ARCADIA, Calif. – California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year, could return to racing in early January at Santa Anita, possibly in the Grade 2 San Pasqual Handicap at 1 1/16 miles, trainer Art Sherman said. Santa Anita has not released its 2015-16 winter-spring stakes schedule, but the San Pasqual typically is run on the second Saturday in January.

Sherman said on Thursday that California Chrome is tentatively scheduled to return to his stable at Los Alamitos on Oct. 13 and will immediately go into training.

“It will take about 90 days to get him ready,” Sherman said.

The dream season Brereton Jones is having with the 3-year-old fillies Lovely Maria and Include Betty carried into last weekend at Remington Park.

Include Betty invaded Oklahoma and won her fourth stakes of the year last Sunday in the $200,000 Remington Park Oaks. She used the same serious closing kick that helped her snatch the Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in January, the Grade 3 Fantasy at Oaklawn in April, and the Grade 1 Mother Goose at Belmont in June.

“She’s quite a tenacious little package,” said Jones, who races Include Betty with Timothy Thornton.

Swift Thoroughbreds Inc.  will be making a  trip to Keeneland. Horatio and Jackie Kemeny and Mark and Naudia Maché, who make up the stable, recently purchased Last Waltz. The 2-year-old Irish-bred filly is coming off a third-place finish in the Group 3 C.L. and M.F. Weld Park Stakes at The Curragh.

They are hoping to run her in the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trainer Craig MacPherson is excited about the prospect of running Bluegrass Angus in the $100,000 Perryville Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 31. Bluegrass Angus is the top 3-year-old at Hastings and is coming off a runner-up finish behind the 3-year-old filly Academic in the Grade 3, $250,000 British Columbia Derby on Aug. 13.

Weather permitting, trainer Todd Pletcher is scheduled to be at Keeneland on Sunday morning with John Velazquez and other New York-based jockeys for several important works, including one by Liam’s Map, a candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Classic and the Dirt Mile.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The European runners Second Step and Sheikhzayedroad are among the 20 nominees to the 78th running of the $1 million Canadian International on Oct. 18 at Woodbine.

Second Step, a 4-year-old trained by Luca Cumani, won a Group 1 fixture in his penultimate start in Germany and is coming off a fourth in the Group 1 Irish St. Leger.

Sheikhzayedroad made headlines here last year when he captured the Grade 1 Northern Dancer Turf. The 6-year-old is winless in seven starts this season against some formidable company in England and Dubai.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The conditions for Saturday’s Grade 1 Flower Bowl could be very similar to what they were in the Beverly D. last month at Arlington, which could play in the favor of Stephanie’s Kitten and Watsdachances in the 1 1/4-mile turf race. Stephanie’s Kitten won last year’s Flower Bowl over firm turf.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The American-bred, European-based Nemoralia adds intrigue to an already wide-open edition of the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette for 2-year-old fillies, which awards a fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Nemoralia, a daughter of More Than Ready, is 2 for 4, with wins in Britain over synthetic and turf. Her trainer, Jeremy Noseda, believes Nemoralia can handle the mile and the dirt of the Frizette, but he’s worried about the potential for a wet track.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Ralis shipped across the country to win the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga on Sept. 7, and he made another cross-country ship on Wednesday for Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne Stakes for juvenile males.

Ralis doesn’t act like a 2-year-old, according to trainer Doug O’Neill.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Multiple Grade 1 stakes winner Honor Code will be the horse to beat in Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Kelso Handicap, but California shipper Appealing Tale will be the horse to catch in the one-turn, one-mile race.

Appealing Tale, trained by Peter Miller, is coming off a front-running victory in the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien going seven furlongs at Del Mar on Aug. 22.