ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Following Sunday’s key preps at Woodbine, trainer Mark Casse said he plans on running Lexie Lou, Majestic Sunset, Matador, and recent maiden winner East Side in the $1 million Queen’s Plate here July 6.

Can the Man grabbed a quarter when he won the Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes for 3-year-olds June 7 but was scheduled to resume racetrack training on Monday, trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday.

“I haven’t taken him to the track yet,” Baffert said. “He stumbled leaving there, and that’s when he grabbed it. With those quarters, the longer you keep them away from the track, the quicker they grow. I wanted to make sure that he was all right.”

Beholder, the Eclipse Award winner for her age group in 2012 and 2013, has shown progress from a pastern injury sustained June 7 in the $1 million Ogden Phipps Stakes at Belmont Park.

Trainer Richard Mandella said Sunday that Beholder “is getting better” and that the pastern has responded to treatment in the last week. He said the 4-year-old Beholder likely will be out of training for another month.

Mandella theorizes that Beholder was struck by the hoof of a rival in the Phipps Stakes.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Iotapa and Obviously, the winners of Grade 1 races Saturday at Santa Anita, will have only one race each through the end of the summer, their trainers said Sunday.

The 6-year-old Obviously won the $400,500 Shoemaker Mile on turf for the second consecutive year for owners Anthony Fanticola and Joe Scardino. Trainer Phil D’Amato said Sunday that Obviously will be pointed for the $250,000 Del Mar Mile on turf Aug. 24.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Texas Ryano is bound for the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes on Del Mar’s opening day July 17 after a strong win in an optional claimer for 3-year-olds over 1 1/8 miles on turf Friday.

Ridden by Joe Talamo, Texas Ryano ($12.60) closed from last in a field of six to win by three-quarters of a length over 1-2 favorite Quotient. Texas Ryano was timed in 1:46.53. Quotient, third in the Grade 2 American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs last month, was vanned off and diagnosed as unsound in his left foreleg, according to track stewards.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Shared Belief, the champion 2-year-old male of 2013, could have his first stakes appearance of the year in the $500,000 Los Alamitos Derby on July 5, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said.

Troubled by foot problems earlier this year, Shared Belief returned to racing with a win in an allowance race against older horses at Golden Gate Fields on May 26. Shared Belief had two workouts earlier this month, going a half-mile on June 3 and five furlongs on June 10 at Golden Gate Fields. Shared Belief will remain at Golden Gate Fields until later this month.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is building a strong team of early-season juvenile winners.

In recent weeks, Hollendorfer has won maiden special weight races with the fillies Seduire, a winner May 22, and Heart of Paradise, a winner June 5. On Friday, Hollendorfer was back in the winner’s circle with the California-bred Atta’ Boy Woody.

AUBURN, Wash. – Stryker Phd, a popular bridesmaid at Emerald Downs last year when he finished second in all four open stakes for older horses, will have his hands full Sunday when he returns from a long layoff to compete in the $50,000 Budweiser Handicap at one mile.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trainer Rob Gilker is considering taking a shot at the $50,000 Lieutenant Governors with Qatar’s Pearl, who beat a good field of allowance horses last Sunday. Gilker claimed Qatar’s Pearl for $50,000 in 2012 with an eye on the Grade 3 British Columbia Derby where he finished seventh. He didn’t run last year due to suspensory problems, but he is certainly headed in the right direction with two straight wins.

Qatar’s Pearl started twice at Santa Anita this winter before winning a maiden special weight race here May 4.

The high-percentage meet that trainer Ernie Witt II is having at Lone Star Park near Dallas is sweeter than usual because the success is coming for his father, owner Ernie Witt. The men have shared a passion for racing for decades, but they’ve bonded like never before in recent years, ever since the younger Witt began training in 2007.

The Witts have strong ties to Arkansas, and in addition to competing at Lone Star, where they are winning races at a 27 percent clip this season, they are regulars at Oaklawn Park.