ELMONT, N.Y. – Caroline Thomas, who won a third-level allowance race here June 15, could make her next start July 19 in the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana Stakes at Saratoga, trainer Barclay Tagg said Friday.

Caroline Thomas rallied from off the pace to beat a quality field by 2 1/2 lengths under apprentice Taylor Rice. It was the first win for Caroline Thomas since she was elevated to first by the stewards in last year’s Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes at Saratoga. The Diana, like the Lake Placid, is run at 1 1/8 miles.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Uncle Sigh, who was scratched June 15 from the Grade 3 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park after being cast in his Belmont Park stall a few days earlier, could return to the races in the first week of July, trainer Gary Contessa said Friday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Barn 22 at Belmont Park was placed under a precautionary quarantine Friday after a horse in the care of trainer Pat Kelly showed signs of EHV-1, equineherpes virus, according to the chief examining veterinarian for the New York Racing Association.

According to Dr. Anthony Verderosa, an unraced 2-year-old colt who arrived Monday at Belmont “experienced neurological symptoms and was febrile a few days ago. We don’t know what we have, but samples are being sent out, and we’ll know something later this weekend.”

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Just Call Kenny, the 5-2 morning-line favorite, was a veterinarian’s scratch from Friday’s feature at Monmouth Park, a $44,000, second-level optional $30,000 claiming sprint.

The race had been slated as the comeback spot for the winner of the Spectacular Bid Stakes for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park in January. The colt came out of the race with a slight condylar fracture that required surgery.

Trainer Pat McBurney had mapped out a demanding schedule for Just Call Kenny to make the meet’s main event, the $1 million Haskell Invitational on July 27.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Dale Romans has confirmed the Grade 2 Firecracker as the comeback spot for Silver Max after the 5-year-old horse breezed Thursday over the Churchill Downs turf.

Silver Max, the only horse to defeat Wise Dan in the last two years, has not raced since finishing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile in early November. The $200,000 Firecracker, a one-mile turf race, anchors closing weekend of the spring meet with its 24th running next Saturday, June 28.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Little Mike missed his last two scheduled starts, the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs and the Grade 1 Manhattan, due to licensing disputes between owner-trainer Carlo Vaccarezza and the racing commissions in Kentucky and New York.

Little Mike’s next intended goal was the Arlington Million. But after losing out on the opportunity to get a prep, Vaccarezza has opted to pass that race as well.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A couple of lightly raced 3-year-olds, Remembertobreathe and Far Niente, passed their first distance test with flying colors last weekend and soon will be joining their respective stakes divisions.

Remembertobreathe figures to be one of the favorites when he runs July 1 in the $50,000 Chris Loseth Handicap. He was impressive in winning a first-level allowance race going 1 1/16 miles with Ryan Pacheco aboard last Sunday.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Normandy Invasion, who is graded stakes placed, and Thirteen Arrows, a recent maiden winner, have been transferred by owner Rick Porter from trainer Chad Brown to Larry Jones, Porter said Thursday.

Porter announced the news regarding Normandy Invasion on the Facebook page of his Fox Hill Farm, the nom de course of his racing operation. Later, in a phone interview, he confirmed that he has also moved Thirteen Arrows, a half-sister to Cross Traffic who won a maiden race by six lengths at Belmont Park on June 1.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Jimmy Iselin brought Willet back off a seven-month layoff in last year’s Grade 3 Bed o’ Roses Handicap, and she finished last. He wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice.

So, despite the fact that Willet worked a very strong six furlongs at Aqueduct, Iselin decided to skip Saturday’s $150,000 Bed o’ Roses and instead will wait for the $100,000 Dancin Renee Stakes for New York-breds on July 3.

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ELMONT, N.Y. – In 2005, the New York Racing Association moved the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga back a week to give horses four weeks to the Travers, the marquee race of the meet. Starting that year, the Jim Dandy has produced seven Travers winners.

That statistic is too much for trainer Christophe Clement to ignore. Clement said the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy on July 26 – and not the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth on July 27 – would be the next start for Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist, whose major goal this summer is the $1.25 million Travers on Aug. 23.