Michele MacDonald reports from her second day trackside in Dubai where Horse of the Year California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) covered a snappy half-mile in :50. The field for the GI Besilu Stable Florida Derby drew with 8-5 morning-line favorite Upstart (Flatter) drawing the outside post. Steve Sherack returns with another installment of ABPs in which he tracks down some of the last year's top horses, including Champion female sprinter Judy the Beauty (Ghostzapper) and Tonalist (Tapit) to find out when they'll return to the races. Plus, Bill Oppenheim looks at a list of 16 North American and European sires which have emerged as the leaders among three crops of sires. All that and more in today's TDN.
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