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Trainer Tim Yakteen reported on Sunday that Practical Move was in good order following his victory in the San Felipe (G2).

“She’s been here quite some time and has settled in nicely with a steady series of works,” McCarthy said Friday morning.

Queen Ofthe Temple heads a wide open field of older fillies and mares going a marathon 1 1/2 miles over the Santa Anita turf in Saturday’s $100,000 Astra Stakes.

Agent Derek Lawson reported apprentice Mauro Cedillo, the leading rider at the Mahoning Valley meet in Ohio that ended Dec. 30, is moving his tack to Santa Anita starting with the second condition book next Friday.

Hard knocking Carmelita’s Man heads a deep and competitive group of nine entrants going a mile and one eighth on grass in Santa Anita’s $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic.

Justique heads a field of seven sophomore fillies going seven furlongs in Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Santa Ynez Stakes

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have three opportunities to win the $300,000-guaranteed Starlet at Los Alamitos Race Course.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have three opportunities to win the $300,000-guaranteed Starlet – the final Grade 1 of 2022 for 2-year-old fillies – for a sixth consecutive year Saturday at Los Alamitos.

Brown has some serious history with the Matriarch at Del Mar. Of the eight runnings so far, he’s shipped in and sent out the winner four times.

If you’ve been around Del Mar for any length of time, you've probably run into—and maybe even met—Tom Knust. He has been coming out to Del Mar since he was a teenager and has made a lifetime career out of his love for the horses.