Euroears, who won three stakes this winter at Fair Grounds, sustained a non-displaced condylar fracture in his right hind leg during a routine gallop on Monday and will be out of training for the next six months, according to his trainer, Bret Calhoun.

"He has a very good prognosis," said Calhoun.

Euroears on Tuesday underwent surgery to have two screws placed in the ankle, a procedure that was able to be done with the horse standing. He is scheduled to spend recovery time at the farm of his Texas-based owners, Jim and Marilyn Helzer. The injury occurred at Fair Grounds.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The comeback of Brother Derek has been postponed.

Trainer Dan Hendricks said on Thursday that Brother Derek was to be scratched from an allowance race at Santa Anita on Friday after the 5-year-old developed a quarter crack in a front hoof. Brother Derek had not been officially withdrawn when early scratches were announced on Thursday morning.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - After 12 days of speculation and examination, War Pass gave his connections some tangible evidence that the Tampa Bay Derby may have been an aberration when he worked a solid four furlongs in 47.40 seconds Thursday at the Palm Meadows training center in south Florida.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Wild Hoots and Wow Me Free are already solid contenders for Saturday's $100,000 Next Move Handicap at Aqueduct. But the two Kiaran McLaughlin-trained fillies may have an added advantage when they attempt to win the Grade 3 race for fillies and mares.

The $50,000 Royal North Stakes for Ohio-registered 3-year-old fillies, scheduled for Saturday at Beulah Park, has been rescheduled for April 12. The $50,000 H.B Noonan for 3-year-old Ohio-registered colts and geldings, originally scheduled for April 16, has been rescheduled for April 26.

The track's extended closing because of tumultuous weather in the Columbus area led to the schedule changes. Horseman pointing their horses for the races complained that they did not have enough time to prepare.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Saturday's outstanding Florida Derby program got even better with a little help from Mother Nature.

Heavy rains forced the cancellation of the second half of last Saturday's program, including the $200,000 Shirley Jones Handicap. As a result, racing secretary Bill Couch rescheduled the Grade 2 Shirley Jones for Florida Derby Day, when it will join the Grade 3 Palm Beach Stakes and Grade 2 Bonnie Miss Stakes as supporting features on the card.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Tres Borrachos, who in his dirt debut was third in the El Camino Real Derby at Bay Meadows on March 8, is being pointed for the Gradeo2, $1 million Arkansas Derby, said his trainer, Beau Greely.

"It's the plan to run, as long as I hear we're going to get in," said Greely.

ARCADIA, Calif. - One way or another, Eric Guillot is determined to take a 3-year-old on the Kentucky Derby trail this spring.

This Saturday, Guillot starts Salute the Sarge in the $75,000 San Miguel Stakes over six furlongs at Santa Anita. A win in that race could lead to a start in the $325,000 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland on April 19, the last major prep for the Kentucky Derby on May 3.

Steve Asmussen, the nation's leading trainer in wins and earnings, was the leading trainer at the Fair Grounds meet this year, finishing with 86 wins for the 81-day meet that ended Sunday.

Asmussen has been the leading trainer at Fair Grounds for seven of the past eight meets. Asmussen is also the trainer of Pyro, who won the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds this year and is a leading candidate for the Kentucky Derby.

James Theriot won the riding title with 94 wins, 13 more than Shaun Bridgmohan. It was Theriot's first riding title at the track.

Jockey Justin Shepherd is coming off perhaps the best year of his career, and he has kept his momentum going into the Will Rogers Downs meet in Claremore, Okla. Shepherd had a triple at the track Tuesday and earlier this month went 5 for 5 with his mounts on a card.

Shepherd leads the standings at Will Rogers with 21 wins from 95 starts. He also leads all riders in mount earnings at the meet, with $256,727.

Shepherd's season comes on the heels of a 2007 in which he won 106 races and a career-best $2,417,115 in mount earnings.