HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The local 3-year-old division added another major player over the weekend after the sensational debut by Hidden Scroll, who splashed to a 14-length maiden victory Saturday while posting a 104 Beyer Speed Figure for the performance.

“I can’t recall any other 3-year-old posting a number that high going a mile or further in their first start,” said Dick Jerardi, a member of the Beyer Speed Figure team. “But to put it in perspective, it’s the same number Justify received winning his first start, going seven furlongs, last year.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Todd Pletcher said Monday that Audible came back well from his fifth-place finish in Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup.

Audible, the reigning Florida Derby winner, was beaten 12 1/4 lengths by City of Light after breaking from post 10 and getting hung wide on both turns over the sloppy track.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – For the second time in a week, a major contender has been withdrawn from consideration for Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct.

Le General, who has won two New York-bred races by a combined 10 lengths, came out of his last workout with a sore suspensory in his right foreleg, according to majority owner Jeffrey Kallenberg.

On Jan. 16, Le General worked five furlongs in 1:04.08 over a deep Aqueduct main track.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Mertkan Kantarmaci has won six races from 17 starters this winter at Aqueduct. He believes it’s just the start of something big.

“I think this year is going to be a good year in New York,” Kantarmaci said at his Belmont Park barn Sunday morning, a few hours before he sent out Tayler’s the Boss to a 13-1 upset in a $25,000 claimer at Aqueduct.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The Grade 3 Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday will play a pivotal role in the short-term future of Gum Tree Lane, the promising winner of a maiden race at Los Alamitos in December.

Owned by Michael House and trained by Phil D’Amato, Gum Tree Lane will make his stakes debut in the $150,000 Lewis at 1 1/16 miles. D’Amato chose the Lewis over a first-condition allowance race with an $80,000 claiming option at a mile on Thursday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – It was Monday morning and the owners of Somelikeithotbrown still had yet to decide where the colt would make his 3-year-old debut.

“We’re leaning toward the Dania Beach [at Gulfstream] Saturday,” said Harvey Diamond, who co-owns the New York-bred with longtime partners Jim Shircliff and David Koenig. “But we might wait for the [Feb. 8] Battaglia at Turfway or even the [Feb. 16] Risen Star” at Fair Grounds. “This decision is almost driving me crazy.”

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – At this time last year, Dale Romans was trying to sort out a half-dozen of his 3-year-olds as he looked down the Kentucky Derby trail. He would wind up with a couple of distant also-rans in the rain-soaked race that catapulted Justify to Triple Crown glory, and now Romans is back, hoping for better results.

There will be a carryover of $19,376 in the pick six and a carryover of $38,520 in the NYRA Bets pick five for Thursday at Aqueduct. However, that card is in jeopardy of cancellation if the midrange weather forecast is correct.

The weather folks are calling for a high temperature of 15 degrees Thursday, with wind chills below zero. If that forecast is accurate, it is unlikely that racing will be conducted.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Rye may have a familiar campaign in the coming months following his win in the $200,702 Unusual Heat Turf Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday for the second consecutive year.

Last spring, Rye was fifth in the Grade 2 San Luis Rey Stakes at 1 1/2 miles in March and third in the Grade 3 San Juan Capistrano at about 1 3/4 miles on turf in April in his first two starts after the Turf Classic. On Sunday, trainer William Morey said the $200,000 San Luis Rey Stakes on March 23 is a likely destination for Rye.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux joined an elite group of riders on Sunday, winning his 6,000th race in North America aboard X S Gold in the first race at Santa Anita.

Desormeaux, 48, reached the milestone win in dramatic fashion. Sent off favored, X S Gold ($7.20) closed from eighth in a field of 10 to win by a head over Madaket Sunset.