HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The disappointment trainer Dale Romans felt on Saturday owing to the poor performance of Dennis’ Moment in the Fountain of Youth was tempered somewhat by the dynamic race turned in by Mr Freeze in the Gulfstream Park Mile. He got a Beyer Speed Figure of 107 for his runaway victory in the one-turn mile dirt race, and is now headed to the Godolphin Mile in Dubai at the end of the month, Romans said Sunday morning.

“I guess we’ll go to the Godolphin Mile,” said Romans, who described Mr Freeze’s race as “fantastic.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez announced Saturday that he has parted ways with his longtime friend and agent Angel Cordero Jr. and hired Ron Anderson to handle his riding engagements moving forward.

“Angel and I have split up, Ron Anderson is going to be representing me from now on,” Velazquez said moments after riding Shotski in the Fountain of Youth. “Ron has handled several big riders really well, and when it comes to the big races and everything he is great.”

Velazquez said the decision to part-company with Cordero was a tough one.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. scratched his top  3-year-old prospect Chance It from Saturday’s Grade 2 Fountain of Youth, citing the poor post position as the reason for bypassing the important Kentucky Derby prep with a horse who was among the leading contenders in the 1 1/16-mile fixture. Chance It will now run next Saturday in the Tampa Bay Derby.

A powerful Maryland Senate committee on Friday approved a bill sought by the state racing industry that would allow the state to issue bonds to fund the renovation of Laurel Park and Pimlico Racecourse.

The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee passed the bill unanimously, according to local reports and Maryland racing officials. The bill is expected to be voted on in the full Senate next week, the officials said, and it is likely to pass.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The Parx-based trainer Uriah St. Lewis on Friday was hoping for a big week in New York.

On Saturday, he runs Adventist in the $100,000 Bernardini Stakes. Next Saturday, he plans to run Informative in the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes for 3-year-olds.

It took Informative eight tries to get his first win, and that victory came going a mile at Aqueduct on Feb. 8. The Gotham is also run at a mile at Aqueduct.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – With John Velazquez committed to ride at Tampa Bay Downs next Saturday, Junior Alvarado has picked up the mount on Mind Control for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct.

Mind Control came off a five-month layoff to win the Grade 3 Toboggan by a nose under Velazquez on Jan. 18. It was the sixth win from 11 starts for Mind Control, with five of those wins coming with Velazquez up.

Trainer Gregg Sacco said he is looking to use the Tom Fool as a way to have Mind Control ready for the Grade 1 Carter here on April 4.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Wicked Trick’s hopes of extending his winning streak to seven in an allowance race are gone with the wind, so it looks like he will step into stakes company in next Saturday’s $125,000 Stymie Stakes at Aqueduct.

Wicked Trick was entered in a third-level allowance race for Thursday, but that card was canceled due to high winds. Though the race was put up as an extra for Sunday’s program, it did not draw enough entries to be carded.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Storm the Court, the champion 2-year-old male of 2019 who was fourth in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes on Feb. 9, is likely to start in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 7 at Santa Anita.

Trainer Peter Eurton and the partnership that owns the colt had considered races such as the Rebel Stakes on March 14 at Oaklawn Park, but Eurton said Friday that the $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at 1 1/16 miles has appeal.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Diamond Oops likely would have been one of the top choices in the Gulfstream Park Mile on Feb. 29, but was not entered in the race after acting “a bit dull” earlier in the week, trainer Patrick Biancone said.

“We took blood on him and it came back a little off,” Biancone said. “He will get a couple of weeks off.”

Diamond Oops most recently was fourth in the Pegasus World Cup. Last year, he won the Smile Sprint Stakes and was second in a pair of Grade 1 races, the Alfred Vanderbilt and the Shadwell Turf Mile.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Spa City, winner of a highly rated maiden race on Feb. 8 at Gulfstream Park, is heading to stakes competition next, with the Tampa Bay Derby on March 7 his target. He had his final work for that race Friday morning here at the Palm Meadows training center, when he went five furlongs in 1:00.85 under exercise rider Rob Massey.

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