HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Chad Brown, who’ll have more than 100 horses stabled at Palm Meadows during the winter, will have the likely favorite in both stakes to be run here opening day, with Storming Inti in the Pulpit and Ready to Act and Hillhouse High in the Wait a While. The Brown-trained Calm Pacific also is the horse to beat in the afternoon’s eighth race, an optional claimer on the turf.

Calm Pacific, a lightly raced son of Stormy Atlantic, began his career with a pair of victories before finishing third last out in an overnight stakes at Belmont.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Owner-breeder Carlo Vaccarezza will board a flight Saturday evening for Hong Kong where his star Little Mike will compete next weekend in the rich Hong Kong Cup. But several hours prior to his departure, Carlo Vaccarezza the trainer will saddle Little Daniella in the sixth race at Gulfstream Park, his first starter since taking out his trainer’s license earlier this week.

GROVE CITY, OHIO – Trainer Ralph Martinez reached a personal milestone Tuesday afternoon when Cavanaugh won the seventh race at Beulah Park, giving him 2,000 wins as a trainer.

The 36-year-old Martinez is the leading trainer at Beulah Park with 14 wins, nine more than Eric Reed who has five wins. Martinez won the bulk of his races this season at Fairmount Park and Indiana Downs.

Cavanaugh paid $3.60 to win.

VINTON, La. – Miss Behaviour will target sprint races next year after finishing fifth in her two-turn debut Saturday in the Grade 3, $500,000 Delta Downs Princess. Trainer Phil Schoenthal said one of her chief objectives will be the Grade 1 Prioress, a six-furlong race at Saratoga.

“We’ll focus on sprinting,” he said.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Bright Thought made his first start after a seven-month layoff in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita on Nov. 2. He finished last of 10, never racing closer than fourth and fading through the final furlong.

“Do I regret it?” trainer Jorge Gutierrez said Tuesday. “Absolutely. The good thing is he came out of it in good shape.”

NEW ORLEANS – String King won the seventh turf stakes of his career when he captured the Mr. Sulu on Saturday at Fair Grounds by three-quarters of a length, but owner-breeder-trainer Charlie Smith said Tuesday he’s leaning toward running String King on dirt in his next start.

Teaks North is a Grade 1-winning millionaire, and Stryker Phd has never run worse than second in a stakes race. Both will have something in common when they enter the starting gate for the Grade 3, $100,000 Berkeley Handicap at Golden Gate Fields on Friday: The 1 1/16-mile race will be the first start for each on a synthetic racing surface.

Neither Eric Guillot, Teaks North’s trainer, nor Margo Lloyd, who trains Stryker Phd, seems concerned about that fact.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Bakken looks like he could be a serious horse in 2014, but he might not be finished racing in 2013.

Confirming that he is not a one-hit wonder, Bakken scored a second impressive victory Saturday at Aqueduct, winning a first-level allowance race by 2 1/4 lengths. His final time of 1:09.79 was the fastest by 1.37 seconds of four six-furlong races run on a windy day. He earned a 96 Beyer Figure. The victory came after he won his debut at Belmont on Oct. 13 by 6 1/2 lengths, running six furlongs in 1:08.46 and earning a 97 Beyer.