HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Joe Orseno reports his Grade 2-winning turf sprinter Imprimis is currently recuperating from minor throat surgery he underwent in Ocala following his sixth-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint. Imprimis opened the season with victories in the Silks Run at Gulfstream Park and the Grade 2 Shakertown at Keeneland before heading across the pond to finish sixth in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.

NEW ORLEANS – Midnight Fantasy wound up getting disqualified from first to second Dec. 14 at Fair Grounds in the Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint, but there was no taking away her fast six-furlong time and the sense she could be a worthy participant in graded dirt sprint stakes next year.

NEW ORLEANS – Warrior’s Charge came out of his Dec. 18 comeback race at Fair Grounds in good condition, but his connections probably will wait until February to race their talented 4-year-old again.

Warrior’s Charge set the pace and fended off a challenge from Gun It, pulling away to a two-length win in a second-level dirt-route allowance race, his first start since a game fourth-place finish in the Preakness Stakes. Under Florent Geroux, Warrior’s Charge ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.62 and got a 93 Beyer Speed Figure.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Michele Dollase has disbanded her San Luis Rey Downs stable, which consisted of approximately 20 horses she trained and some horses at the beginning of their careers or returning from layoffs.

Dollase said her stable had shrunk from 45 horses to 20 in the last year, making for difficult economic conditions. Dollase, the daughter of the late trainer Wally Dollase, and sister to trainers Craig and Aimee Dollase, said she plans to remain active in the sport.

“I’m a racetracker in blood,” she said. “I’ll do something.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Wet weather may disrupt training at Santa Anita early in the week, but conditions are expected to be mainly dry for Thursday’s opening day, according to Dennis Moore, who heads the track maintenance crew.

Moore said weather forecasts indicate approximately .8 of an inch of rain from Sunday night into Tuesday. There is a possibility of rain before dawn Thursday, he said.

“I think most of the opening day should be good,” he said. “This time of year it changes so rapidly.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Bellafina, a fast-closing second in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint last month, and Gift Box, a Grade 1 winner in April, had their final workouts Friday at Santa Anita for major stakes on Thursday’s opening day of the winter-spring meeting.

Bellafina, a six-time stakes winner, worked a half-mile in 47.20 seconds for the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs. Trained by Simon Callaghan for Kaleem Shah, Bellafina is expected to be a strong favorite in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes.

Keeneland will contest 18 stakes races at its 2020 spring meeting worth a total of $4.8 million, a record for that meet, the Lexington, Ky., track announced Friday. The schedule is highlighted by the Grade 2, $1 million Blue Grass Stakes and the Grade 1, $500,000 Ashland Stakes, both major spring prep races for 3-year-olds. The races offer their winners 100 points toward a berth in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, respectively.

After a nine-month investigation, a task force formed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office found no criminal wrongdoing related to a series of equine fatalities since the summer of 2018 at Santa Anita, according to a 17-page report issued on Thursday.

The 12-person task force, composed of investigators and officials from the District Attorney’s office, including an animal cruelty coordinator, concluded the report with a lengthy list of recommendations to improve equine safety at the California’s racetracks, some of which were implemented as long as six months ago.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The 2020 stakes schedule at Woodbine will include 87 stakes worth more than $16.5 million in purses.

The schedule, released Thursday, is highlighted by three $1 million stakes, the Queen’s Plate on June 27, the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile on Sept. 19, and the Grade 1 Canadian International on Oct. 18. The purse of the Canadian International was $800,000 this year.

NEW ORLEANS – Midnight Bisou had her first post-Breeders’ Cup timed workout on Thursday morning at Fair Grounds, if only barely.

Trainer Steve Asmussen gave Midnight Bisou the lightest of half-mile drills, the star 4-year-old filly clocking 53.60 seconds, barely quick enough to make the published work tab.

“Just let her stretch her legs a little,” Asmussen said.