1st-AQU, $60k, Msw, 4yo/up, 6f, 12:50 p.m. EDT Chad Brown will debut Klaravich Stables and Bill Lawrence's WAGE ACCELERATION (Quality Road) in this Saturday opener. The bay, purchased for $250,000 as a Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling in 2014, is a half to MGSW Race Day (Tapit) and is out of a half to MGISW Lite Light [...]

Al Shaqab Racing and Gerard Augustin Norman's Grade I/Group 1 winner Ectot (Hurricane Run {Ire}) has been injured and will miss several months of action, U.S. Racing Manager for Al Shaqab Bradley Weisbord said Monday. The injury, described as lameness in the left front, occurred while Ectot was preparing to make his 2017 debut in [...]

8th-FG, $41k, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 5:34 p.m. EDT A full field of well-bred fillies contests six panels here, with Larry Jones first-timer ASTROLLINTHEPARK (Divine Park) looming large off a pair of local bullet breezes. Bred and owned by Dreamchaser Thorobreds, the bay blew out five furlongs from the gate here in :59 3/5 (1/35) [...]

8th-GP, $56k, Msw, 3yo, 7f, 3:04 p.m. EDT Todd Pletcher will debut fast-working firster BLIND AMBITION (Tapit) in this elongated sprint on the Pegasus undercard. Out of the speedy MSW Starfish Bay (Elusive Quality), who once ran a 104 Beyer over the local turf, the bay colt sold for $400,000 as a Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile [...]

In the winter of 1990, trainer Neil Howard was preparing to bring back an undefeated colt named Summer Squall (Storm Bird) for his 3-year-old debut, with hopes of conditioning his first GI Kentucky Derby winner. The bay, owned by Cot Campbell's Dogwood Stable, went five-for-five in his juvenile campaign, culminating with a victory in the [...]

8th-GP, $46k, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 3:32 p.m. EDT A very well-bred dozen newly turned sophomore fillies will contest this two-turn turf heat, led by Shadwell homebred TALAAQY (Distorted Humor), the first foal out of their Habaya (Storm Cat), a GSW juvenile turfer. The bay's second dam is 2002's Champion Turf Mare Golden Apples [...]

Even without his GI Twinspires Breeders' Cup Sprint conqueror Drefong (Gio Ponti)–who spiked a temperature last week–in the lineup, Bob Baffert will be amply represented by three contenders in the GI Malibu S. A pair of imposing shippers from the east, however, loom as major threats to the Baffert train, setting up an intriguing clash [...]

There were few more coveted lots in Keeneland November's Conquest Stables dispersal than ascendant sophomore turfer Conquest Enforcer (Into Mischief), and after hammering down for $785,000, the big bay will make his West Coast debut for Loooch Racing Stables and trainer Phil D'Amato in the GII Mathis Brothers Mile at Santa Anita. Fed a diet [...]

Carl R. Moore Management's speedball Finley'sluckycharm (Twirling Candy), the victress of five of six career starts, suffered her only defeat when tried in graded stakes company last winter. She will try to avenge that loss and stamp herself as a potential 2017 standout in a murky division when she takes on seven rivals in the [...]

2nd-GP, $42k, Msw, 2yo, f, 1mT, 12:30 p.m. EDT Gainesway Stable unveils MOONLIT COVE (Giant's Causeway), the first foal out of GISW turfer Star Billing (Dynaformer), in this grassy mile. That mare is also a full-sister to MGISW Starrer and a half to MGISW Stellar Jayne (Wild Rush). Trained by Tony Dutrow, the $275,000 KEESEP [...]

The news of the unexpected death of former superstar jockey Garrett Gomez, 44, reverberated throughout the racing world Wednesday, with perhaps no one feeling the shock harder than Gomez's former agent and friend, Ron Anderson. Starting in early 2006, Anderson had the book of Gomez throughout the pinnacle of his riding success, as the Tucson [...]

Death, taxes, Todd Pletcher winning races in bunches at the Gulfstream Championship Meet. Few things are more certain in racing than the Pletcher barn getting on a roll at the Hallandale oval in December, and it signaled another installment of dominance by winning four out of the six 2-year-old stakes run there this past Saturday. Kicking off [...]