OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Jose Ortiz took advantage of his brother Irad’s absence last week to ride 10 winners, including five on Sunday, and vault to the top of the Aqueduct standings in the abbreviated 11-day meet. Jose leads Irad, 16-12, heading into the final four days of the spring session.

Both riders will be here to complete the meet.

“You want to win every meet that you can, but Irad wasn’t here this week and I’m sure he’ll come back and be competitive next week,” Jose Ortiz told NYRA publicity following his fifth win Sunday.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Horologist, who returned from a five-month layoff to win Saturday’s $100,000 Top Flight Invitational at Aqueduct, could make her next start in the Grade 3, $150,000 Allaire duPont Distaff at Pimlico on May 14, trainer Bill Mott said Monday.

“I haven’t connected with all the connections yet, but that’s a good spot timing-wise,” Mott said.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Maracuja ran well enough in the Grade 3 Gazelle to warrant consideration for the Kentucky Oaks, and trainer Rob Atras will let her convince him to take her there when she returns to the work tab later this week.

“Right now we’re planning on going, if things aren’t 100 percent with her then we won’t do it,” Atras said.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Weyburn, the Grade 3 Gotham winner and fourth-place finisher in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, is being pointed to the Grade 3, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park on May 8 as a stepping-stone to the Belmont Stakes on June 5, his connections said Monday.

Weyburn has enough qualifying points to make the Kentucky Derby field, but trainer Jimmy Jerkens and Robert Landry, the racing manager for Robert and Mark Krembil’s Chiefswood Racing, don’t believe that’s the right race for this horse.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Brian Klatsky and his partners in BBN Racing have been agonizing over the Kentucky Derby points standings, but somebody tell them they can stop worrying. Hidden Stash, in all likelihood, will be carrying the blue and white silks of the far-flung ownership group when the 147th Derby is run May 1 at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Hot Rod Charlie, the Louisiana Derby winner, will have Flavien Prat aboard in the Kentucky Derby on May 1, trainer Doug O’Neill said Monday.

Prat was aboard Hot Rod Charlie for a five-furlong work at Santa Anita on Saturday, accomplished in 1:01.20 for five furlongs.

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OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Chad Brown will weigh his options for Delaware and Regal Glory, who won the first two turf stakes on this circuit over the weekend at Aqueduct.

While the Grade 3 Poker going a mile on June 20 is a logical target for Delaware following his 10-1 upset victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Danger’s Hour Stakes, Brown might like to run the 5-year-old back sooner. There are no good options on the NYRA circuit, so Delaware could be considered for a race like the $250,000 Dinner Party at Pimlico on May 15, though Brown has others pointing to that race as well.

Hit the Road won the Grade 1 Frank Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita on March 6, but was only fifth in the Grade 1 Maker’s Mark Mile at Keeneland on Friday. The 4-year-old colt will continue his season in top-level races in the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita on May 31, trainer Dan Blacker said Sunday.

The Shoemaker Mile is the top turf race of the spring portion of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, and has long-term ramifications in the division. The winner receives a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 6.

Fair Maiden, the winner of the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita, was recently retired after losses in graded sprint stakes this year at Santa Anita and Keeneland.

Trainer Eoin Harty said Fair Maiden will be bred to Uncle Mo.

Owned and bred by Godolphin Racing, Fair Maiden, 4, won 4 of 10 starts and earned $324,778. Prior to the 20-1 upset in the La Brea Stakes at seven furlongs, Fair Maiden won the Catch a Glimpse Stakes at Woodbine in 2019 and was 12th in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita that year.

Edgeway, the winner of the $250,000 Carousel Stakes for fillies and mares at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, will return to trainer John Sadler’s stable at Santa Anita this week. The Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 6 is a long-range goal for Edgeway, Sadler said.