Mary Rampellini

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.

On Friday at Gulfstream Park, Rezasrolex returns to the overnight ranks, a level at which he is unbeaten over a remarkable two years.

Bolero Bay must overcome post 10 on Saturday when he seeks to win his third consecutive race in a competitive renewal of the $100,000 Not Surprising at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/16-mile route for 3-year-olds on Tapeta is one of three stakes on an 11-race card.

Jockey Diego Herrera won two of the three stakes run Saturday at Gulfstream Park, when Chicken Dance caught favorite Bolero Bay in the $100,000 Not Surprising and Rolando was resolute on the front end in the $100,000 Big Drama.

Sushi Man, who was a dominant winner of his 4-year-old debut in a June 6 allowance at Canterbury Park, is scheduled to make his next start in the track's $50,000 Brooks Fields Mile.

C. J’s Storm battled for a half-length win over Sleepy in the $100,000 Nobody Listens Handicap on Wednesday at Horseshoe Indianapolis.