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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).

HOT SPRINGS, Ark.–To quote the seemingly prim and proper Lady Mary of Downton Abbey fame, “Heavens!”

When Counting Stars (Honor A. P.–Paynterbynumbers, by Paynter) was ready to take command up the backstretch, the filly was up to the task at hand and she rolled home a winner in the GII Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn–hence the use of such strong, genteel language.

The chilly and overcast weather on Friday evening did nothing to dampen the spirits of owners West Point Thoroughbreds. On the twisty and winding 'Road to the Kentucky Oaks' her first graded score netted Counting Stars 75 points for the effort since the field was reduced to five. She now sits third on the Oaks board with 100 points.

The filly broke her maiden by four lengths at Churchill Downs in late September, then ran fifth in the Myrtlewood Stakes at Keeneland a month later. Coming to Hot Springs, the bay captured the Astral Stakes and Year's End Stakes to cap a productive December. After being well-beaten in the Martha Washington Stakes Feb. 6, Counting Stars rebounded with a runner-up finish in the GIII Honeybee Stakes.

Content to watch longshot Empath (Preservationist) stop the clock at :24.07 for the first quarter mile, the 90 cents on the dollar favorite here shadowed the leader and overtook her target after a half in :48.69. The Mark Casse trainee seemingly went on cruise control around the far turn and entered the lane brimming with moxie. The margin in the end was a healthy 5 1/2 lengths.

Stablemate Search Party (Gun Runner) claimed second, which netted her 37.5 points and completed the Casse Exacta. Taken by the Wind (Rock Your World) held third for 18.75 points.

Counting Stars | Coady Media

Jockey Francisco Arrieta won both stakes and four races on the Friday program. Likely favorite Explora (Blame) was scratched from the race midweek after a brief fever and will reportedly train up to the Oaks.

“She [Counting Stars] came to Oaklawn after the Myrtlewood and went short in the Astral, but we always knew we wanted to take her long,” said Mark Casse's Oaklawn Assistant Caden Arthur. “We decided to rush her back before the end of December and she handled it phenomenally going two turns. She's a runner and really put them away today.

“In the mornings she loves her job and she's pretty straightforward,” he added. “She loves to be out there [on the track], but she can get a little salty when she's not. It's so exciting after this run here to see her point to a race like the Oaks. I just want to thank West Point, Mark and his team because everyone has been putting in the work on her and it paid off today.”

Pedigree Notes:

After Margie's Intention, Counting Stars is the second graded winner sire Honor A.P. (by Honor Code).

The winner is her dam's first foal. A $160,000 Fasig-Tipton February Digital buy for Ken Copenhaver, Paynterbynumbers has produced one other offspring–a February filly by Not This Time last year. She was not reported as bred for this spring.

Among Counting Stars's constellation is her second dam MSP Ruth and Neva (Cherokee Run), whose own half-sister is none other than 2018 GIII Fantasy Stakes heroine & Brad Cox trainee Sassy Sienna (Midshipman).

Huge day for jockey @jockeyfarrieta!

#3 COUNTING STARS rolled away from the field in the $1 million Fantasy Stakes (G2) at @OaklawnRacing. The @markecasse-trainee is a daughter of @LanesEndFarms Honor A. P. pic.twitter.com/rf3FwRj8ZH

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 27, 2026

Friday, Oaklawn Park
FANTASY S.-GII, $1,000,000, Oaklawn, 3-27, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.47, ft.
1–COUNTING STARS, 122, f, 3, by Honor A. P.
                1st Dam: Paynterbynumbers, by Paynter
                2nd Dam: Ruth and Neva, by Cherokee Run
                3rd Dam: Tap for Gold, by Pleasant Tap
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($13,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; $150,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR). O-West Point Thoroughbreds; B-HRH Prince Sultan Bin Mishal Al Saud (KY); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Francisco Arrieta. $600,000. Lifetime Record: 7-4-1-0, $972,606. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Search Party, 122, f, 3, Gun Runner–Devious Charm, by Into Mischief. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O/B-Tracy Farmer (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. $200,000.
3–Taken by the Wind, 122, f, 3, Rock Your World–Up for Grabs, by First Samurai. ($70,000 Ylg '24 FTKJUL; $20,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT). O-Magdalena Racing, Bradshaw, Terry, Leveston, Graham and Raasi Stable; B-Courtney L. Meagher (FL); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $100,000.
Margins: 5HF, 9HF, 6HF. Odds: 0.90, 3.60, 9.30.
Also Ran: Sticker Shock, Empath. Scratched: Explora.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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The New York Racing Association (NYRA) and Hector Soler, who worked as the head starter at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course between 2020 and 2025, have entered into a settlement agreement in which NYRA will pay Soler two separate sums, one which the parties agreed to keep confidential in exchange for Soler dropping an “unlawful discrimination and retaliation” lawsuit he initiated last year in the wake of being fired by NYRA.

