ELMONT, N.Y. – By My Standards was not entered in Saturday’s Grade 1 Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park after being diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection following his most recent workout, trainer Bret Calhoun said Wednesday.

The issue most likely takes By My Standards out of consideration for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, Calhoun said. By My Standards, still in search of a Grade 1 victory, will point to the Grade 1 Clark on Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs or the Grade 1 Cigar Mile on Dec. 4 at Aqueduct, Calhoun said.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – To say Pro Quality is the big horse in trainer Ralph Catanese’s barn has little to do with his victory in last Saturday’s Wildcat Heir Stakes. That’s because Pro Quality is the only horse in the barn for Catanese, whose roots trace back to New England before he settled on the local circuit along with his brother, trainer Joe Catanese, nearly 40 years ago.

A new pick three with a $3 minimum and a 15 percent takeout will debut at the Keeneland fall meet that starts next Friday (Oct. 8).

The Keeneland Turf Pick 3 will link the last three turf races every day. The races will not be run consecutively so as to separate the new wager from rolling pick threes.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tacitus was intended to make his comeback in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, but what’s a few weeks to a 5-year-old horse who has already knocked out more than $3.7 million?

Withheld from the Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sept. 4 at Saratoga because of what his connections termed a “minor issue,” Tacitus will make his first start since the Saudi Cup on Feb. 20 when facing heavily favored Knicks Go in the Grade 3, $400,000 Lukas Classic on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Flightline, the brilliant and unseasoned colt who earned a 114 Beyer Speed Figure winning an allowance sprint by more than 12 lengths in his second start, will target the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita, trainer John Sadler confirmed Wednesday morning.

The announcement ends premature speculation Flightline was under consideration for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint on Nov. 6 at Del Mar.

Laurel River won an allowance race at Del Mar so impressively in his two-turn debut earlier this month that trainer Bob Baffert initially entertained thoughts of running in the Grade 1, $300,000 Awesome Again on Saturday at Santa Anita, but upon further review a more patient approach will be taken with the late-developing 3-year-old son of Into Mischief, Baffert said Tuesday.

Forbidden Kingdom, a fast debut maiden winner at Del Mar, will remain around one turn for the time being and will not stretch out, trainer Richard Mandella said Tuesday.

Forbidden Kingdom had been expected to try two turns for the first time in the Grade 1, $300,000 American Pharoah going 1 1/16 miles on Friday’s opening-day card at Santa Anita. Instead, he was re-routed to the $100,000 Speakeasy Stakes, a five-furlong grass race, also Friday.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The $3,352,684 wagered at Hastings on Monday was an all-time record one-day mutuel handle. The previous record of $2,612,316 was set on July 9, 1982. Both days featured large carryovers.

In 1982 it was the pick six, which was not a jackpot wager, and did not have a mandatory payout. Plus, all the money was bet at Hastings.

Monday’s pick five had a mandatory payout of a $560,737 jackpot carryover. An additional $2,604,130 was wagered into the pool.

The pick five paid $3,918.59.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Ashlee Brnjas, the private trainer for her father John’s Colebrook Farms, passed away over the weekend at the age of 40.

After starting her equine career with hunters and jumpers, Brnjas made her training debut in 2007. She was the trainer of record of 318 winners from 2,853 starters, for earnings of $10.6 million.

Monmouth Park had total handle of $174.44 million during its 55-day race meet this year, its first full meet since 2019 due to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic last year, according to figures compiled by Daily Racing Form.

Per-race handle for a total of 555 races during the meet was $314,306, according to the figures, compared to per-race average handle of $323,536 in 2019, when the track ran 611 races over 56 days. Average field size this year was 7.41 horses per race, compared to 7.11 horses per race in 2019.