Blood-Horse

The Inglis Easter Yearling Sale kicks off March 29 marked by the competing forces of what's been hailed as its finest catalog yet contrasted by deep global uncertainty over the war in the Middle East.

Returning to stakes company for the first time since his runner-up finish in the 2025 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2), Grande stands above the opposition in the $150,000 Ghostzapper Stakes (G3), leading from start to finish.

The big horses delivered in the biggest turf stakes offered on the Dubai World Cup (G1) undercard March 28 at Meydan Racecourse as Calandagan and Ombudsman each notched lucrative group 1 scores.

Leading from start to finish, Winchell Thoroughbreds' Magnitude upset Japanese star Forever Young in the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) March 28 at Meydan Racecourse. 

Racing for owner Sultan Ali and trainer Ahmad Bin Harmash, Kentucky-bred Dark Saffron captures the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) for a second year in a row March 28 at Meydan Racecourse.

Wonder Dean chased down favorite Six Speed to win the UAE Derby (G2) March 28 in Dubai, continuing Japan's domination of the race and earning entry to the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Veteran runner Banishing secured victory for the U.S. in the first Thoroughbred race of the day on the Dubai World Cup card when he surged past Commissioner King to post a victory in the $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2) March 28 at Meydan.

Damon's Mound looks to get back to winning ways March 29 at Tampa Bay Downs, where he races in one of the six Florida-bred stakes races on the card.

Even with Super Corredora sidelined, West Point Thoroughbreds is Kentucky Oaks (G1)-bound. Another one of its fillies, the Mark Casse-trained Counting Stars, captures a key Oaks prep March 27 in the Fantasy Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park.

The son of Disco Rico raced as a homebred for prominent New York owner/breeders Frank and Patricia Generazio. He had been largely supported as a stallion by the Generazios.

How a Canadian champion that earned nearly a million dollars while racing and became a stakes-producing broodmare wound up being ransomed by a kill buyer in Texas.

FanDuel TV, a longtime fixture in North American horse racing television coverage, plans to sharply reduce its television coverage this year and will eliminate broadcasting racing on television by the end of 2027.

Lovatsville Stud has added the multiple group winner Espionage to its roster for the 2026 breeding season and the son of Zoustar will stand for an introductory fee of AU$11,000.

Longtime trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. is set to retire after he saddles his final starter, Timeless Victory in the Florida Derby (G1) March 28.

Keeneland kicks off its spring meet April 3 with 15 days of live racing and the public opening of the Paddock Building.

Damon's Mound looks to get back to winning ways at Tampa Bay Downs March 29, where he races in one of the six Florida-bred stakes races on the card.

Dubai World Cup day track notes: A Dubai World Cup (G1) victory would lift the Japan runner to the top of the all-time earnings list; Calandagan appears ready for his season opener and more.

The Road, presented by Gainesway and WinStar Farm, looks at Todd Pletcher's success in the Florida Derby (G1) and Arkansas Derby (G1).

NYRA has teamed with Woodbine to create a novel series of stakes for 2-year-olds this year and 3-year-olds in 2027 that will be open only to horses bred in New York and Canada.

Reigning Longines World's Best Racehorse Calandagan is scheduled to open his 2026 campaign in the $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1T) March 28 at Meydan, one of four group 1 or group 2 stakes on turf set for Dubai World Cup card.