LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Brendan Walsh got the extra time he needed with Maxfield. Soon it’ll be up to the colt to capitalize on the reprieve.

Maxfield is widely regarded as a major contender for the 146th Kentucky Derby, but only because the coronavirus crisis forced Churchill Downs officials to postpone it from May 2 to Sept. 5. If the race had been run as originally scheduled, Maxfield would have been hard-pressed to make the race – let alone win it.

Imprimis, one of the top turf sprinters in the country, has had a minor setback in his bid to return to action this year but should be ready to go by late summer, with the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland his ultimate goal, trainer Joe Orseno said earlier this week.

Imprimis has not raced since finishing sixth in last year’s Turf Sprint at Santa Anita. He had throat surgery not long after that race, and needed a second, similar surgery, more recently, Orseno said.

The Louisiana Racing Commission on Tuesday voted 11-0 to approve a request by Louisiana Downs in Bossier City to modify its live racing schedule for a potential June 6 opening, provided the track gets an all-clear from state government.

Monmouth Park in New Jersey will run 35 stakes races at its delayed meet this year if the track gets approval from the state government to re-open for live racing on July 3 as planned, the track announced Monday.

Trainer Todd Pletcher, who like Chad Brown is awaiting word on when he can start shipping horses back to New York, will send out his first 2-year-old starter of the year in Friday’s second race at Gulfstream. Pletcher entered a pair of juveniles in the 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight dash, Prisoner and Restored Order, although the latter is buried well down the also-eligible list.

A couple of fast fillies kept winning streaks alive with impressive efforts in Sunday’s co-featured ninth and 11th races.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Chad Brown is still awaiting word from New York Racing Association officials on when he can return his powerful stable to New York for the remainder of the season. But before he leaves South Florida, Brown got a significant performance from Network Effect, who could be a force to reckon with in the sprint division. Network Effect registered an impressive two-length decision in Saturday’s $100,000 Big Drama Stakes.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – After setting handle records on back-to-back weekends last month, Oaklawn Park moved into a new stratosphere Saturday afternoon, when it handled $41 million.

It came on a 14-race card led by two divisions of the Arkansas Derby won by the Bob Baffert trainees Charlatan and Nadal.

Churchill Downs will open back up for spectator-free racing on May 16-17 with two cards heavy on claiming races while offering purses that are down slightly from when the track last raced, according to the track’s first condition book.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Gulfstream Park has updated its coronavirus quarantine protocols for both humans and horses shipping from out of state either to the track or its training centers at Gulfstream Park West and Palm Meadows.

Horses from out of state must quarantine for a minimum of seven days, down from 14, in Florida prior to their arrival at Gulfstream Park, Palm Meadows, or Gulfstream Park West.