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Practical Move defeated three of trainer Bob Baffert's 2-year-olds in the Los Alamito Futurity to move into Kentucky Derby contention.

Deuce Greathouse, Cindy Hutson, and Brett Setzer’s Les Bon Temps doubled up on stakes scores in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a seven-furlong sprint for eligible New York-sired juvenile fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Lucrative purse money and Kentucky Derby qualifying points will be on the line during Turfway Park’s annual Winter/Spring Meet, which will begin Sunday, Jan. 1 and feature the Grade 3, $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks on Saturday, March 25.

Jockey Luis Saez made his presence felt Saturday at Churchill Downs as the 30-year-old vaulted to the top of the Fall Meet jockey standings with six victories on the 12-race card.

It’s been 13 years since Churchill Downs’ Trackside Louisville remained open for winter training and several outfits are eager to keep horses in Louisville to run at Turfway Park when the Florence, Kentucky track begins its Holiday Meet on Wednesday night.