The “stipulation of final order and dismissal” was posted Mar. 27 on the docket for the case in United States District Court, Eastern District of New York.

Soler's Apr. 15, 2025, complaint had summed up his case this way:

“A dedicated and decorated employee, Mr. Soler worked for 25 years at NYRA as the first ever Hispanic and Puerto Rican Head Starter in the history of NYRA. Mr. Soler worked tirelessly to establish himself and advance in an industry historically and predominantly managed by white men. Despite attaining a reputation as one of the preeminent starters in New York horse racing, Mr. Soler faced unlawful discrimination and retaliation in the workplace.

“In addition to unlawful discrimination and retaliation, Mr. Soler was misclassified as an exempt employee who was ineligible for overtime, when in fact, his duties were manual in nature and he routinely worked over 40 hours in a given work week.

“Further, NYRA retaliated against Mr. Soler when it terminated his employment contract 'without cause' and then defamed his good character and allowed those who worked for NYRA to leak confidential information about Mr. Soler to the press, casting doubt on his character and the nature of this termination,” Soler's complaint stated.

NYRA, in its June 9, 2025, answer to the complaint, had denied all of the allegations, asked the court to dismiss the suit, and requested reimbursement of its legal fees from Soler.

The case eventually went to mediation.

Soler's lawsuit explained he was first employed by NYRA in 2001 after working on the backstretch since age 16 as a hotwalker and groom. He took on various jobs with NYRA before landing a spot as an assistant on the gate crew.

Over the decades, Soler worked his way up on the starting crew-he led Triple Crown winner Justify into the gate for the 2018 GI Belmont Stakes-and when he was named as head starter in 2020, his lawsuit stated that his salary was $150,000.

Despite working hands-on with horses during morning training and afternoon races, Soler's lawsuit stated that as the head starter, he was classified as “exempt,” purportedly for “being hired to perform administrative and managerial duties.”

Soler's lawsuit stated that he injured his knee while on the job at Saratoga on Aug. 4, 2024. Soler claimed that NYRA asked him to continue working despite the injury, and that he agreed to finish out the meet after getting medical attention and being prescribed painkillers. Soler subsequently took protected worker's compensation leave to undergo a complete meniscus repair transplant.

While on leave, Soler's lawsuit claimed that on Dec. 8, 2024, he received a negative performance review from the very same supervisor who had asked him to keep working through the Saratoga meet despite his injury.

“This negative performance review was riddled with fabrications and was pretext for NYRA's unlawful retaliation,” the lawsuit stated. “In all his years working for NYRA, plaintiff had never received a negative performance review prior to this incident.”

Soler returned to his starting duties on Jan. 26, 2025. His lawsuit stated he was fired “without cause” on Mar. 2, 2025.

“In the process of unlawfully terminating [Soler], defendant [NYRA] and its agents negligently or intentionally created false rumors that plaintiff engaged in conduct that warranted his dismissal,” the lawsuit stated.

The settlement was recorded on the docket in two phases. One document outlined a $5,000 payment from NYRA to Soler specific to his Fair Labor Stands Act (FLSA) claims. A separate settlement agreement that will remain confidential covers Soler's other claims.

In labor-related lawsuits involving FLSA claims, it is not unusual for settlements to be structured in this fashion, because FLSA claims are held to a higher level of scrutiny in the federal court system, and those settlements are generally made public.

In cases where the parties also reach a a separate, confidential settlement to address other claims outside of the scope of FLSA, those non-public settlements can be for a much higher dollar amount.

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Cannoneer (Into Mischief) was third in his unveiling at Churchill Downs last June. The colt took a six-month break then returned to earn a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', when he won by 7 1/4 lengths in Louisville Nov. 29. In his lone start this year, the bay finished a well-beaten fourth in the GIII Holy Bull Stakes.

