Trainer Greg Tracy got what he was looking for when Bond James Bond easily won a $25,000 optional claimer in his seasonal debut at Northlands Park on May 4. A triple stakes winner at 2, Bond James Bond had not won a race since he scored a front-running win in a $75,000 optional claimer at Hastings in his first start as a 3-year-old in 2011.

“I was hoping for an easy win to help him regain his confidence,” Tracy said. “That was a good race for him, and it was nice to see him in the winner’s circle again.”

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Herbie D, the champion sprinter in British Columbia in 2012, will make his seasonal debut in the $50,000 John Longden 6000 at Hastings on Monday. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up headlines an eight-race card that also includes the $50,000 Strawberry Morn, where Evelyn’s Dancer figures to be an overwhelming favorite in a six-horse field.

There are five horses entered in the Longden, and four of them figure to be chasing Herbie D, who is clearly the speed of the race. Post time for the Victoria Day holiday card is 1:50 p.m. Pacific.

BALTIMORE – Debt Ceiling used new tactics Saturday, when he remained perfect in two starts with his off-the-pace win in the $100,000 Rollicking. The five-furlong race for 2-year-olds was the first of seven stakes on the Preakness card at Pimlico Race Course.

Debt Ceiling wired the field in his career debut March 30 at Laurel, increasing his advantage at every call for a 4 1/2-length win in a maiden special weight.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – A little later than originally intended, Marketing Mix makes her 2013 debut in the $250,000 Gamely Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park on May 27.

She will resume her career where she left off in fall 2012 – racing against the best turf fillies and mares on the circuit.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Mark Casse will saddle Paso Doble and Haverhill in the $125,000 New Providence Stakes, the contentious feature on the Victoria Day holiday Monday at Woodbine.

Paso Doble has a fine record in the six-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired runners. He prevailed in the 2011 New Providence and was a close second to favored Gypsy Ring in 2012, before going to the sidelines for nearly a year.

BALTIMORE – The 13-race Preakness Stakes card at Pimlico Race Course could see a change in weather patterns from the cloudy skies and 70-degree temperatures the program opened under at 10:45 a.m. Eastern.

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There is a high likelihood of rain moving in around 5 p.m., with the precipitation potentially continuing into the 6 p.m. block, according to an hourly weather forecast from weather.com. The Preakness is scheduled for 6:18 p.m. Eastern.

BALTIMORE - Trainer Bob Baffert said that Black-Eyed Susan winner Fiftyshadesofhay will be heading home to Southern California next week, but she will definitely be back out on the road this summer with the Grade 1 Alabama at Saratoga being her next major objective.

“She’s just maturing, she’ll get better with age,” Baffert said Saturday morning, the day after Fiftyshadesofhay rallied from well off the pace to win the Grade 2, $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan by a neck over Marathon Lady. “Distance is not a problem for her. The mile and a quarter will be good for her.”

OPELOUSAS, La. - Stalking the pace under clever handling by Mark Guidry, Unitas finished strongly to prove best in Friday night's $50,000 Need for Speed at Evangeline Downs.

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BALTIMORE - Kentucky Derby winner Orb was out for light exercise Saturday morning at Pimlico Race Course, some 12 hours before he is to run in the Grade 1, $1 million Preakness Stakes. He was one of a handful of horses that trained during an abbreviated session. Others training included Departing and Goldencents.