LEXINGTON, Ky. – It’s a day Jason Barkley will never forget – even if he’s fortunate enough to train another half-century or longer.

Barkley won his first-ever graded stakes Friday when Spooky Channel benefited from a perfect ride from Julien Leparoux in winning the Grade 3 Sycamore on the Keeneland turf. The 32-year-old trainer could barely hold his emotions in check when closing out a post-race televised interview.

“It all just kind of hit me,” Barkley said early Monday from his primary base at the Trackside training center in Louisville.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Storm the Court, winless in 10 starts since a 45-1 upset in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita in 2019, recently returned to trainer Peter Eurton’s stable after a summertime rest.

Storm the Court is currently jogging for a return to racing in early 2022.

“He tack-walked for a month and he’ll jog for a month,” Eurton said. “He’ll be back at the end of January, if we do it his way.”

ARCADIA, Calif. – Electric Ride, second in the Grade 2 Chandelier Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on Oct. 1 at Santa Anita, died earlier this month of anaphylactic shock, according to the California Horse Racing Board’s website.

Owned by Talla Racing and trained by John Sadler, Electric Ride was considered a candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 5 at Del Mar.

“She had a reaction,” Sadler said Sunday.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Trainer Vann Belvoir is relocating his stable from Santa Anita to Turf Paradise in Phoenix this week.

Belvoir said Sunday that 18 horses will be sent to Phoenix.

“I’m taking what I have here and adding some there,” Belvoir said. “I think my stock will fit better there.”

Belvoir, 47, has won 609 races, including nine this year from 96 starters.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The partnership between top California jockey Flavien Prat and the multiple stakes winner United has ended, at least temporarily.

Trainer Richard Mandella said Sunday that John Velazquez will ride United in the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 6 at Del Mar. Prat has opted to ride Domestic Spending for New York-based trainer Chad Brown, according to the rider’s agent, Brad Pegram.

“The horse of Chad Brown’s must be pretty good for Prat to take off,” Mandella said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Three older horses set to take on a strong group of 3-year-olds in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 6 at Del Mar worked Sunday morning at Santa Anita in the penultimate drill for each.

Express Train, Max Player, and Tripoli all went five furlongs over a track that seemed to have more bounce in it than it had Saturday morning.

Express Train was timed in 1:01.80, working for the second straight time with Victor Espinoza, who will take over for the Classic, according to trainer John Shirreffs, who always has enjoyed his association with Espinoza.

Safe Conduct, the Queen's Plate winner, worked an easy half-mile in 52.66 seconds over the Belmont turf Sunday morning. He is pointing to the $150,000 Gio Ponti Stakes scheduled for Nov. 26 at Aqueduct, trainer Phil Serpe said.

Following his victory in the Queen's Plate, Safe Conduct finished eighth in the Breeders’ Stakes at Woodbine. Serpe believes Safe Conduct was hampered by the soft ground created by rain the day before the race.

ELMLONT, N.Y. - Celebrity chef Bobby Flay wore a sweatshirt and ski cap Sunday morning to brave the upper 40-degree temperatures at Belmont Park. After watching Pizza Bianca work over the turf course, he told trainer Christophe Clement to “pack your suntan lotion.”

Hit the Road, winner of the Grade 1 Frank Kilroe Mile in March, will have a new jockey for his next start in the Breeders’ Cup Mile on Nov. 6 at Del Mar.

John Velazquez will ride Hit the Road for the first time in the BC Mile, replacing Florent Geroux, trainer Dan Blacker said Friday. Blacker did not elaborate on the decision.

ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association has scheduled 202 days of racing for 2022, with a schedule that is very much in line with what was run in 2021, the company announced Thursday.

The January-through-March portion of the Aqueduct winter meet will consist of 46 days from Jan. 1 through March 27. Racing will be conducted four days a week in January and February and three days a week in March. The only notable change is there will not be live racing on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 17).