OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Dubyuhnell, winner of the Grade 2 Remsen at Aqueduct on Dec. 3, returned to the work tab Tuesday, breezing a half-mile in 50.50 seconds at the Palm Meadows training center in South Florida.

While trainer Danny Gargan mentioned three potential spots for Dubyuhnell’s 3-year-old debut, he said is “leaning toward” the Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 11. The other options are the Grade 3, $250,000 Withers at Aqueduct and the Grade 3, $250,000 Holy Bull at Gulfstream, both on Feb. 4.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Les Bon Temps, winner of the $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes on Dec. 17, is now with trainer Linda Rice after one of her clients, Sheila Rosenblum, purchased majority interest in the 3-year-old New York-bred filly.

The 19 stakes scheduled to be run at the Keeneland spring meet in April this year will have record total purses of $8.05 million, including money available only to Kentucky-bred horses, the track announced Friday.

Two Grade 1 stakes had their purses boosted by $100,000 each, the April 8 Madison Stakes and the April 15 Jenny Wiley Stakes, according to Keeneland. The two races, which are both for older females, will have purses of $600,000 each this year.

ARCADIA, Calif. – A winter preview of California 3-year-old colts for 2023 begins with predictable clarity – juvenile star Cave Rock on a list dominated by Bob Baffert.

“We have some nice 2-year-olds turning 3,” the trainer said in December. It was an understatement. Baffert’s 3-year-old roster is once again deep and includes 18 named in this preview. The best is Cave Rock, a two-time Grade 1 winner and runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

Quickly Park It went from a surprise win at 12-1 in the Pike Place Dancer Stakes at Golden Gate Fields in October to a ninth at 8-1 in the Grade 3 Jimmy Durante Stakes at Del Mar on Dec. 3.

The conflicting results may confuse bettors studying Quickly Park It’s chances in Saturday’s $200,000 California Cup Oaks at a mile on turf for statebred 3-year-old fillies. From trainer Sean McCarthy’s perspective, Quickly Park It rates as a leading contender, needing only a clean journey against eight rivals to win the richest race of his career.

Life without Flightline has made for a strange winter for California trainer John Sadler.

The stable’s most famous runner was retired to stud in November, days after finishing his career with an easy win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland. Flightline was undefeated in six starts in a 19-month career.

The first stall outside of Sadler’s office is occupied by a different horse these days in a barn seeking a new leader. There are no Flightlines on the horizon, just horses likely to start in stakes in California.

Slow Down Andy, a notable absentee from the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26, has resumed light training for an expected return to racing in coming months, trainer Doug O’Neill said on Thursday.

“He got a little sore on us and we missed the Malibu,” O’Neill said. “He’s still at Santa Anita and in light training. He’ll hopefully pick up it a month or so.”

Smile Happy started his 3-year-old campaign looking like a serious 2022 Kentucky Derby hope. His 3-year-old season ended after a tepid eighth-place finish in the Derby, and Smile Happy posted his first timed workout since April when he went three furlongs in 37.60 seconds on Dec. 31 at Fair Grounds.

Trainer Kenny McPeek said Smile Happy was taken out of training with distal bone bruising following the Derby.

Meraas, a 2 1/4-length winner of a second-level allowance at Aqueduct on Saturday, will be pointed to the $1.5 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint on the undercard of the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 25.

It is expected that Meraas will head to Saudi Arabia along with Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Elite Power, who defeated Maraas by 4 1/2 lengths in a second-level allowance Sept. 3 at Saratoga. Elite Power went on to win the Grade 2 Vosburgh and Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

On the final Monday of 2022, trainer Brendan Walsh and Godolphin raced a filly and a colt at Fair Grounds they hope will be heard from on the first Friday and Saturday of May 2023.