Steve Schuelein
Hollywood Park

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Lemon Chiffon, a lightly-raced 6-year-old mare, hopes to spring an upset in the $250,000-added Gamely Stakes, a Grade 1 test for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on the Hollywood Park turf Saturday.

(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After working a half-mile each Monday morning, Kentucky Derby (Grade 1) winner Mine That Bird and Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) and Preakness (Grade I winner Rachel Alexandra returned to the track Wednesday morning. Rachel Alexandra was out first around 6:30, going once around with Dominic Terry up. Mine That Bird came out an hour later and went twice around with Charlie Figueroa up.

Michele Blanco
Calder Race Course

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Kennedy and Hess Thoroughbred Racing’s 8-year-old mare Charlie Papa shipped from trainer Connie Kendall’s headquarters near Tampa Bay Downs to Calder Race Course last year at this time to capture the Cool Air overnight stakes at five furlongs on turf, and is entered to bid for a ‘three-peat’ victory in this year’s edition worth $55,000 on Saturday’s 12-race program.

(Edited Hollywood Park report)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — New Zealand-bred Black Mamba, beaten a nose by Magical Fantasy last month in the Santa Barbara Handicap, will try to turn the tables in a tough field of 11 fillies and mares in Saturday’s $250,000 Gamely Stakes at Hollywood Park.

Graham Ross
Arlington Park

Veteran Illinois-based reinsman Chris Emigh, leading rider at Arlington’s 2006 race meeting, rode two winners on Monday’s Memorial Day program to move within two victories of the coveted 3,000-career win milestone.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club release

Nominations close Friday, June 5 for Del Mar’s two premier stakes for 2-year-olds — the Grade 1 Darley Debutante for fillies and the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity for all juveniles. The championship events will be renewed this season on Saturday, Sept. 5 (Debutante) and Monday, Sept. 7 (Futurity).

Francis LaBelle Jr.
Belmont Park

ELMONT, N.Y. – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas worked both Luv Gov and Flying Private wednesday morning at Churchill Downs, and will send both in the 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6.

(Edited Hollywood Park report)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Racing resumes Friday night at Hollywood Park with first post at 7:05 p.m. Post time will be 1 p.m. for cards Saturday and Sunday.

Feature event Saturday is the $250,000-added, Grade 1 Gamely Stakes, featuring 2008 CashCall Mile winner Diamond Diva and Magical Fantasy and Black Mamba, one-two finishers, respectively, in the Santa Barbara Handicap in April.

The $150,000 Honeymoon Handicap — the last major prep to the $700,000 American Oaks on July 5…

(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Veteran sprint star Semaphore Man heads the  21st running of the Aristides (Grade 3) and Ohio invader Slides Choice could emerge as the favorite in the 35th running of the Dogwood (Grade 3) as Churchill Downs offers a pair of major stakes events on its racing menu for Saturday, May 30. 

Equisponse and Tracksideview.com report

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – “On May 27 I exercised my right to appeal the unprecedented 30 day suspension handed down by the Illinois Racing Board Monday in the case of the May 23 accident at Arlington Park involving Rene Douglas.”