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DRF Formulator presenta La Carrera del Dia, un micro en el que el equipo de DRF en Español ofrece su análisis y pronóstico sobre dicha competencia.

Wins by the 3-year-olds Practical Move in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes and Kangaroo Court in an allowance race for California-breds at Santa Anita on Saturday may have been the prologue for even greater accomplishments this spring for trainer Tim Yakteen.

Trainer Todd Pletcher was all smiles before and immediately after Forte’s impressive 4 1/2-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2 Fountain of Youth and he was still all smiles the morning after with the reigning juvenile champion and current Kentucky Derby favorite safely back in his stall at the Palm Beach Downs training center on Sunday.

Raise Cain, the 7 1/2-length winner of Saturday’s Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, was scheduled on Monday to ship by van back to his home base of Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., where he will train up to his next start, either in the Grade 1, $1 million Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland or the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.

You never know how a talented 2-year-old is going to winter and come back at age 3. Take BLAZING SEVENS, a Grade 1 winner last year who ran a slyly strong fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile to cap his 2022 campaign. He showed nothing at any point in the Fountain of Youth.

For the first time in their careers, the gelding King Kikau and mare Moon Over Alice are on two-race-winning streaks in Australia.

Practical Move earned a triple-digit Beyer in scoring a decisive victory in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita and emerging as a serious contender for the Kentucky Derby.

David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Sunday, March 5, at Aqueduct.

DRF Formulator presenta La Carrera del Dia, un micro en el que el equipo de DRF en Español ofrece su análisis y pronóstico sobre dicha competencia.

It wasn't quite as staggering as the $163.60 payout jockey Sonny Leon triggered when he piloted Rich Strike to the victory in last year's Kentucky Derby. But Leon now has a Derby candidate in this year's crop, as he orchestrated a $35 upset with Congruent in the $150,000 John Battaglia Memorial on Saturday night at Turfway Park.

It shouldn't have come as a shock after Nandolo N won the featured $45,000 Open2/Open 1 Handicap for pacers Saturday night at the Meadowlands. After all, he'd been down this road before.

When it came to Saturday’s $200,000 Busher Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct, jockey Dylan Davis had to decide between the flashy debut winner Ziaerati and the two-time winner Shidabhuti. Though Shidabhuti was the seemingly lesser-regarded entrant from her own stable - and sent off as the fourth choice in a field of six - she proved to be the right choice for Davis, who guided Shidabhuti to two-length victory in the Busher.

The Australian gelding Iknowastar was no factor in five starts in sprints at distances ranging from five to six furlongs from last March to early February. In a longer sprint and in a one-mile race later in February, Iknowastar won the first two races of his career. The winning streak will be tested when Iknowastar races at 1 1/4 miles for the first time in a handicap at Wagga Wagga Racecourse on Sunday evening.

Trainer Charlton Baker on Sunday was to begin serving a 10-day suspension for the finding of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory Flunixin, also known as Banamine, in the post-race sample of Daufuskie Island who won the third race at Aqueduct on Oct. 7, 2022.

Everything seemed to happen in twos Saturday in Dubai on a Meydan card featuring Round 3 of the Al Maktoum Challenge. Salute the Soldier won the Group 1, $450,000 Maktoum Challenge for the second time, adding Saturday’s score to his 2021 tally. His trainer, Fawzi Nass, and jockey, Adrie de Vries, made it a double in the Super Saturday feature one race after landing the $170,000 Al Bastakiya with progressive Go Soldier Go.

An untimely foot issue will prevent National Treasure from starting in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita, racing manager Tom Ryan confirmed Saturday morning.

David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Saturday, March 4, at Aqueduct.

DRF Formulator presenta La Carrera del Dia, un micro en el que el equipo de DRF en Español ofrece su análisis y pronóstico sobre dicha competencia.

Rain and wind made for weather that was lousy, but betting was anything but Friday night at the Meadowlands, as a 2023 industry-high $4,519,050 was pushed through the windows on the 14-race program.

Pacing mares continued on the road towards March 17's opening leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series by competing in a $36,000 Open Handicap Pace on Friday night (March 3) at Yonkers Raceway, and favored Lucky Artist A would get the job done in a 1:53 3/5 mile.