ARCADIA, Calif. – Kentuckian, winner of the Grade 3 Lazaro Barrera Stakes at Santa Anita on May 10, will make his next start in the $350,000 Los Alamitos Derby at the Orange County track July 4.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said earlier this week he plans to skip the $100,000 Affirmed Stakes for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles June 7 at Santa Anita with Kentuckian in favor of the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Derby, which is run at 1 1/8 miles.

“We’ve been pretty patient, and we know if we wait, he’ll run some nice races,” Hollendorfer said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Ashleyluvssugar, a two-time stakes winner at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Santa Anita this year, is making a racing sentimentalist of trainer Peter Eurton.

After Ashleyluvssugar won the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes on Sunday, Eurton set his sights on the track’s most historic turf race – the $150,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes at about 1 3/4 miles June 28.

“Who wouldn’t want to win the San Juan?” Eurton said.

Eurton never has had a runner in the San Juan Capistrano, which was first run on turf in 1954, the year the track’s turf course opened.

OPELOUSAS, La. – Power Alert, winner of three of his four U.S. starts, is set to square off against defending champ Heitai and six others in Saturday’s $300,000 Evangeline Turf Sprint at Evangeline Downs. The five-furlong dash will anchor an 11-race program which has a first-race post time of 3:05 p.m. Central. The Evangeline Turf Sprint will also be the final leg in a $100,000-guaranteed all-stakes pick four.

A food truck festival at Monmouth Park played a big role in drawing more than 60,000 people to the track over the three-day weekend.

The combined Saturday, Sunday, and Monday attendance was up 37 percent over last year, according to track officials. The total handle of $15 million for the three days increased by 22 percent. The three-day ontrack handle of $2.2 million was up 15 percent.

Parx-based trainer Cathal Lynch said Danzatrice, winner of the Parx Oaks, would run in the Grade 1 Acorn on the Belmont Stakes undercard next Saturday. Lynch said he spoke with Gainesway Stable owner Antony Beck and his racing manager John Fort on the decision.

“We know it will be a very tough race, but we’re going to give it a go,” Lynch said. “Trevor McCarthy is going to ride.”

Kentucky Oaks runner-up Shook Up, as well as multiple graded winners Birdatthewire and Condo Commando are expected for the Acorn.

The $500,000 Penn Mile has extended its reach to California this year as Ocho Ocho Ocho and Papacoolpapacool shared a charter flight on Monday that took them to Allentown, Pa., about an hour’s drive from Penn National in Grantville.

This will be the third edition of the Penn Mile, and its first as a Grade 3. It will be the first graded race held at Penn National since the Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup was run as a Grade 3 in 1989.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Upstart, who was eased to the wire by jockey Jose Ortiz far behind American Pharoah in the Kentucky Derby, returned to trainer Rick Violette’s barn at Aqueduct late last week to resume training for a summer and fall campaign.

Upstart was sent to WinStar Farm, which purchased a share in him just prior to the Derby, to unwind after the Kentucky Derby. Violette sent Upstart to the track to jog for the first time on Tuesday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Todd Pletcher said Tuesday that Palace Malice will not be back to defend his title in the Metropolitan Handicap on June 6.

“We’re not planning to run in the Met Mile,” said Pletcher. “I’m not sure where we’re going to run yet. It seems like he needs a little more time coming out of his last race. The Met comes up a little quick.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Saturday easily will be the biggest day of the year so far for Midwest Thoroughbreds and trainer Roger Brueggemann as their two homebred, Illinois-bred stable stars, Work All Week and The Pizza Man, will make their 6-year-old debuts in separate stakes races at Churchill.

Work All Week, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint last fall and 8 for 8 in his dirt races, will be a huge favorite in the Grade 3, $100,000 Aristides at six furlongs, while The Pizza Man also should be a short price in the $65,000 Opening Verse at 1 1/16 miles on the turf.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – While he was at Churchill Downs on Tuesday morning to oversee the workout by Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah, trainer Bob Baffert also sent out 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Bayern for a five-furlong breeze in 1:00.40 over a fast track.