Alpha, co-winner of the Travers Stakes last summer, has returned to Saratoga, where on Sunday he worked three furlongs in 37.29 seconds over the Oklahoma training track.

It was his first work since Alpha returned to the U.S. after two starts at Meydan in Dubai. He finished fifth, beaten four lengths in the Godolphin Mile on March 30.

Kiaran McLaughlin, the trainer of Alpha, said he has no definitive race picked out for Alpha’s next start but mentioned the possibility of trying him on the turf.

“There’s a chance that we look at turf because he’s out of a Nijinksy mare and the whole family is turf other than Bernardini, who he’s by,” McLaughlin said.

McLaughlin said he would have future discussions with Simon Crisford, racing manager for Godolphin Racing, which owns Alpha, but mentioned the Grade 1 Manhattan on Belmont Stakes Day as a possibility.

“The Manhattan is good timing and the right distance but tough, tough horses,” McLaughlin said. “He’s fit and looks great. He could run anytime basically.”

The Manhattan is expected to attract Point of Entry, the multiple Grade 1 winner who was scratched out of the Woodford Reserve last weekend due to soft turf.

Authenticity possible for Phipps

Authenticity, winner of the La Troienne on May 3, could make her next start in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps on May 27, trainer Todd Pletcher said.

“We’ll see how she bounces back in 24 days,” Pletcher said. “She reminds me a lot of some of the fillies we’ve had success with in the Delaware Handicap over the years.”

Pletcher said that Ciao Bella, who beat Authenticity in the Rampart at Gulfstream on March 30, is at his father’s farm in Ocala, Fla., and would be brought back for a summer campaign during the Saratoga meet.

Pair DQ’d from Stallion Stakes

Kelli Got Frosty and Nonnie Connie, the first- and third-place finishers from a division of the $125,000 New York Stallion Stakes last November at Aqueduct, have been disqualified from the race because neither horse was eligible, according to the New York State Gaming Commission.

Both fillies are progeny of Frost Giant, who is nominated to the stallion stakes series, but neither horse was nominated individually by her connections.

There are three opportunities to nominate a foal to the Stallion Stakes. A fee of $200 can be paid by Dec. 1 as a weanling; $1,000 by Dec. 1 as a yearling, or $5,000 by Sept. 1 of their 2-year-old season.

The connections of Kelli Got Frosty forfeit a $75,000 first-place purse while the connections of Nonnie Connie forfeit the $12,500 third-place prize.

The connections of Kelli Got Frosty have appealed the disqualification and until the matter is concluded both Kelli Got Frosty and runner-up P J’s Superego will be declared the winner.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Coming off an adventurous entry-level allowance victory at Aqueduct four weeks ago, Incognito makes his stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park with an eye toward the Belmont Stakes.

A field of 11 was entered Wednesday for the Peter Pan, nine of whom are Triple Crown-nominated. The Peter Pan, run at 1 1/8 miles, is the local prep for the Belmont, scheduled for June 8.

Incognito, a son of 1992 Belmont winner A.P. Indy, was being considered for the Illinois Derby on April 20, but trainer Kiaran McLaughlin was leery his colt would not make it into the field due to lack of graded stakes earnings.

Instead, McLaughlin ran Incognito a week earlier, in a one-turn, one-mile allowance race at Aqueduct. Incognito encountered significant traffic trouble in the stretch, clipping heels and nearly going down before squeezing through a hole in midstretch and getting up to win by a nose.

“He’s battle-tested, that’s for sure if that comes into play for the Peter Pan. They use that term for the Kentucky Derby,” McLaughlin said. “He’s been through a lot. He’s overcome a lot. We’re excited to run him Saturday. He’s doing really well. He’s improving all the time.”

Given his pedigree, by A.P. Indy out of the Grade 1-winning mare Octave, McLaughlin hopes Incognito does enough Saturday to warrant consideration for the Belmont.

“We have to see how he runs in the Peter Pan and how the Belmont’s coming up and talk to Jimmy Bell,” said McLaughlin, referring to the head of Darley Stable USA.

Incognito will break from post 10 under Mike Luzzi.

Fear the Kitten, who was scratched off the also-eligible list from the Kentucky Derby, has shipped in for the Peter Pan. He finished fifth in the Blue Grass in his last start.

Trainer Todd Pletcher entered the uncoupled entry of Abraham, fourth in the Illinois Derby, and Battier, a recent purchase by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. Battier as well as Go Get the Basil are not nominated to the Triple Crown.

Others entered in the Peter Pan include Freedom Child, My Name Is Michael, Narvaez, Saint Vigeur, Declan’s Warrior, and Infinite Magic.