ARCADIA, Calif. – Lombo, the winner of the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 3 in his stakes debut, will remain in Southern California for the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 10, trainer Mike Pender said on Wednesday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Jorge Navarro said earlier this week that both Sharp Azteca and War Story came out of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational in good order and that each is on a similar schedule as last spring. Sharp Azteca is heading back to Dubai for the Godolphin Mile on March 31 and War Story is scheduled to make a return trip to the Charles Town Classic three weeks later.

Sharp Azteca finished eighth in the Pegasus World Cup after steadying during the early stages of the race. Navarro said Sharp Azteca was bothered in the starting gate by Stellar Wind.

Malibu Stakes winner City of Light would have been one of the top choices in the Grade 3, $500,000 Razorback Handicap on Monday at Oaklawn Park, but he will not travel for that race from California owing to wet weather and the likelihood of an off track at Oaklawn, trainer Michael McCarthy said Wednesday.

“I’m going to reroute that horse,” McCarthy said. “It’s a weather-related decision.”

Oaklawn had a sloppy track for training Wednesday, and the forecast from Weather.com calls for rain in Hot Springs, Ark., Friday through Monday.

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Even though the El Camino Real Derby lost its Grade 3 status and had its purse cut in half to $100,000 this year, the race retains significance as an early prep for runners on the Kentucky Derby trail.

The El Camino Real Derby, for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles on the Golden Gate Fields Tapeta main track, will be run Saturday. It offers 17 Kentucky Derby qualifying points, including 10 to the winner.

Golden Gate Fields racing secretary Patrick Mackey said early in the week he expected more runners on Saturday than the seven that ran in the El Camino Real Derby last year.

One barn at Turf Paradise has been quarantined after the Phoenix track reportedly had a horse test positive for Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalophathy (EHV-1).

According to a statement by the Equine Disease Communication Center, the Arizona Department of Agriculture confirmed EHV-1 in a horse at Turf Paradise. The statement said the horse showed neurologic signs Feb. 8 and was moved to a referral hospital. Track officials and the state veterinarian’s office continue to monitor exposed horses.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Owner, breeder, and former racing executive Don Amos died at age 73 on Feb. 8 at the Sheridan Villa in Mississauga, Ontario.

Amos, a native of Barrie, Ontario, was the Ontario Jockey Club’s vice president of Woodbine Sales prior to joining Magna International in 1984. He was eventually appointed as chief operating officer of Magna Entertainment, before retiring from the company in 2006.

Amos owned and bred Swingin On Ice, who captured the Grade 2 Beaumont Stakes at Keeneland in 1999 for trainer Josie Carroll.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Seven Trumpets will be making his two-turn debut Feb. 19 in the Grade 3, $500,000 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn. He may be joined in the race by stablemate Promises Fulfilled, said trainer Dale Romans.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Sporting Chance, the most accomplished young horse on the grounds at Oaklawn as the winner of last year’s Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga, put in a sharp final work Monday for his 3-year-old debut. He is being pointed for the Grade 3, $500,000 Southwest on Feb. 19.

NEW ORLEANS – Even after entering the race, the trainers of Risen Star entrants Supreme Aura and High North left the door open to opt for the Southwest Stakes on Feb. 19 at Oaklawn Park.

Trainer Mike Stidham said Monday it was very likely Supreme Aura would start in the Risen Star, and that he’d only consider entering the Southwest on Friday if the race were to be split into divisions. Either way, Supreme Aura will be trying two turns for the first time after two eye-catching sprint wins.