Maximum Security had his fifth workout of June on Saturday at Santa Anita, moving closer to his first start for trainer Bob Baffert and first start since a win in the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 29 in Saudi Arabia.

Maximum Security, the champion 3-year-old male of 2019, worked six furlongs in 1:12.40, his second consecutive six-furlong workout.

Sunday, Baffert did not specify a race goal for Maximum Security, but said the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at 1 1/16 miles on July 18 at Del Mar is a “possibility.”

“He’ll be nominated everywhere,” Baffert said.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The Vancouver invasion began successfully last Saturday when perennial leading Hastings trainer Phil Hall won his first Woodbine race with Saltini.

The Hastings sensation Infinite Patience is expected to put her unbeaten record on the line in her season opener in Sunday’s $125,000 Fury Stakes, a seven-furlong event for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Bill Mott is expected to have horses in all five graded stakes next Saturday at Belmont Park, including Tacitus and Frank’s Rockette, who on Sunday put in a sharp half-mile workout over the Belmont main track in preparation for their engagements.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association and the New York State Gaming Commission have lifted a precautionary quarantine placed on Barn 37 at Belmont Park after tests on a horse suspected of having a case equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) tested negative for the disease, it was announced Sunday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Victim of Love got a bad trip Saturday. Fortunately for trainer Todd Beattie, the traffic issues occurred that evening on the van trip from Belmont Park back to his barn at Penn National and not during the running of the Grade 3 Vagrancy, which Victim of Love won at odds of 27-1 in a race run during a driving rainstorm.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Graham Motion may have found his Diana horse in Mean Mary.

Mean Mary recorded her fourth consecutive victory by taking Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 New York Stakes by 5 1/4 lengths. After getting away with a relatively easy pace, she powered home her last quarter in 22.64 seconds under Luis Saez. She earned a career-best 101 Beyer Speed Figure.

“She just galloped them into the ground,” Motion said. “She really has a high cruising speed. It looked kind of effortless for her.”

ELMONT, N.Y. - Barn 37 at Belmont Park was placed under a precautionary quarantine on Saturday by officials at the New York Racing Association and the New York State Gaming Association due to a suspected case of equine herpesvirus-1 in that barn.

Freudnme, a 4-year-old colt trained by Chris Englehart, developed a fever and neurological symptoms on Saturday morning and has started treatment under the care of a private veterinarian, according to NYRA officials.

The Maryland Racing Commission on Thursday informed officials with Laurel Park that the track cannot write races for 2-year-olds that would prohibit the raceday administration of furosemide without a change to existing regulations, according to officials who participated in the meeting, which was conducted via teleconference.

The 2-year-old season is in full swing at Gulfstream Park, with most local trainers having an eye squarely on the Florida Sire Series, which kicks off on Aug. 1 with the $100,000 Dr. Fager and Desert Vixen Stakes at six furlongs.

But some, like Antonio Sano, have loftier goals in mind, and are already making travel plans for Saratoga later this summer.

Sano has sent out four juveniles to break their maidens during the current session, including Papetu and Hara, who registered impressive maiden wins just 24 hours apart last week.

Keeper Ofthe Stars, who finished last of five in the Grade 3 Wilshire Stakes on June 20 at Santa Anita after winning the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes there May 25, may start at the end of the Del Mar summer meeting.

Trainer Jonathan Wong said he is considering the Grade 2 John Mabee Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on turf on Sept. 5.

“That’s one of the options,” Wong said. “We’ll freshen her up and run her at Del Mar.”

In the Wilshire Stakes at a mile on turf, Keeper Ofthe Stars was second early but faded from contention to finish 5 3/4 lengths behind Toinette.