Bill White tested positive for the equine herpesvirus. That horse was subsequently euthanized.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Genius Kinshasa upset the front-running Sand Cove while notching his first stakes in the 35th running of the $125,800 Sir Barton on Wednesday night at Woodbine.

It was the second straight year that Sand Cove lost the mile and a sixteenth Sir Barton as the favorite, despite looking the part of a winner throughout this year's renewal, after setting slow fractions.