SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – After the Gulfstream Park invader Off the Tracks ran away to a 3 1/4-length victory on opening day in the Schuylerville Stakes, it was only logical that others from south Florida might try to follow in her footsteps. So while Off the Tracks cools her heels until the Grade 1 Spinaway on Sept. 5, another filly who won her maiden impressively at Gulfstream Park this summer, Kandoo, will try to win Saturday’s Grade 2 Adirondack, the second of three graded stakes at the meet for 2-year-old fillies.

Social Inclusion, the third-place finisher in last year’s Wood Memorial, Preakness, and Woody Stephens, has been transferred to trainer Juan Carlos Guerrero at Parx Racing.

Social Inclusion, who is owned by the Rontos Racing Stable of Ron Sanchez, was originally trained by Manny Azpurua but was turned over to Chad Brown following a seventh-place finish in the 2014 Haskell Invitational.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Beautiful weather and big fields continue to help Saratoga show massive gains in all-sources and ontrack handle at the 2015 meeting.

Through Monday, the 16th day of the 40-day meet, total all-sources handle was $260,416,784, a 19.1 percent increase over last year’s total of $218,610,182. Total ontrack handle was $64,795,603, a 17.9 percent increase over last year’s figure of $54,954,653.

Expected Ruler’s win in the $60,000 Tyro at Monmouth Park on Sunday was the first stakes victory for 20-year-old trainer Liam Benson. It was also the first stakes win as an owner for Benson’s father, Liam F. Benson, and for jockey Wilmer Garcia and his agent, Joe Orseno Jr.

If that isn’t enough, the Tyro was Expected Ruler’s first career start.

Benson had hoped to run Expected Ruler in a maiden race, but when it failed to fill he had to come up with a new plan. He opted for the Tyro, a five-furlong turf race for 2-year-olds.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Though the stewards say they are not judging this Saratoga meet any differently than they have other meets, they did say Saturday that the riders have asked them to “be a little more strict” when observing the races.

DEL MAR, Calif. – This is the type of summer Deron Pearson has dreamed of for nearly 35 years.

As a teenager in the early 1980s, Pearson was an avid racing fan, attending Del Mar with his family. By the mid-1990s, his telephone communications business was successful enough for him to buy a share in a racehorse. Through the years, his involvement in ownership grew, and when he sold his business, which had evolved into information technology and software, Pearson’s investment in racing soared.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Constellation sure has the look of a rising star after her 4 1/2-length debut win here Sunday. Showing tactical speed from the gate, Constellation stalked a pacesetter, took over when asked, and drew clear for a relatively easy victory.

Constellation, an $800,000 2-year-old purchase at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March auction, covered 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:04.65 and earned a 75 Beyer Speed Figure.

“She’s got a great temperament and does everything right,” trainer Steve Asmussen said.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Rick Violette said Monday that if American Pharoah runs in the Grade 1 Travers, he’ll run Upstart somewhere else.

Upstart, in his first start since the Kentucky Derby, finished third, 5 1/4 lengths behind American Pharoah, in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 2.

“We tried him once; it didn’t work out,” Violette said Monday. “We’re running out of restricted races. You’d like to be able to have a shot in one. I know you’re not supposed to duck one horse, but he’s not just an ordinary horse.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – For Kiaran McLaughlin, Saratoga – specifically the Saratoga winner’s circle – is indeed the August place to be.

After going 1 for 9 in July at the Spa, McLaughlin has won with six of his last 10 starters, including victories in Saturday’s Grade 1 Test with Cavorting and in Sunday’s $100,000 Alydar Stakes with Bay of Plenty.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The exciting Divisidero, whose powerful late run has made him one of the top 3-year-old turf horses in North America, won’t be entered Wednesday in the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes and won’t see racing action again until this winter at the earliest, according to trainer Buff Bradley.

Divisidero was among the horses pre-entered Saturday in the Secretariat but has not posted a timed workout since July 15, and instead of racing this weekend, he will head to Silver Springs Farm near Paris, Ky., where owner Tom Keithley’s Gunpowder Farms boards its stock.