INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Jockey Tyler Baze will be sidelined until opening day of the Santa Anita winter meet, Dec. 26, as he recovers from surgery that was scheduled for Tuesday on his left pinkie finger. Consistently among the circuit's top five riders by wins, Baze broke his finger during a post-parade accident this past summer at Del Mar.

Baze, 27, finished second in the Del Mar standings, but admits the injury compromised his strength.

"I need to be able to whip left-handed," Baze said Sunday after riding his final race at Hollywood Park. "I can, but not like I should,"

Northern California 2-year-olds could take the first step along the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday in the $50,000 Golden Nugget at Golden Gate Fields.

The six-furlong Golden Nugget serves as a prep for the one-mile Gold Rush on Dec. 21, which serves as a stepping-stone for Golden Gate's early-season 3-year-old stakes next year.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Carem Crescent capped off her first campaign on a high note here at Woodbine last Sunday, capturing the $151,200 Jammed Lovely with odds-on favorite Milwaukee Appeal a neck back in second.

Owned and bred by Eugene Melnyk and conditioned by Malcolm Pierce, Carem Crescent was recording her second stakes score and fourth dwin from six starts while bringing her bankroll to $352,720.

Eurico Rosa da Silva, her regular rider, was aboard in the seven-furlong Jammed Lovely for Ontario-foaled 3-year-old fillies.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - What a difference a year makes.

Last fall, when 26 dates were run at Churchill Downs, Mike Maker broke the record for wins by a trainer at a fall meet by sending out 31 winners.

This fall, with 11 of 21 days in the books, Maker is just 30 short of equaling his record, having won just once with 19 starters.

Of course, nobody is feeling sorry for Maker, who is fresh from winning the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile with Furthest Land.

"And I'm not complaining," Maker said with a laugh.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Gulfstream Park has made an adjustment to its 2010 stakes schedule that includes moving the Grade 1 Florida Derby up a week from March 27 to March 20. The change will now place the Florida Derby six weeks before the Kentucky Derby, as opposed to five weeks out, as it has been the past four years. Two of the last four Kentucky Derby winners - Barbaro in 2006 and Big Brown in 2008 - used a victory in the Florida Derby as a prep to capturing the Run for the Roses five weeks later.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Before the was run at Churchill Downs, trainer Tom Bush said he didn't think the extra half-furlong would hinder the chances of his stable star, Get Stormy.

Bush was right - barely.

Holding on by an inch or two, Get Stormy outlasted a torrid rush by Street Move to post his fourth straight victory in the $112,100 Commonwealth. Javier Castellano was aboard Get Stormy for Bush and owner Sullimar Stable.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Carem Crescent barely held off the 4-5 favorite, Milwaukee Appeal, to capture the $151,200 Jammed Lovely Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday.

It was the fourth winner on the card for jockey Eurico Da Silva, who had Carem Crescent attending moderate fractions in the seven-furlong race for Ontario-bred 3-year-old fillies.

Carem Crescent put away pacemaker Deeveetee at the sixteenth pole and went by to score by a neck, in a time 1:22.18. Not Just a Rumor rallied to finish a close third in the eight-horse field.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - U R All That I Am made her first Southern California start a winning one Sunday at Hollywood Park, where the Northern California shipper posted a $13.20 upset in the $75,300 Cat's Cradle Handicap for California-bred fillies and mares.

Jerry Hollendorfer trains U R All That I Am, whose participation in the 7 1/2-furlong stakes was due to lack of alternatives.

"There was nowhere else to run," Hollendorfer said.

Form dominated in Sunday's five New York Stallion races, which were swept by favorites and second choices, with no winner going off at more than 5-2.

The biggest payoff came in the Thunder Rumble division for older males, when Uncle T Seven ($7.50) ran down pacesetter Lookin At Her and drew away as the fourth winner on the card for jockey Ramon Dominguez.

Mr. Windjammer rallied to be a clear second. Dr. D.F.C. closed from last to finish third in the field of seven.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Bestdressed took advantage of a fast pace to score a last-to-first upset Saturday at Hollywood Park in the $79,250 On Trust Handicap for California-bred sprinters at 7 1/2 furlongs on the main track.

Joel Rosario rode Bestdressed ($12.60) for trainer John Sadler, who attributed the gelding's recent murky form to bad racing luck. Bestdressed lagged 10 lengths off a 44.86-second opening half, rallied four wide into the lane, and won going away.