DEL MAR, Calif. – Serious, a 4-year-old filly who suffered fractured sesamoids in a turf sprint July 31 at Del Mar, is recovering without the need of surgery and could be bred next year, trainer Vince Smith said Wednesday.

A former $5,000 claimer, Serious was pulled up on the turn in the race and is the most recent horse injured in a race on the turf course. Immediately following her injury, there was concern that Serious would have to be euthanized.

Four horses were euthanized as a result of injuries in turf races from July 17-26.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Jockey Rafael Bejarano will ride Miss Serendipity in Sunday’s $250,000 John Mabee Stakes for fillies and mares over 1 1/8 miles on Del Mar's turf.

Bejarano replaces Brice Blanc, who injured a shoulder in a spill on turf July 25 and has yet to return to riding.

On Thursday, Bejarano worked Miss Serendipity five furlongs in 1:01.40. Miss Serendipity won the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita in May, her fifth start of 2014 and her first win in the United States. Miss Serendipity, 6, was a Group 1 winner in Argentina in 2013.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – There certainly was no shortage of interest when entries were drawn Thursday for Sunday’s Grade 2 Saratoga Special, with 11 juveniles looking to become graded stakes winners for the first time, including Cinco Charlie and Nonna’s Boy, the third and fourth finishers in the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes three weeks ago.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – After dominating mostly New York-bred maidens July 6 in the $125,000 Lynbrook Stakes at Belmont Park, Wonder Gal will race in open company in Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Adirondack Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs.

Wonder Gal, a daughter of Tiz Wonderful trained by Leah Gyarmati, will take on six rivals in the Adirondack, including the Texas-bred stakes winner Vivian Da Bling and the Schuylerville Stakes runner-up Take Charge Brandi, as well as maiden winners Angela Renee, Cavorting, Empressive Humor, and Phoenix Park.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Bayern, the dominant winner of the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Invitational in his last start, will make his next start on Aug. 23 in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers, trainer Bob Baffert confirmed Thursday.

Baffert announced his decision after watching Bayern work a half-mile in 48.60 seconds over Del Mar’s synthetic surface.

“I love the way he went,” Baffert said by phone from Southern California. “He came out of that race really, really well. He looks sharp. He looks like he’s holding his weight.”

DEL MAR, Calif. – After four races at four tracks, Sunset Glow is staying at Del Mar for the rest of the summer following her win in Wednesday’s $200,000 Sorrento Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

Trainer Wesley Ward said immediately after the race that Sunset Glow will be pointed for the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante over seven furlongs here Aug. 30.

His reasons are twofold. Ward wants to try Sunset Glow in a Grade 1 such as the Del Mar Debutante and wants to find a race within a month for a filly who he said has a voracious appetite.

EAST BOSTON, Mass. – When the e-mail from internationally prominent owner and breeder Charles Fipke arrived, Kevin McCarthy thought perhaps he may have, too.

“It was addressed to Roger Attfield, Neil Drysdale, Dallas Stewart, and me. I thought, ‘Wow. This is incredible,’ and I felt very proud to be included in their company,” said McCarthy, the recent recipient of a special achievement award from the New England Turf Writers Association for being a trainer on the rise.

DEL MAR, Calif. – An aversion to favorites was key to winning the pick six at Del Mar on Wednesday.

The bet paid $199,296 on a day in which no favorites were successful in pick six races. Consolation tickets were worth $1,371.

The bet began with a carryover of $195,206 from Sunday. Bettors added $1,126,837 on Wednesday.

The winners of Wednesday’s pick six races were Myrna Lou ($13), Magic Number ($8.40), Tuff Storm ($29), Lucky S.J. ($17.80), Sunset Glow ($8.60) and Spirit of Ten ($13.40).

DEL MAR, Calif. – A fast-thinking Del Mar employee was widely credited Wednesday with saving a 7-year-old boy from a burning travel trailer on racetrack property shortly after dawn.

David Martinez, a labor foreman, was driving past a row of trailers and recreational vehicles when he saw flames coming from a trailer. Martinez began banging on the door and alerted the boy, whom he helped to escape, according to Del Mar vice president of operations Tim Read.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A trainer autograph-signing session will be held here Sunday to benefit the Lustgarten Foundation in memory of the late Dominic Galluscio, who died earlier this year from pancreatic cancer. Most of the local trainer colony will be on hand to sign autographs at the Jockey Silks Porch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

The Lustgarten Foundation raises funds for pancreatic cancer research.