LOUISVILLE, Ky. - No Distinction, a two-time allowance winner at the Churchill Downs meet, could make his next start in the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes on July 28 at Saratoga, trainer Randy Morse said.

A 3-year-old Florida-bred colt with 3 wins from 4 starts, No Distinction already has posted several big Beyer Speed Figures, including a 100 in a maiden win at Oaklawn Park in April. He is owned by the Iron Horse Racing of David Clark.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Texas Bling is scheduled to return to the track Monday at Lone Star Park to begin serious preparations for the Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby. He has been freshened since Oaklawn’s meet ended in April after finishing second in the $150,000 Smarty Jones, fourth in the Grade 2, $600,000 Rebel, and eighth in the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby.

ELMONT, N.Y. – When Bill Mott watches Close Hatches train, he firmly believes there’s a big race with her name on it.

“She’ll break your watch in the morning,” Mott said this week. “Usually, in time, those kind eventually will get it together and show it in the afternoon.”

While Close Hatches did win the Grade 2 Gazelle over subsequent Kentucky Oaks winner Princess of Sylmar, she’ll need to have it all together Saturday when she faces Dreaming of Julia in the Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – After 11 straight stakes appearances, My Adonis launches his comeback in a $46,000 third-level allowance on Friday at Monmouth Park.

The one mile and 70-yard race drew seven entrants, including two – Playing a Joke and Ponzi Scheme – running for the optional $50,000 claiming price.

My Adonis is the most interesting name in the lineup. This will be the season debut for the 4-year-old, a homebred for George and Lori Hall trained by Kelly Breen.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Fiftyshadesofhay, the winner of the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico on May 17, will miss Saturday’s $150,000 Hollywood Oaks at Betfair Hollywood Park because of a foot abscess.

Trainer Bob Baffert said the condition of the foot improved after the abscess was relieved, but that Fiftyshadesofhay was not entered for Saturday’s race.

“I had a setback with her,” Baffert said Wednesday. “She’s doing better, but I don’t want it to develop into a quarter crack.”

AUBURN, Wash. – A one-mile, $12,500 claimer for older horses who have yet to win three times will serve as the feature race Friday at Emerald Downs, and with five of the eight entrants trying a two-turn distance for the first time, handicappers could have their hands full trying to pick a winner. First post for the seven-race card is 6:45 p.m. Pacific.

Atigun finished third in the 2012 Belmont Stakes. He was fourth in the Travers Stakes and had the lead before folding up late in the Breeders’ Cup Marathon last fall.

This spring, Atigun was switched from dirt to turf, and on May 25, he was a close second in the Grade 3 Louisville Handicap. But for all the good he has done – and Atigun’s bankroll stands at nearly a half-million dollars – Atigun still has not won a stakes race, a void on his résumé he’ll seek to fill Saturday at Colonial Downs in the Grade 2, $300,000 Colonial Turf Cup.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The highest-class fare on an appealing nine-race late-afternoon Friday card at Arlington is race 3, a multiple-conditions, high-end turf allowance with an $80,000 claiming option. But the highest-class fare is not always the tastiest, and race 3 might be viewed as an appetizer course to race 4, a second-level Polytrack sprint allowance also open to $40,000 claimers.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Friday’s wide-open Woodbine feature could belong to the Sam-Son Farm homebred Checkered Past. She will compete without the optional-claiming tag of $75,000 in the allowance for 3-year-old fillies, which is scheduled for a mile on the grass.

First post for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and holiday Monday cards has been rolled back to 12:50 p.m., beginning this Friday.

Checkered Past has started three times for trainer Malcolm Pierce. She was a prominent third in her Feb. 23 debut on dirt at Fair Grounds.

Trainer Ron Grieves was a bit surprised when he was informed Quincy Welch wouldn’t be able to ride 7-5 morning-line favorite Call Me Lou in a nonwinners-of-three allowance race that serves as Friday’s feature at Northlands Park. Instead, Welch will ride the long-absent Northern Yankee in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint that drew six horses and goes as the second race.