LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Carribean Caper will be putting her unbeaten record on the line as the favorite in the Dogwood Stakes, one of three $275,000 stakes here Saturday.

Trained by Al Stall Jr., Carribean Caper has won her four prior starts by a combined 18 lengths, including a one-length score over Magic Quest in her last race, the Aug. 15 Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park. Magic Quest was among the 3-year-old fillies expected to oppose her in the seven-furlong Dogwood. All entries for an 11-race Saturday card were to be drawn Wednesday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Anna Meah is hoping recent history repeats itself Thursday evening when Jungle Juice returns on just four days’ rest in the highlight of an eight-race twilight card.

At the end of the spring meet in June, Meah wheeled Jungle Juice back just five days after the 5-year-old Irish-bred mare finished sixth behind Bell’s the One and Sconsin in the Roxelana. She won that June 24 race at 11-1.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bret Calhoun confirmed early Monday that Hidden Connection will make her next start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 5 at Del Mar after the filly turned in the most dominant performance among five stakes run Saturday night at a raucous Churchill Downs.

ELMONT, N.Y. - First Captain, a winner of three of four starts including the Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes, will miss the remainder of his 3-year-old season due to an ankle issue, trainer Shug McGaughey said Sunday.

First Captain was being pointed to Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby Stakes at Parx Racing.

McGaughey said that First Captain has “just a little bit of pressure in an ankle. Nothing that even really showed, but I was afraid if I did something with him that maybe it would show.”

Roman Centurian, second to Medina Spirit in the Grade 3 Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita is January, is nearing a return to trainer Simon Callaghan’s stable after a lengthy rest through the spring and summer.

Owned by Don Alberto Stable and Qatar Racing, Roman Centurian has not raced since he finished a well-beaten fourth in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita in March.

Callaghan said over the weekend that Roman Centurian is scheduled to arrive at his stable in early October with the goal of running in two-turn stakes in 2022.

The five-time stakes winner Mucho Unusual is nearing a return to racing after a six-month layoff, but will not be ready for the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 2, a race she won in 2020.

Owned by George Krikorian and trained by Tim Yakteen, Mucho Unusual has shown a steady pattern of workouts in recent weeks, including six furlongs in 1:14.40 at Santa Anita on Saturday.

A race goal will be determined later this month, but Yakteen said in a text message on Sunday that Mucho Unusual “is a ways away” from a race.

CYPRESS, Calif. - There is more to Enbarr than what the promising colt displayed in his stakes debut in the $75,000 Capote Stakes for 2-year-olds at Los Alamitos on Saturday.

At least, that is the opinion of jockey Drayden Van Dyke, who rode Enbarr for the first time in the Capote at 6 1/2 furlongs.

Enbarr closed from third in a field of four to pass stablemate Montebello in early stretch before beating that rival by a length.

“I don’t think he gave me everything,” Van Dyke said.

“It’s his second start. He was idling on me. I know he had more.”

ELMONT, N.Y. - All that cheering and screaming around the Keeneland sales grounds shortly after 2:30 p.m. Saturday was not about the hammer going down on another seven-figure yearling purchase. Instead, the celebrating was coming from trainer Tom Morley and a gaggle of his friends after watching Locally Owned defeat the odds-on Lone Rock to register a stunning $39 upset in the $300,000 Grand Prix American Jockey Club Invitational at Belmont Park.

Shantisara and Higher Truth, who ran 1-2 in Saturday’s $700,000 Jockey Club Oaks, will not be considered for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, trainer Chad Brown said.

“I think that would be a little much,” Brown said. “These fillies, they ran terrific [Saturday], I think they’re going to be really nice prospects at 4 and 5, and I don’t want to overdo it.”

ELMONT, N.Y. - By virtue of his last-to-first victory in Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Derby for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park, Yibir earned a free pass into the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 6. Now his connections must decide whether they want to use it.