HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A pair of pick-five wagers linking major stakes at Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita will be offered to racing fans for the first time next Saturday, March 5.

The new bets are the Coast to Coast All Dirt Stakes Pick 5 and the Coast to Coast All Turf Stakes Pick 5. They are being introduced by executives at 1/ST tracks as a way to “create more big events” involving the company’s two flagship tracks that host major wintertime racing, 1/ST president Aidan Butler said.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – While trainer Tony Dutrow sent out his graded stakes-placed 3-year-old Un Ojo to another trainer for Saturday’s Rebel at Oaklawn Park on Tuesday, he welcomed into his Belmont barn a trio of horses he hopes will have successful campaigns in 2022.

Miss Brazil, a stakes-winning filly; High Opinion, a multiple graded stakes-placed turf horse; and Predicted, a well-bred maiden 3-year-old, all arrived back at Dutrow’s barn Sunday after vacations.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Coming off a pair of dominant, fast victories, the New York-bred Wudda U Think Now could make his next start in the Grade 1, $300,000 Carter Handicap on April 9, trainer Rudy Rodriguez said Wednesday.

“I don’t know who is going to come, but I think he deserves a chance,” Rodriguez said.

Wudda U Think Now, a 5-year-old son of Fast Anna, won the Hollie Hughes for New York-breds last Saturday by 4 1/4 lengths. Last month, he won an open-company second-level allowance by 10 1/2 lengths. He earned a 104 Beyer Speed Figure in each race.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – It’s been a decade since trainer Shug McGaughey has run a horse at Aqueduct in the month of March. That is expected to change next week when the Hall of Famer ships up Radio Days from South Florida for the $250,000 Busher Invitational on March 5.

Radio Days, a daughter of Gun Runner owned by Joe Allen, won a first-level allowance by 8 1/2 lengths on Dec. 2 at Aqueduct. That followed a debut victory at Belmont going six furlongs Oct. 31.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Letruska, the 2021 Eclipse champion as top older dirt female runner, will make her 6-year-old debut and be heavily favored Saturday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Royal Delta, the highlight of the coming weekend at Gulfstream.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Chad Brown said this week that Regal Glory is being pointed to the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley on April 16 at Keeneland after it was decided by owner Peter Brant that the 6-year-old mare will continue to race rather than be retired.

Regal Glory breezed a half-mile in 50 seconds Saturday at Payson Park in her first work since she earned a third straight triple-digit Beyer Speed Figure with a flashy 2 1/2-length victory as the odds-on favorite in the inaugural Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf here Jan. 29.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Marty Drexler is living the dream. The 51-year-old native of Slovakia is running horses at Gulfstream Park for the first time – and doing pretty good at it, too – while fulfilling an ambition that began in his teens.

“I remember coming down here and watching Cigar when I was a groom and still mostly a fan,” Drexler said between races on a recent weekday at Gulfstream. “It was a place I’d wanted to go for a long, long time.”

Santin might have finished fourth as the favorite this past Saturday in the Fair Grounds Stakes, but it was far from a disappointing fourth, nor was the colt an obvious favorite.

Priced at 12-1 on the track’s morning line, Santin went off the 5-2 favorite in the Grade 3, $150,000 Fair Grounds Stakes, with bettors recognizing the merit of his three-race 2021 campaign, which ended with a tough second-place finish in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby.

Olympiad’s second stakes start was far less confusing than his first.

The talented 4-year-old colt did everything right this past Saturday at Fair Grounds, shipping from South Florida to win the Grade 3, $250,000 Mineshaft Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths, and clocking a track-record 1:42.01 for 1 1/16 miles.

“He’s a nice little horse,” trainer Bill Mott said. “It looks like he came out if it well enough. He ran fast. We’ll let him get over this race and talk about another one.”

Call Me Midnight didn’t work this past weekend at Fair Grounds but remains on target for the $1 million Louisiana Derby on March 26.

Call Me Midnight rallied from 12 lengths back into a hot, contested pace and nipped Epicenter at the wire of the Lecomte Stakes on Jan. 22 at Fair Grounds, but while Call Me Midnight benefited from the race dynamics, Epicenter’s facile Risen Star Stakes win last Saturday did flatter him.