LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A decision on whether Maxfield will run in the Belmont Stakes likely will come “in the latter half of this week,” trainer Brendan Walsh said Monday.

Maxfield, a Godolphin homebred, remained undefeated in three career starts by winning his 3-year-old debut in the May 23 Matt Winn at Churchill Downs in an effort that likely would make him one of the favorites in the June 20 Belmont. However, Walsh said he and the Godolphin team are proceeding methodically with Maxfield, who resumed training May 27 at Keeneland.

Jockey Drayden Van Dyke will start the June portion of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting Friday with three wins in the three weeks since racing resumed May 15.

“I’m definitely back in the flow,” he said Sunday morning “I’ve won three races, which is better than none. I would have liked to have started off a little better. Hopefully, I can end it really strong.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Catherine Day Phillips has announced that the popular Mr Havercamp has been retired after suffering an injury in a Saturday workout at Woodbine.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the retirement of multiple Canadian champion Mr Havercamp,” Day Phillips said Sunday on Twitter. “We are all so grateful for the journey that he has taken us on! Havercamp injured his pelvis breezing yesterday. Full recovery is expected.”

ELMONT, N.Y. - Performer completed preparation for his belated 4-year-old debut in next Saturday’s Grade 1 Runhappy Carter Handicap by working a sharp five furlongs in 59.60 seconds Saturday morning over the Belmont Park main track.

It was the 15th breeze this year for Performer, who has not run since winning the Grade 3 Discovery last Nov. 30. The Carter was always going to be his return race, it just happens to be two months later than scheduled.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Sistercharlie, the female turf champion of 2018, and Uni, the female turf champion of 2019, worked a half-mile in 49.60 seconds Saturday morning over the Belmont Park turf course as they prepare for their 2020 debuts later this summer.

The barn area on the Oklahoma side of Saratoga will open on Tuesday and training can begin over the training track on Thursday, the New York Racing Association announced Friday.

Typically, and by statute, the barn area opens in mid-April, but the opening was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Prior to the meet starting, the Oklahoma side is largely populated by the big outfits such as those of Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher, Bill Mott, and Christophe Clement.

Trainer Todd Pletcher’s trio of expected Belmont Stakes horses all put in workouts Friday morning at Palm Beach Downs, with Dr Post looking particularly impressive in his drill, which is posted on XBTV.com. The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 at 1 1/8 miles.

A top-flight showdown between Grade 1 winners Rushing Fall and Got Stormy is set for Wednesday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Beaugay Stakes, the opening-day feature at Belmont Park.

Only six fillies and mares were entered in the Beaugay, scheduled for 1 1/16 miles on turf. It will go as race 9 on a 10-race card that starts at 1:15 p.m.

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Santa will allow 50 horse owners to view workouts from the track’s clubhouse each morning.

Each owner is entitled to bring one guest to watch workouts, which run from 6 to 10 a.m.

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Trainers must make reservations on behalf of owners at least a day before a scheduled workout. Priority will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis to owners with horses who have been registered to work.

Anneau d’Or, winless in three races, all graded stakes, since a narrow loss in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last November, will start in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on June 6, trainer Blaine Wright said earlier this week.

Anneau d’Or was considered a candidate for the Santa Anita Derby on its original date of April 4, but the race was postponed when the track was ordered closed in late March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Santa Anita reopened on May 15.