Risk Taking, the Grade 3 Withers winner, and Crowded Trade and Highly Motivated, the second- and third-place finishers from the Grade 3 Gotham, all put in workouts Sunday morning at Belmont Park as they prepare for their next starts in upcoming Kentucky Derby prep races.

Risk Taking, working toward the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 3, went five furlongs in 1:01.85, outfinishing his workmate Cousin Andrew by two lengths. Risk Taking, working in blinkers as usual, got his final quarter in 25.04 seconds.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Dylan Davis will miss six to eight weeks and Jorge Vargas Jr. will be out at least a few days, perhaps longer, due to injuries suffered by both jockeys in a spill Saturday at Aqueduct.

Davis suffered a broken collarbone when he was thrown from his mount, Tellaperfecttale, who fell over Kiss Me Dave, who collapsed and died entering the far turn of Saturday’s last race. Vargas was aboard Kiss Me Dave. Tellaperfecttale suffered just some cuts and bruises, but was otherwise okay, according to her trainer, Tom Morley.

HALLANALE BEACH, Fla. - Todd Pletcher has won more Florida Derbies, five, than any other trainer. And it’s rare indeed when the Hall of Fame nominee finds himself taking a bit of a back seat in the lead-up to Gulfstream Park’s marquee race for 3-year-olds.

But such is the case this season with Known Agenda, Pletcher’s lone candidate in the 2021 Florida Derby, likely to go postward third or even fourth choice in the wagering behind local division leader Greatest Honour, the upstart Collaborate and Bob Baffert’s West Coast invader Spielberg.

Hot Rod Charlie came out of his victory in the Louisiana Derby on Saturday in good order and will be trained straight up to the Kentucky Derby on May 1, trainer Doug O’Neill said Sunday morning.

In addition, several horses who chased him home – most notably runner-up Midnight Bourbon and the race’s beaten favorite, Mandaloun - also came out of the race well and also remain on the Derby trail, their trainers, Steve Asmussen and Brad Cox, respectively, reported Sunday.

Colonel Liam not only won his third turf stakes in a row Saturday, capturing the Grade 2, $300,000 Muniz Memorial by 1 1/2 lengths over longshot Two Emmys, he got what looked like an ideal bridge race between the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf, which was run Jan. 23, and the Grade 1 Old Forester Turf Classic on May 1 at Churchill Downs.

“Part of the plan running there was to bridge the gap between the Pegasus and the Churchill race, and I thought we got exactly what we were hoping for,” trainer Todd Pletcher said.

Travel Column went into the Fair Grounds Oaks in roaring form and exited her winning performance in Saturday’s race looking just as well, trainer Brad Cox said Sunday morning by phone from New Orleans.

Flavien Prat expanded his lead in the jockey standings at the winter-spring meeting at Santa Anita with a five-win day Saturday.

Prat, 28, is in the midst of an outstanding month, having won six races on an eight-race program on March 12.

Prat opened Saturday’s program by sweeping the early double with Lalic ($4.20) and None Above the Law ($2.80).

Later on the program, Prat won the fifth race on Ward ‘n Jerry ($6.20), the seventh race, the Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes, on United ($3.80), and the eighth race on Fratelli ($11.40).

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Jockeys Jorge Vargas Jr. and Dylan Davis were taken to a local hospital to be evaluated for injuries as the result of a three-horse spill in the final race Saturday at Aqueduct.

According to two jockeys who spoke to the riders, Vargas was complaining of back pain while Davis was complaining of pain in his collarbone. Nik Juarez, a third rider involved in the spill, escaped injury.

Life Is Good emerged from a fast work at Santa Anita on Saturday morning with an apparent hind-end injury and is off the Triple Crown trail, his trainer, Bob Baffert, said Saturday afternoon.

The unbeaten colt, who is the current favorite for the Kentucky Derby on May 1, was scheduled to make his next start in the Santa Anita Derby on April 3.

"He came back to the barn after the work and was off when he turned," Baffert said earlier Saturday. "We have to do more tests on him. It's nothing obvious."

Life Is Good emerged from a fast work at Santa Anita on Saturday morning with an apparent hind-end injury and will at the least not run in the Santa Anita Derby on April 3, his trainer, Bob Baffert, said early Saturday afternoon.

"He came back to the barn after the work and was off when he turned," Baffert said. "We have to do more tests on him. It's nothing obvious, but he's out of the Santa Anita Derby."