OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Coming off a strong winter meet and a solid start to the spring season at Aqueduct, trainer Jeffrey Englehart plans to have a stronger presence in New York on a year-round basis.

Englehart won 10 races from 62 starters during the Aqueduct winter meet. After five days of the 15-day Aqueduct spring meet, Englehart has won four races from 12 starts to top the trainer standings.

Stilleto Boy, third in three consecutive Grade 1 races since Christmas, recently resumed workouts after a brief vacation in March. Trainer Ed Moger Jr. said Friday that the 4-year-old Stilleto Boy is under consideration for the Grade 2 Californian Stakes on April 30 or the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup on May 30.

Mackinnon, a two-time stakes winner on turf last year, is scheduled to rejoin trainer Doug O’Neill’s stable this weekend after a brief rest.

Mackinnon was second by a neck to Blackadder in the El Camino Real Derby at 1 1/8 miles on the synthetic track at Golden Gate Fields on Feb. 12. O’Neill said Mackinnon will return to turf racing this spring.

Last November, Mackinnon was third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar. O’Neill said he is hopeful Mackinnon can return to a Breeders’ Cup race, possibly this November at Keeneland.

HALLANDLAE BEACH, Fla. – Luna West, a 2-year-old filly by Gone Astray, won the first baby race of the spring meet here Thursday, beating the boys in wire-to-wire fashion under Joe Alonso.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The East Coast-based jockey Isaac Castillo made his Oaklawn debut on Thursday, finishing second in the opener aboard Beyond the Hype. Agent Dylan Fazio said that Castillo is set to ride at Oaklawn for the remainder of the meet, which runs through May 8.

Castillo will then return to Monmouth Park, where he finished second in the standings last year. Fazio said the jockey rode first call for Jerry Hollendorfer at Monmouth and that the trainer’s assistant Dan Ward encouraged Castillo to come to Oaklawn.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Burl McBride, a retired jockey who transitioned to a training career in the early 1980s, is a typical racetracker in that he’s always been quick to help a fellow horseman in need.

But the 72-year-old made an extraordinary move a few years ago, when he adopted a young member of the racing community.

His adopted son, Andrew, was by his side at Oaklawn Park last Saturday as McBride saddled I Feel the Need for a fourth-place finish in the Grade 3, $600,000 Fantasy.

“He’s 12, but he’s a big 12,” McBride said. “He’s bigger than I am!”

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Her World was gone last year before we really got to know her.

The filly debuted Aug. 7 in the $104,000 Tyro Stakes, a turf sprint at Monmouth, and beat males by six lengths winning in hand. She hasn’t raced since but is on a steady work pattern and is aimed at the $200,000 Limestone Stakes for 3-year-old fillies here April 23.

“I really always thought just watching her she was the best of all my 2-year-olds last year,” said trainer Wesley Ward, who had plenty of talented juveniles.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mystic Guide, winner of the 2021 Dubai World Cup but unraced since last July, continues to gallop steadily at Keeneland as his connections assess the next step in his career.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tucked away at the Thoroughbred Training Center off Paris Pike in rural northeastern Lexington are two of the better turf milers in North America.

Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., has added two live racing dates, both Sundays in September, to its meet scheduled for this year, the track announced on Wednesday after getting approval for the additions from the state racing commission.

The two new days are Sept. 11 and Sept. 18, which will now be closing day. The track was previously scheduled to close on Sept. 17. With the two additions, the 2022 meet will have 62 live racing dates.