DEL MAR, Calif. – Bob Baffert will seek his eighth victory in the Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Debutante for 2-year-old fillies on Saturday with Pretty N Cool, who will be seeking her third victory, all at this meet.

DEL MAR, Calif. – While the immediate schedule for American Pharoah is certain, his itinerary between now and the Breeders’ Cup Classic is a work in progress.

American Pharoah returned to Del Mar from Saratoga on Monday afternoon, walked Tuesday at the barn of trainer Bob Baffert, and was scheduled to do so again Wednesday. He was scheduled to return to the track to jog Thursday, and on Sunday, between races here, the Triple Crown winner will be paraded for fans.

Apprentice Harry Hernandez, who sustained a fractured wrist in last Friday’s final race at Gulfstream, was scheduled to see a specialist on Tuesday, said agent Bryce Soth. Hernandez is the second-leading rider at the summer meet at Gulfstream.

Soth said it is a non-displaced break, and surgery will not be required. Soth said a timeline for Hernandez’s return is to be determined.

Hernandez was injured when his mount, Starship Muffy, fell in the 10th race. An 18-year-old native of Puerto Rico, he has won 74 races from 478 mounts.

Gulfstream Park will open its race week Thursday with a $509,084 carryover in the Rainbow 6 jackpot, and a mandatory payout looming on Monday. The jackpot has not been hit for the past 26 race days. The bet, which has a 20-cent minimum, will run on races 5-10 on Thursday.

The sequence Thursday includes three maiden-claiming races, one with a field of 12 and the other two with fields of 11. Below is a look at the chief contenders making up the Rainbow 6 races Thursday:

Churchill Downs will spend $18 million prior to next year’s Kentucky Derby on renovations to its premium seating areas, increasing the reserved seating capacity at the track by approximately 800, the track announced on Tuesday.

The renovations will be concentrated in the Turf Club areas of the track, according to Churchill. Although some of the renovations will begin in mid-September, most of the work will be started following the close of the track’s fall meet on Nov. 29.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Ironicus, a tough-luck second to Grand Arch in the Grade 2 Fourstardave here Aug. 15, worked a sharp half-mile in 48.86 seconds Tuesday morning over the Oklahoma training track in preparation for a start in Monday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap.

The best part of the work was the gallop-out. Ironicus went five furlongs in 1:01.81 and six furlongs in 1:14.44.

“He went good,” trainer Shug McGaughey said. “He’s training really good. He had a real good breeze last week, too.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Honor Code, the Metropolitan Handicap and Whitney Stakes winner, will “most likely” make his next start in the Grade 2, $400,000 Kelso Handicap, a one-mile race at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, trainer Shug McGaughey said Tuesday.

In the days following the Aug. 8 Whitney, McGaughey said he was torn between the Kelso and the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup, run the same day at 1 1/4 miles.

Nik Juarez, the fourth-leading rider at the Monmouth Park meeting with 36 wins, finished his apprenticeship on Aug. 26, but didn’t miss a beat, going 4 for 18 over the weekend.

Juarez, 22, won the first stakes of his career Sunday, guiding Valid to a 3 1/2-length victory in the Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth.

“It’s the best feeling,” Juarez said. “It means a lot. It’s really a kick-start to the rest of my career.”

Jockey Carol Cedeno resumed riding Tuesday after getting thrown from her mount following the finish of the ninth race at Delaware Park on Aug. 26.

Cedeno had finished second in the $12,500 claiming sprint aboard Easy Ten, who was galloping out smoothly but suddenly stumbled badly, catapulting Cedeno high in the air. Cedeno appeared to be hit by Easy Ten’s head as she was thrown forward.

Cedeno had neck pain after the spill. The original MRI showed a vertebra problem, but that turned out to be an old, calcified injury.

Social Inclusion made an impressive return to the races at Parx last Saturday for his new trainer, Juan Carlos Guerrero, winning a second-level optional-claiming race by 11 3/4 lengths.

Social Inclusion, who finished third last year in the Wood Memorial, Preakness, and Woody Stephens, was making his third start of the year and his first since June 6. He moved up to take the early lead in the 1 1/16-mile race, was kept under a snug hold by jockey Roberto Alvarado Jr., and steadily drew away from his opposition to finish under a hand ride.