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A half-hour after the GI Santa Anita Derby is contested Saturday afternoon, the graded stakes action rolls on at the Arcadia oval with a full field of sophomore fillies set to go in the GIII Providencia S. In addition to a number of entrants with previous graded stakes experience, the nine-furlong turf test features the first try against winners for pair of impressive recent maiden graduates. Frosty Friday (Eskendereya) jetted clear in the lane to annex a one-mile special weight event over this course Mar. 1, a performance which earned her 'TDN Rising...

Al Shaqab Racing's G1 Prix Morny hero The Wow Signal (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) is set to have a racecourse gallop at Pontefract Tuesday ahead of the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas. Trainer John Quinn scrapped plans to take him to Wetherby a week ago and has decided to put him through his paces at the West Yorkshire track. A winner of the G2 Coventry S. at Ascot in addition to his French triumph, The Wow Signal now appears unlikely to take in the  G3 Greenham S. at Newbury Apr. 18 and is set...

Kaleem Shah's undefeated 'TDN Rising Star' Luminance (Tale of the Cat) looks to keep her perfect record intact while taking a big step up in class in Saturday's GI Santa Anita Oaks. An impressive debut winner sprinting over the Del Mar synthetic July 20, the Bob Baffert pupil was subsequently shelved for the season. Returning in Arcadia seven months later, the bay overcame a slow start and wide trip to out nose Wild at Heart (Indian Charlie) in a one-mile optional claimer Feb. 28.  John Sadler saddles the morning-line favorite in Hronis Racing's Stellar Wind (Curlin), who...

Impressive GII Fasig-Tipton Swale S. winner Ready for Rye (City Zip) and West Coast invader Lord Nelson (Pulpit) figure to vie for favoritism in Saturday's GIII Bay Shore S. at Aqueduct.  Ready for Rye, second behind subsequent GIII Hutcheson S. winner Barbados (Speightstown) as the even-money favorite in Gulfstream's Spectacular Bid S. Jan. 3, broke through with a sensational 2 3/4-length win over GI TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial S. morning-line favorite Daredevil (More Than Ready) in the Swale. The Chalk Racing colorbearer earned an eye-catching 105 Beyer that day. Second behind GI Blue Grass S....

All eyes will be on GISW Condo Commando (Tiz Wonderful) in Saturday's GII Gazelle S. at the Big A.  The daughter of 2004 GII Black-Eyed Susan S. heroine Yearly Report (General Meeting) returned from the bench with a sharp win in the Busher S. over the inner track Feb. 21. The Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables and Elkstone Group colorbearer won Aqueduct's GII Demoiselle S. by 11 1/2 lengths in November.  "This race is important and earning more [Kentucky Oaks] points at the same time are very, very important for us, and for...

The Big Beast (Yes It's True), winner of last summer's GI King's Bishop S. at Saratoga, gets the nod as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in Saturday's GI Carter H. at the Big A.  The 'TDN Rising Star,' owned by Alex and JoAnn Lieblong, kicked off his 4-year-old campaign with a measured allowance tally going six furlongs at Oaklawn Mar. 1.  "Physically, he's about the same way as he was last summer, but mentally he has matured and become more focused and understands his job now," trainer Tony Dutrow commented. "He has been training...

Jockey Roman Chapa has until 5:00 p.m. Thursday to either pay a $25,000 penalty or appeal both that fine and a 5-year suspension imposed by the Sam Houston Race Park stewards, who ruled Monday that Chapa "did carry an electrical shocking device" while riding Quiet Acceleration (Silent Picture) to victory in a Texas-bred stakes race Jan. 17.  The clock is ticking on the administrative side, too. Chuck Trout, the executive director of the Texas Racing Commission, has two weeks to decide whether Chapa's fine could be increased up to $100,000. ...

by Justina Severni  The Fasig-Tipton Florida 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will be held today at Gulfstream Park, with bidding on the first of 175 catalogued hips scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in the track's walking ring. The boutique auction, held at Calder for a number of years, spent two years at Palm Meadows and returns to South Florida after a one-year sojourn at Adena Springs South in Williston.  “We're very enthusiastic and excited about the sale and about the new venue at Gulfstream Park,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning,...

Session one of the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale concluded with records for the sixth consecutive year in all relevant statistical categories. With a clearance rate of 82%, the cumulative average jumped by 16.4% to A$97,003, while the median grew by 23.1% to a record A$80,000. Total turnover was A$44,507,500, a 19% improvement over 2014.  "We are ecstatic that the strength of the sale has continued throughout the entirety of Session I," said Inglis Victorian Director Peter Heagney. "As Melbourne's principal yearling sale, these positive results are indicative of the...

Originally expected to run in Aqueduct's GIII Gotham S. Saturday, Stonestreet Stables's Ocean Knight (Curlin) will instead remain in Florida to contest the GII Tampa Bay Derby on the same day.  "Barbara Banke and her team decided coming back to Tampa Bay Downs was the right thing to do, and I'm happy with the decision," said trainer Kiaran McLaughlin.  A debut winner at Aqueduct Dec. 13, Ocean Knight overcame the 11-hole to capture Tampa Bay's GIII Sam F. Davis S. next time out Jan. 31. Banke felt that performance made the Tampa...

By Steve Sherack  After getting the money in the 2012 GII Tampa Bay Derby with Prospective (Malibu Moon), it should be safe to say that trainer Mark Casse and owner John Oxley may be still feeling somewhat, ahem, 'over the moon' heading into Saturday's renewal.  The duo will be well-represented once again by a pair of colts by the leading Spendthrift stallion--headed by the promising Ontario-bred Danzig Moon (Malibu Moon)--a dazzling maiden winner going a mile at Gulfstream in his sophomore bow Feb. 7 (video).  "We've always been really high on him,"...

The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) has released its list of the top 100 Group/Grade I races of 2014, and for the third consecutive season, the top-rated event was York's G1 Juddmonte International S. The annual list of ratings is based on an average of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings ratings for the first four placed runners over the past three years.  Over the past few years, the International has been won by Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), highest-rated horse in the world, 2012); Declaration of War (War Front,...