ARCADIA, Calif. – A little luck was all Keeper Ofthe Stars needed for a career-defining win in the Grade 2 Buena Vista Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday.

In her last three starts, trainer Jonathan Wong watched in frustration as Keeper Ofthe Stars raced on the rail, between rivals at pivotal points in a race, and even on the lead, never finishing better than second.

With a clear trip and a wide rally, Keeper Ofthe Stars won the $202,000 Buena Vista Stakes for the most prestigious and richest win of her 14-race career.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York-bred Ice Princess will try to earn her way into the Kentucky Oaks when she runs next in the Grade 3, $300,000 Gazelle Stakes here on April 4.

Ice Princess tuned up for the Gazelle with a 2 1/2-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Maddie May Stakes at Aqueduct. She covered the one-turn mile in 1:39.70 and earned a career-best 78 Beyer Speed Figure.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The connections of Mr. Buff are resisting the temptation to go big-game hunting for now and will likely target the Grade 3, $150,000 Excelsior Stakes at Aqueduct on April 4, trainer John Kimmel said.

Though the Haynesfield was run as a one-turn mile, Mr. Buff is 6 for 6 in 1 1/8-mile races run around two turns at Aqueduct, the configuration of the Excelsior. The six weeks between races would enable Mr. Buff to recover from Saturday’s fast race, for which he earned a 106 Beyer Speed Figure, and give him his best opportunity at his first graded score.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Four years ago, the maiden Laoban finished second in the Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct but ultimately was on the outside looking in when it came to the Kentucky Derby, failing to draw into the race from the also-eligible list.

Trainer Eric Guillot said he sat around Churchill Downs all week long waiting for a scratch that never came. Guillot ultimately ran Laoban in the Preakness where he finished sixth. Later that summer, Laoban won the Grade 2 Jim Dandy at Saratoga.

If it had not been for the exploits of champion Runhappy, owner Mallory Greiner and her husband, trainer Chris Richard, would not have had the life-changing horse Underpressure.

Underpressure, who has chance to pass $700,000 in career earnings in Saturday night’s $70,000 Owner Appreciation Cup at his base of Delta Downs, was a private purchase at 2 from Runhappy’s owner, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale.

When Richard Grunder calls the upcoming Tampa Bay Derby, it will mark the 36th straight year he has been high atop the Tampa Bay Downs grandstand in the announcer’s booth.

And even at age 67, he is hoping to call quite a few more.

“I still feel good and I still love the sport,” said Grunder, a Runyonesque character whose current tenure is believed to be the longest among race-callers at a major American track. Indeed, with a number of tracks having replaced their veteran announcers in recent times, Grunder is one of the mainstays in a fickle business.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The 2019 juvenile champion Storm the Court, the unbeaten stakes winner Nadal, the promising 3-year-olds Honor A. P. and Royal Act, and the top older horses Gift Box and Midcourt were among prominent workers at Santa Anita on Sunday.

All are scheduled to start in stakes in coming weeks.

Nadal worked six furlongs in 1:11.80, his first workout since a win in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs in his stakes debut on Feb. 9. The time was the fastest of 12 recorded works at the distance.

“He always works great,” trainer Bob Baffert said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita will launch a bonus program in April designed to lure horses from other circuits and boost field size in the final months of the current meeting.

The Santa Anita Sunshine Bonus will be put in place at a time the track is planning to run three days per week from Friday through Sunday through closing day on June 21, according to Steve Lym, the track’s vice president of racing. The exception will be the Memorial Day program on Monday, May 25.

The track has largely run three days per week since the meeting began on Dec. 28.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Retired trainer Henry Moreno died early Sunday at an assisted living facility near Santa Anita, according to his daughter, Elizabeth Stellwagen.

Moreno was 90. He had been suffering from dementia in recent years, his daughter said.

Through his career, Moreno won 886 Thoroughbred races. His stable earned $24.09 million.

Moreno, who was a visitor to morning training at Santa Anita in recent years, kept in close contact with friends in racing as recently as last week.

Jockey Luca Panici, the regular rider for Kentucky Derby contenders Sole Volante and Ete Indien, will be sidelined at least four weeks after sustaining a fractured collarbone as a result of a riding mishap in Friday's final race.