Blood-Horse

On March 8, comebacking dual grade 1 winner Chancer McPatrick gets a second crack at a two-turn route when he attempts to rebound from his first defeat last fall in the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3).

After finishing third in the March 1 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park, trainer Ian Wilkes says Holy Bull Stakes (G3) winner Burnham Square will target the April 5 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.

A little over a month after posting the first black-type win of her career with a furious late rally in the Endeavour Stakes (G3T), CHP Racing's Saffron Moon is back at Tampa for more graded accolades in the Hillsborough Stakes (G2T) March 8.

The Budget and Taxation Committee of the Maryland Senate heard discussion March 5 among supporters and detractors of a bill that would authorize up to 4,000 historical horse racing terminals at designated sports wagering locations in Maryland.

The new 2025 season remains status quo for Skippylongstocking as the 6-year-old son of Exaggerator targets a three-peat in the $125,000 Challenger Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs March 8.

The "Euro" part of the Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby winds up without much sizzle March 7 at Dundalk in Ireland.

Hartlage said the 2024-25 Oaklawn Park meeting will be his last, ending a 45-year career highlighted by training titles in Kentucky and Arkansas and campaigning the nationally prominent On Fire Baby.

This week's racing schedule for radio and television as compiled by America's Best Racing.

Three Heating Up for the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1)

Roses in May became the first grade 1-winning colt raced by Ken and Sarah Ramsey in their name only. Trained by Dale Romans, he won the 2005 Dubai World Cup (G1) on his way to earning nearly $5.5 million.

The Jockey Club announced March 5 a new service for breeders that provides a complimentary race record for Thoroughbreds foaled in 2025 and later that is updated after each domestic or international start.

Locked, a 4-year-old son of leading sire Gun Runner, won the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) by a record 8 1/2 lengths.

A pair of Del Mar programs that its horsemen and horsewomen have found to be especially popular, "Ship & Win" and the Maiden Dirt Bonus, again will enhance Del Mar's summer meet purses when racing resumes July 18.

According to its owner, in 2024 FanDuel finished as the market share leader in both sportsbook and iGaming in the states that it operated.

Multiple stakes winner Mi Bago could contest this year's Two Thousand Guineas (G1) with U.S. Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse labeling the 3-year-old "an exceptional horse".

Scott Tracy, who worked in video production for BloodHorse from 2012-15, died Feb. 28. He was 37.

Junior Alvarado’s two graded stakes wins in the Canadian Turf (G3) and Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park March 1 earned the native of Venezuela Jockey of the Week by a vote of racing experts for the week of Feb. 24-March 2.

The Fasig-Tipton Digital Soul of an Angel Flash Sale, a one-horse online auction of Eclipse champion female sprinter Soul of an Angel closed March 4 with a record result of $2.6 million. She was purchased by Chatsworth Stud, Australia.

Nic's Style looks to secure her first graded stakes win in the $165,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park, March 8. The 5-year-old daughter of Uncaptured takes on a field of six fillies and mares in the six and a half furlong sprint.

Following an eight-month hiatus, the Mucho Macho Man gelding returned in January for the listed Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes, finishing sixth.