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Despite being carried wide on both turns and toting the co-high weight of 124 pounds, there was no denying Locked was much the best in the $300,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) March 1 at Santa Anita Park.

With an electrifying rally through the stretch, Sovereignty ran down River Thames to win the March 1 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

Talk about a quick dividend. In his first race since being purchased privately, not only did Flood Zone land in the winner's circle at 17-1 odds, he earned a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1).

In his first start since last summer, classic-placed Mindframe took care of some business March 1 by posting a clear victory in the $202,100 Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes (G2) to secure the first graded stakes win of his career.

In her second start off of an extended layoff and now trained by Michael McCarthy, Liguria emerged victorious in the one-mile Buena Vista Stakes on the Santa Anita Park turf.

South African grade 1 winner Beach Bomb broke through with her first United States win with a gate-to-wire score in the $150,000 The Very One Stakes (G3T) March 1 Gulfstream Park.

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. ignored a lesson learned from C2 Racing Stable and Mathis Stable's The Queens M G's previous start and rode the filly to victory in the $200,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park March 1.

Cutting back in distance proved no problem for Magic Cap Stables' Fort Washington as the 6-year-old's customary late run arrived just in time to win a thrilling four-horse photo in the $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park March 1.

St. Patrick's Day, March 17, has been added to the Santa Anita Park racing calendar, creating a four-day week of live racing action.

Stakes-winning 3-year-olds have excelled this year for Spendthrift Farm's Into Mischief, but as Full Moon Madness showed March 1 in the $175,000 Tom Fool Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct, the stallion's progeny are also highly effective as older horses.

Imperial Emperor, Tuz, and Godolphin turf runners star on Super Saturday in Dubai with trainers Charlie Appleby and Bhupat Seemar dominating the card.

Vixen may have made it close, but got the job done nonetheless for D. J. Stable and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, prevailing by a head in a four-way blanket finish in the $205,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3T) March 1 at Gulfstream Park.

Trainer Mark Glatt, breeders Ron and Nina Hagen, owner Paskey Dedomenico, and 2008 Longacres Mile Handicap (G3) winner Wasserman compose a stellar field of 2025 Washington Racing Hall of Fame inductees Emerald Downs announced Feb. 28.

Multiple grade-1 placed Ferocious is off the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail with a muscle tear injury possibly sustained during the Feb. 1 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

Trainer Mark Casse said an extra sixteenth of a mile should help the grade 2-placed son of Tapit.

Smarty Jones, the Pennsylvania-bred horse that captured the hearts of sports and horse fans across the world during his historic race for the Triple Crown in 2004, is the subject of a new documentary, "Ride of a Lifetime: The Smarty Jones Story."

Book'em Danno has been named the New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year for the second consecutive year.

A lawsuit naming jockey Luan Machado as a defendant claims his inaction caused a Kentucky racehorse to finish second instead of winning an allowance race last November at Churchill Downs.

The March 2 Hong Kong Classic Cup, middle leg of the BMW Hong Kong Derby series, is a step up in distance for progressive 4-year-olds.

The initial Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale catalog includes 94 horses by regional and Kentucky sires. The sale will be held April 2 at Lone Star Park.