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STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025 SANTA ANITA DERBY PROSPECTS GEAR UP WITH SATURDAY DRILLS WORKS: OAKS NOMINEE LOOK FORWARD, EAGLES FLIGHT ON TAB CARRYOVER HELPS FUEL $5K PAYOUT IN FRIDAY’S $2 PICK 6 SATURDAY’S $2 COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5 STARTS AT 2:15 P.M. PT...

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, MARCH 28 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday, April 4 and runs through Friday, April 25. First post is 1 p.m. ET except for April 25, when the first race is at 12:30 p.m. to accommodate the Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale...

Stakes Advance – AR Derby Day Compiled by Robert Yates Friday, March 28, 2025 Coal Battle will be chasing history and, likely, another Bob Baffert horse Saturday at Oaklawn in the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. No horse has won Oaklawn’s...

By David Joseph —- Florida Derby Day Facts Baffert in March: Gulfstream has been good to trainer Bob Baffert. He’s won the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) three times, the Donn Handicap (Captain Steve), and his first Grade 1 win came at Gulfstream when he saddled Thirty...

By Mike Henry —- STATE-BREDS STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SUNDAY’S FLORIDA CUP OLDSMAR, FL. – The state’s legendary Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry is set to shine in Sunday’s 22nd annual Florida Cup Day at Tampa Bay Downs, with six $110,000 stakes races attracting 59...

By David Joseph —- Sovereignty: Lauren King Photo Sovereignty ‘Moving Well’ for Saturday’s $1 Million Curlin Florida Derby G2 Coolmore Fountain of Youth Hero Favored at 8-5 in 10-Horse Field Manny Franco to Fill in for Injured Junior Alvarado aboard Sovereignty G1 Curlin...

By David Joseph —- Angelo Lieto Photo Beach Bomb Looks to Bloom Again in $165,000 Orchid (G3) Among 10 Stakes, Five Graded, Worth $2.62 Million Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Cayton Park Stud Ltd.’s South African-bred Beach Bomb, who broke through with her first North...

By David Joseph —- Five-G-the-Cash-Run-credit-Lauren-King Five G Looks to Make the Grade in Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) Six Rivals Include Multiple Graded Winner The Queens M G Among 10 Stakes, Five Graded, Worth $2.26 Million Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gatsas Stables’...

By Victor Ryan —- TIRUPATI BENOIT PHOTO MULTIPLE GRADED WINNER SPIRIT OF MAKENA RETURNS FROM 18-MONTH LAYOFF IN SATURDAY’S GIII SAN CARLOS STAKES GOING 7 FURLONGS AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (March 24, 2025)—After being sidelined for 18 months, multiple graded- stakes winner...

By David Joseph —- NYRA Photo Franco Fills in for Alvarado aboard Sovereignty in Curlin Florida Derby HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott and Godolphin LLC have secured the riding services of Manny Franco for Sovereignty’s highly anticipated start in...