The Triple Crown nominee at 60 cents on the dollar here fired out of the blocks to lead up the backstretch. Though tracked by Lincoln's Law (Liam's Map) around the far turn, the chalk had plenty in the tank and he sprinted away to clear the condition under a hand ride by 9 1/4 lengths.

“We kind of were scratching our heads after the Holy Bull. Obviously, there were some hot fractions that day and he just didn't go on,” trainer Brad Cox said. “We backed off on him a little bit and wanted to target one-turn races moving forward. I didn't feel like there was any rush with him. The ownership group is patient. We didn't stop on him, we just kind of backed off of him a little bit looking for something around one turn, either seven-eighths or a one-turn mile. This race was in the book, it went, and we're glad it did. We were happy to be part of it and he ran big.”

The winner is a half-brother to Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow), GSW & MGISP-USA, G1SP-KSA, $3,647,970, Girvin (Tale of Ekati), GISW, $1,624,392, Pirate's Punch (Shanghai Bobby), GSW, $395,650, and Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John), GSW, $497,660.

A half-sister to the dam of GISW Brightwork (Outwork) and the dam of Canadian stakes winner As Catch Can (Mo Town), unraced Catch the Moon foaled a colt by Not This Time Feb. 5.

CANNONEER, c, 3, Into Mischief–Catch the Moon, by Malibu Moon. Sales History: $1,750,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $135,675. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-St. Elias Stable and Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

What a dominant display! #4 CANNONEER won Race 7 at @GulfstreamPark under @zayas_edgardo for @bradcoxracing. The son of @spendthriftfarm Into Mischief is now two for four lifetime. pic.twitter.com/q1rkSBjvrL

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 27, 2026

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Among a list of 25 nominations in the Sports Emmy Award category, NBC Universal has landed three for NBC Sports' presentation of Kentucky Derby 151, the organization announced via press release.

The three categories are Outstanding Live Sports Special: Non-Championship Event; Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Short Form; and Outstanding Sports Writing: Short Form. It was the third consecutive year that the network has garnered more than 10 nominations and it marks the eighth time in the past 16 years that an NBC Sports' horse racing presentation has been nominated for a Sports Emmy in the competitive Outstanding Live Sports Special category.

The Kentucky Derby show was previously nominated in 2022, 2020 and 2019, while their Belmont Stakes coverage earned the nods in 2018, 2015 and 2014. Winners will be announced Tuesday, May 26 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

The 151st Kentucky Derby coverage was overseen by Lindsay Schanzer, Supervising Producer, NBC Sports & Olympics.

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Looking every bit the 3-2 morning-line favorite for the GI Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, Renegade (Into Mischief) strode out of paddock schooling with top marks shortly before noon on Thursday. The colt had that, 'Take the test, don't let the test take you' sort of look.

Renegade's trainer Todd Pletcher has won the Hot Springs track's signature race five times, but it hasn't been since 2018 when Magnum Moon (Malibu Moon) took the prize. Of course, that hero was campaigned by Robert and Lawana Low, who happen to co-own Renegade with Mike Repole.

The 3-year-old has an intriguing past performance arc after being disqualified in his second career race during the Belmont At The Big A meet in mid-October when Paladin (Gun Runner) was elevated to the top of the podium. His rival took the GII Remsen Stakes in early December, but Renegade was the runner-up. Last seen winning by 3 3/4 lengths the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, the Pletcher trainee comes to Arkansas ready for treasure.

“That's when we really started to get excited [after the Sam F. Davis],” co-owner Robert Low said. “I have to give Todd credit. He kind of picked him out and said the way he trains, the way he behaves, the way he's bred, I guess, everything about him Todd liked as a Derby prospect from earlier on. The Sam Davis is when he said, 'Yeah, we're going to the Arkansas Derby.'”

The field Renegade is up against here doesn't plan to backdown from a fight.

Rebel Finish: Silent Tactic outside of Class President | Coady Media

Silent Tactic (Tacitus) has never finished out of the top two spots over five career races and has danced every dance of the Arkansas series. The Mark Casse trainee was masterful coming from off the pace in the GIII Southwest Stakes in early February and just missed catching another Pletcher runner, Class President (Uncle Mo), in the GII Rebel Stakes Mar. 1. True to form, we could hear from him late in the Arkansas Derby.

