Mary Rampellini

Mad House ran arguably the best race of his young career in the Grade 3, $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap last weekend at Oaklawn Park and now he could take his sharp form to either Churchill Downs or Laurel Park.

Henro might have to run down Red State to win the featured eighth race Sunday at Oaklawn Park. At least that's one take on the allowance sprint for 4-year-olds and up that carries a claiming option of $62,500. The six-furlong race has a purse of $127,000.

Oaklawn Handicap hero White Abarrio left the Oaklawn Park backstretch around midday Sunday to return to Gulfstream Park, and his connections will soon start mapping out a plan to get him to either the Breeders’ Cup Classic or Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

Journalism has emerged from his third-place finish in the Grade 2, $1.25 million Oaklawn Handicap in excellent condition and will now get settled back into his routine at Santa Anita, trainer Michael McCarthy said.

Have Faith continued trainer Dallas Stewart’s strong meet at Oaklawn Park, where she closed up the rail to win the $135,000 Southern Hospitality overnight stakes by three-quarters of a length over Carolyncaroline.

Fresh off winning the New York-bred trainer of the year award, Linda Rice will seek to get into the winner's circle with an Irish-bred on Friday when she saddles leading contender Thiene in the fourth race at Aqueduct.

Horses from seven different states have descended on Shakopee, Minn., for Saturday's opening night card at Canterbury Park. The seven-race program drew runners who last started in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. In the first race alone, four of the five runners entered last ran at Tampa Bay Downs.

Touchuponastar, who has won his last five starts with triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures, and Komorebino Omoide and Heroic Move, who have won past runnings of the Grade 3, $400,000 Steve Sexton Mile at Lone Star Park, lead a deep cast for the race's renewal on Monday.

Desert Gate has been the favorite in five of his six races for trainer Bob Baffert and will again be the chalk Monday when he ships in from Southern California for the $300,000 Texas Derby at Lone Star Park.

Ozara picked up the sixth stakes win of her career Saturday when she ran down a loose-on-the-lead Long Ago in the $100,000 Miss Liberty at Monmouth Park.