Quick Dagger and Snappy Girl will be going for the hottest barn on the grounds Saturday when they run in the $300,000 Evangeline Downs Turf Sprint. Karl Broberg, who trains both horses, is winning races at a 54 percent clip at the Opelousas, La., track. He is the leading trainer, with 42 wins from 78 starts through Tuesday. Broberg also ranks as the leading trainer in wins in North America, and his success at Evangeline is fueling his total of 161 wins in 2015.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Princess Violet, winner of the Grade 1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland two starts back, worked six furlongs in 1:13.66 over the Belmont training track Wednesday morning in preparation for an expected start in the Grade 1, $1 million Ogden Phipps Stakes on June 6.

Princess Violet could be a little suspect at the 1 1/16 miles of the Phipps, but it’s a big purse and she did finish second to Untapable last year in the Grade 1 Mother Goose going 1 1/16 miles. Untapable, who went on to become the 3-year-old filly champion of 2014, is the likely favorite in the Phipps.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Joel Rosario, who was replaced by John Velazquez on multiple Grade 1 winner Tonalist for the $1.25 million Metropolitan Handicap, has picked up the mount on Wicked Strong for the Met Mile, replacing Rajiv Maragh, trainer Jimmy Jerkens confirmed Wednesday.

On Wednesday, a field of 11 was entered for the third running of the $500,000 Penn Mile at Penn National. The Saturday card will have a first post of 6 p.m. and is front-loaded with an all-stakes pick four to begin the program.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Events unfold at a slower pace on the Santa Anita turf course these days.

Since the start of the spring-summer meeting April 24, final times of turf races have been noticeably slower than during the last weeks of the track’s winter-spring meeting that ended April 19. The slower times are a result of ongoing maintenance to avoid surface compaction, a rare May rainstorm that produced approximately an inch of rain, and cool recent weather.

The condition of the surface has led to mixed reactions from some veteran riders.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Work All Week will start from the outside post in a field of seven older horses Saturday when making his first start since he won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint last fall. Bred and owned in Illinois by Midwest Thoroughbreds, the 6-year-old gelding will have Florent Geroux back aboard as a heavy favorite in the Grade 3, $100,000 Aristides.

From the rail, the lineup for the six-furlong Aristides is Alsvid, Viva Majorca, Googleado, Gentlemen’s Bet, Nates Mineshaft, Good Lord, and Work All Week.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An incident prior to the first race May 21 at Churchill prompted a question as to what Kentucky stewards can do if part of a stable coupling is scratched at the gate, leaving fans who preferred the scratched half of the entry to be stuck with the lesser half.

The answer, according to chief steward Barbara Borden: nothing.

“We have no discretionary power in these cases,” said Borden.

Competitive Edge, the unbeaten winner of the Pat Day Mile in his most recent start, is more likely to run in the Grade 2, $500,000 Woody Stephens Stakes for 3-year-olds on June 6 at Belmont Park rather than the Grade 1, $1.25 million Metropolitan Mile against older horses the same day, trainer Todd Pletcher said.

Belmont Park

Track: Fast

Weather: Hazy

Temperature: 65

ARCADIA, Calif. – Strict Compliance, a winner of consecutive races at Gulfstream Park and Keeneland this year, will make her stakes debut in Saturday’s $150,000 Penn Oaks at Penn National and not the $400,000 American Oaks at Santa Anita, trainer Chad Brown said on Wednesday.

“I decided not to put her on the plane,” Brown said.