LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As Justify was brought out to meet an adoring throng on Sunday morning here at Churchill Downs, like a king granting an audience to his loyal subjects, the colt got a bit worked up from the attention and the constant clicks from the cameras.

“You better get used to this,” said trainer Bob Baffert, looking up at Justify from the other end of the lead shank. “This is your new life.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bolt d’Oro is done chasing Justify for now.

Second to him in the Santa Anita Derby and then 12th in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday after being spurned on the far turn by Justify, Bolt d’Oro will return to California on Tuesday and will not run in either the Preakness or the Belmont Stakes, the next two legs of the Triple Crown, according to owner and trainer Mick Ruis.

“It’s not in his best interest,” Ruis said Sunday of continuing on the Triple Crown trail.

“Bob,” Ruis said, referring to Bob Baffert, the trainer of Justify, “has a monster.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Good Magic, the runner-up to Justify in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, and the quartet of horses trained by Todd Pletcher – including third-place finisher Audible – all emerged from their efforts in good shape Sunday morning. While Pletcher is likely to focus on the Belmont Stakes with a couple of his horses, Chad Brown, the trainer of Good Magic, is leaving the door open for a potential start in the Preakness on May 19.

Wagering on the Kentucky Derby and the 14-race Derby day card at Churchill Downs in Louisville on a rain-soaked Saturday broke records for the second year in a row, according to charts of the race, demonstrating the continuing strength of big race days in the U.S. racing industry.

LOUISVILLE,  Ky. – Chad Brown said there was a point in the stretch on a rain-soaked Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs that he thought Good Magic had “a really, really good chance” to give him his first Kentucky Derby victory.

By Marty McGee and Mary Rampellini

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen became just the second trainer to saddle 8,000 Thoroughbred winners in North American racing history when Lookin At Lee won the third race on the Kentucky Derby Day card Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Only the late Dale Baird, with 9,445, has more wins, according to Equibase statistics.

Asmussen, 52, is a clear second on the all-time leader list. Jerry Hollendorfer ranks third with 7,436 wins through Thursday, while the late Jack Van Berg is fourth at 6,523.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Monomoy Girl came out of her victory in the 144th Kentucky Oaks in good shape, trainer Brad Cox said Saturday morning at Churchill Downs, reiterating that he will work backward from the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Distaff in mapping out a race schedule for the star filly over the next six months.

Wagering on the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Friday was a record $17.47 million, according to a chart of the race, a 18 percent gain on wagering on the race last year.

The strong wagering figure for the Oaks this year was a $2.4 million handle jump from the record set in 2015, when $15.05 million was bet on the race. It was also part of a record-setting full card for the Oaks, with total handle on the 13 races on Friday coming in at $55.8 million, a 14 percent increase over the total handle on the 13-race card last year, according to Churchill.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Rafael Bejarano, who has not ridden since he sustained a wrist injury on March 18, has resumed working horses this week in advance of a scheduled comeback on Thursday.

Bejarano was in the stable area on Friday, his second day of exercising horses, he said.

Bejarano, 35, began physical therapy last month after a brief trip to see family in Peru. A former leading rider in Southern California, Bejarano has won 24 races this year. He finished seventh in the standings at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, which ended on April 9, with 29 wins.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Pavel, who was fourth in the $10 million Dubai World Cup in the United Arab Emirates on March 31, will return to racing later this month in a Grade 1 race at Santa Anita – the $500,000 Gold Cup at 1 1/4 miles on May 26, or the $400,000 Shoemaker Mile on turf on May 28.

Trainer Doug O’Neill said on Friday that Pavel’s workouts will determine which race is chosen.

“We know Dubai can take a bit out of them, so we’re giving him plenty of time,” O’Neill said.