Rockport Harbor, in his final preparation for the Grade 2, $325,000 Coolmore Lexington Stakes, had a strong gallop at Oaklawn Park on Saturday morning and was credited with a five-furlong breeze in 1:02.05. He was scheduled to fly to Kentucky on Sunday.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - General John B, second in the Santa Anita Derby, will make his next start in the Kentucky Derby, said his owner, Ross McLeod, CEO of Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, the parent company of Hastings.

McLeod made the announcement in front of a large opening-day crowd at Hastings Saturday.

"If he gets in we're going," he said

McLeod bought General John B as a 2-year-old and originally planned to ship him to Hastings.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - The twists and turns along the trail to the Kentucky Derby can give you motion sickness, but few horses have been through as many whipsaw curves as Afleet Alex this spring.

Three , only a handful of horses exiting those races are being pointed to the Kentucky Derby on May 7 at Churchill Downs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The spectacular victory by Bellamy Road in the , which closed Sunday after four days of wagering.

Bellamy Road closed as the 3-1 favorite in Pool 3, which until Saturday had had a mixed bag of favorites hovering in the 8-1 range. But after Bellamy Road won the Wood in stakes-record time, the money came pouring in on the Nick Zito-trained colt, and if he captures the 131st Derby at Churchill Downs on May 7, his Pool 3 backers will collect an $8.80 payoff for every $2 wagered.

Midway through the second of four days of wagering, High Fly was the very lukewarm favorite in Pool 3 of the .

As of 5:30 p.m. Eastern on Friday, High Fly was the 9-1 choice, followed closely by Consolidator (10-1), High Limit (10-1), Noble Causeway (11-1), Sun King (11-1), Sweet Catomine (12-1), Bandini (12-1), and the mutuel field (12-1) of all other 3-year-olds.

Blues and Royals, the colt owned by Godolphin Racing who won the UAE Derby by 12 lengths two weeks ago in Dubai, opened as a slight favorite during the early hours of wagering into Pool 3 of the , which began its four-day run Thursday at noon Eastern.

As of 5 p.m. Eastern, Blues and Royals was the 7-1 favorite over the mutuel field, also 7-1. The field, the "all others" alternative to 23 separately listed betting interests, closed as the favorite in Pool 1 in February and Pool 2 in March.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Sweet Catomine is behaving with her usual aplomb this week, but her trainer is washing out. Julio Canani never before has run a horse in the Kentucky Derby, or the Santa Anita Derby, let alone a filly, let alone the favorite, which is what Sweet Catomine will be when the Grade 1, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby is run for the 68th time on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Eight new names are among the 23 separately listed interests in the third and final pool of the , which opens for its four-day run Thursday at noon Eastern.

Blues and Royals, a 12-length winner of the UAE Derby, is foremost among the 3-year-olds joining the Pool 3 lineup. Also, Closing Argument, who was a separate interest in Pool 1 in February but was lumped into the mutuel field for Pool 2 last month, is once again being offered separately in Pool 3.

You have to be pretty quick to keep up with trainer Nick Zito this spring. Fresh off his one-two finish on Saturday in the with High Fly and Noble Causeway at Gulfstream Park, Zito on Monday already was at Churchill Downs, where another of his top Kentucky Derby contenders, Sun King, had his penultimate workout for next week's Blue Grass Stakes.