Jon Kelly, a prominent horse owner with business interests in broadcasting, banking, and real estate, died Saturday of cancer, Del Mar announced.

Kelly had turned 84 on Friday. Kelly was in hospice care at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., not far from Del Mar racetrack.

A native of California, Kelly was a member of the Board of Directors at Del Mar since 2008. Kelly had a background as the owner of television stations in Sacramento and Seattle, a bank in Sacramento and real estate holdings in northern California.

DEL MAR, Calif. - In her seven-race career, Laura’s Light has won four stakes on turf at distances ranging from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles.

She won her second stakes at a mile as the favorite in the Grade 2 San Clemente Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday.

To pad her record this summer, Laura’s Light’s stamina will be tested in the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks at 1 1/8 miles on turf on Aug. 22. Laura’s Light won at the distance in the Grade 3 Honeymoon Stakes at Santa Anita on May 30, leading by a length at the eighth pole and holding on for a win by a neck.

DEL MAR, Calif. – In addition to Improbable in the Whitney this coming week and Uncle Chuck perhaps in the Travers the following week, trainer Bob Baffert has two others – Eight Rings and Gamine – readying for expected starts at Saratoga.

Eight Rings, in his final work for the Grade 1 Allen Jerkens six days later, blazed five furlongs in 59.20 seconds Sunday morning at Del Mar in company, with he and workmate McKale tying for the fastest time of 48 drills at the distance.

“He looks good. He got really light on me,” Baffert said of why Eight Rings had a freshening.

DEL MAR, Calif. – The top older females Ce Ce, Fighting Mad, and Hard Not to Love all worked Sunday morning at Del Mar in preparation for the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch one week later.

The race is of particular meaning for the connections of Ce Ce, who is owned by Bo Hirsch, the son of the race’s late namesake. Ce Ce, best known for winning the Apple Blossom earlier this year, worked five furlongs in 1:01 under exercise rider Lidio Barrientos and then had a long, powerful gallop out.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Led by Santa Anita Derby winner Honor A. P., a field of six was entered on Sunday in the Shared Belief Stakes, which is part of Del Mar's Saturday card headed by the Bing Crosby and is the last local prep for the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5.

Regular rider Mike Smith has the mount on Honor A. P. for trainer John Shirreffs.

DEL MAR, Calif. – McKinzie began his career going seven furlongs and never has run at a shorter distance, but he could cut back to six furlongs Saturday for Del Mar's Grade 1 Bing Crosby, a race in which he was entered Sunday morning following a sharp drill hours earlier.

DEL MAR, Calif. – As far back as prior to the 2019 Kentucky Derby, trainer Bob Baffert had expressed admiration for the fight he had seen in Maximum Security. Now that he’s training the colt his appreciation for what Maximum Security brings to the track has only grown.

Baffert thought Maximum Security showed plenty of grit at Del Mar on Saturday in winning the San Diego Handicap, a race in which he got a Beyer Speed Figure of 101 after running 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.54. The strong fig emanating from a pedestrian raw time indicates how slow the track was playing.

Gulfstream Park’s Princess Rooney Invitational, a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race and a fixture on the South Florida circuit since 1985, has been cancelled this season, another victim of the Covid-19 pandemic.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Ricardo Santana Jr. will ride Midnight Bisou in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga, said Jeff Bloom, president of the Bloom Racing Stable partnership that owns the mare, on Sunday.

Regular jockey Mike Smith will be unable to ride the 2019 champion older female due to COVID-19-related restrictions on movement of riders at Del Mar, where Smith is based, and Saratoga.

“He’s been working her pretty much every week, he worked her prior to the Fleur de Lis, she’s familiar with him,” Bloom said.

Colonial Downs has postponed its opening-day card on Monday due to a forecast for excessive heat.

With forecasts calling for a heat index greater than 100 degrees on Monday, the track has canceled Monday’s card and will start its 18-date season with a nine-race card on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s card features a pair of stakes for Virginia-bred 2-year-olds – the Hansel and the White Oak Farm for fillies. First post on Tuesday will be 5:30 p.m. Eastern.