OZONE PARK, N.Y. – With more than a foot of snow on the ground, turf racing is the furthest thing from most people’s minds around these parts.

Not so for Tom Morley, who has the Grade 1, $500,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile on March 5 at Santa Anita planned for his Grade 2 winner Tell Your Daddy.

Tell Your Daddy had his third workout of the winter here last Friday, breezing a half-mile in 48.84 seconds over the Belmont Park training track. He got the work in before snow canceled training over the weekend.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – About three weeks ago, trainer Jeremiah O’Dwyer shipped three horses to New York from his Maryland base in part because training had been interrupted at Laurel Park in large part due to track condition.

Oh, the irony when Mother Nature allowed for training and racing at Laurel over the weekend, while training at Belmont and racing at Aqueduct was shuttered due to a winter storm that brought more than a foot of snow to the area.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – With snow cancelling both of the weekend cards at Aqueduct, there will be two stakes on both Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend.

The Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan, scheduled for last Saturday, will join the Withers on Saturday’s card. One horse not expected to enter back is Penguin Power, who finished sixth in last Saturday’s Fire Plug Stakes at Laurel Park.

The $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield, scheduled for last Sunday, has been rescheduled for this Sunday and will be the co-feature along with the $100,000 Ruthless Stakes for 3-year-old filly sprinters.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Jockey Jose Ortiz was the No. 1 star at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, winning five of the 11 races on the card, including the fourth event aboard the regally bred first-time starter Doll Baby.

On Saturday, Ortiz, who switched his tack back locally after beginning the winter in New York, guided Regal Glory to victory for trainer Chad Brown in the inaugural running of the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Invitational.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Tom Albertrani said he hopes to find a race “in a month or so” for the highly versatile Wolfie’s Dynaghost, a Woodslane Farm homebred whose victory here Saturday at a $43 mutuel in a $70,000 handicap on Tapeta now makes him a winner over dirt, turf, and synthetics from just 10 starts.

“Obviously, we’ve got plenty of options,” Albertrani said. “He ran so well on the Tapeta that I’d be interested to see about maybe trying it again.”

Emmanuel earned an 89 Beyer Speed Figure in a 4 1/2-length victory in a mile and 40-yard allowance Sunday at Tampa Bay Downs when staying unbeaten for Todd Pletcher in two career races.

Under minimal urging from jockey Pablo Morales, Emmanuel led from the start, drawing clear in 1:40.24 over a fast track and returning $2.60 as a heavy favorite in a field of six.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Tiz the Bomb had breezed alongside Smile Happy at Gulfstream Park for trainer Kenny McPeek on the first four Saturdays of January as both colts drew closer to making their first start at 3.

Tiz the Bomb worked again last Saturday but not Smile Happy. Was something amiss?

“I’m just ahead of schedule” with Smile Happy, McPeek said. “He’s going to work two more times” prior to shipping to Fair Grounds in New Orleans for the Risen Star on Feb. 19. “Nobody needs to worry – everything is great. There’s plenty of time.”

Even Godolphin takes the occasional humbling in this game.

The worldwide powerhouse stable, widely expected to be named North America’s outstanding owner and breeder when 2021 Eclipse Awards are handed out Feb. 10 in Los Angeles, was represented by a pair of maidens that cost a combined $7 million in the same race last Saturday at Tampa – and neither was able to win.

The first two graded stakes of the 2021-22 Tampa Bay Downs meet are set for Saturday with the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Stakes and Grade 3 Endeavour, both at 1 1/16 miles on the turf.

Arnaud Delacour has a pair of contenders for the Tampa Bay in Eons and Talk Or Listen. Both 6-year-old geldings were sent through half-mile pre-race works Saturday at the Oldsmar, Fla., track.

“There are a lot of things to like about entering them in this race,” said Delacour. “We’re happy with the way they’ve been training.”

ARCADIA, Calif. - The veteran turf distance runner Ward ‘n Jerry was recently retired after a six-year career that included a victory in the Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes at Santa Anita in March 2020 and seven other races.

Ward ‘n Jerry, a 9-year-old gelding, had his final start at Del Mar last summer, finishing third in a turf race at 1 3/8 miles in which he was eligible to be claimed for $62,500. Ward ‘n Jerry had two workouts at Santa Anita in December before owners Larry and Marianne Williams and trainer Mike Puype decided on retirement.