Also exiting the Rebel are Litmus Test (Nyquist) and Blackout Time (Not This Time). The former is a Bob Baffert trainee who faded to third after setting the pace in the Rebel. The colt stayed put in Hot Springs instead of making the trip back to California.

“I didn't want to bring him all the way back here and then go back again,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “He's a lighter made kind of horse and so I thought the best chance would have been for him to stay there and acclimate a little bit to that track. He's going to have to move up. He's got to move up. He's got to run better than he did last time. His best chance to win was to stay there.”

As for Kenny McPeek trainee Blackout Time, the 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', probably needed a race under his belt after being away from the races for five months. The 3-year-old was last seen finishing second to champion Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) in the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland. After running fourth in the Rebel, one would expect Blackout Time's screws to be much tighter.

Rounding out the field are several entries with stakes experience. Redland Rebels (Uncle Chuck), Bricklin (Nyquist) and Exosome (Candy Ride {Arg}) have all tried graded company, while Taptastic (Tapit) broke his maiden at first asking as the 80 cents on the dollar favorite for trainer Steve Asmussen at Oaklawn Mar. 8.

 

Salty Crowd Assembled For Oaklawn Mile

The prequel to the main event on Saturday's card is the GIII Oaklawn Mile. Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast) ships in from California for trainer John Sadler. The 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner began his 2026 with a third-place finish in the GI Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park Jan. 24.

East Avenue schooling in the infield at Oaklawn on Thursday | Coady Media

Standing in his way is 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro) who is set for his 4-year-old bow. The Godolphin homebred trained Brendan Walsh was the runner-up in the GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and eighth in the GI Kentucky Derby a year ago.

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. sends Neoequos (Neolithic) on his first trip to Hot Springs. The 4-year-old tried the grass for the first time in the Sunshine Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Jan. 17 and won by two lengths against his fellow Florida-breds.

“We gave him a break and we brought him back on the grass,” trainer Saffie Joseph said. “It was his first time on the grass and we always wanted to try it. He ran on it well. After that, we were deciding if we go back grass or change it up a little bit. We were going to go to Tampa, the Challenger, and he had cellulitis in a hind leg and missed a couple of days, so here we are for the Oaklawn Mile.”

Horses with experience over the local strip include, Will Take It (Tapit), Gun Party (Curlin), Coal Battle (Coal Front), Nu What's New (Munnings) and Awesome Aaron (Practical Joke).

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Timeless Victory (By My Standards) will be trainer Eddie Plesa Jr.'s final starter in Saturday's GI Florida Derby as the Florida horseman closes up shop after over 40 years at the track, it was announced via press release Friday.

A second generation horseman, and one of the most successful horsemen in Florida racing history, Plesa will call it a career after the Kentucky Derby prep race concludes. His final starter in the Saturday feature will look to send his conditioner off in a big way, and despite being a longshot, is going the right direction to pull the shocker. His 20-1 morning-line outsider is entering the contest off a strong allowance victory on the stretch-out to the 1 1/8-miles.

“He's a longshot in the race,” said Plesa, who enjoys a 28 percent strike rate during the 2025-26 Championship meet. “His last race I thought was an impressive race. He's coming into the [Florida Derby] 110 percent and he's running at a distance he likes.”

Ahead of Saturday's Florida Derby, Plesa currently sits at 2,528 wins. In addition to Timeless Victory, he was also the trainer of [Grade I at the time] Woodward Stakes hero Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron)–who won the 2013 Holy Bull and ran second in the Florida Derby–and several other multiple graded stakes winners.

“I've had a great life in this business. My wife [Laurie Plesa] is from a racing family. Her father was a jockey, and so was mine. They rode together. Happenstance brings us together, and we get married,” said Plesa, whose wife owns Timeless Victory with longtime partners Leon Ellman and Glassman Racing LLC.

“The highs far outweigh the lows. You have to have a thick skin in this business whether you're a trainer or whatever you do in this business, but it's been a great ride.”

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FanDuel TV, the television channel known for bringing horse racing into American homes since 1999, will be phased out over the next 20 months. The news, initially reported by the Paulick Report, was announced via a company-wide meeting Friday.

The report indicates that the channel will honor its current broadcasting commitments through this year's Triple Crown, including the Keeneland Spring Meet, but will then cut 60% of its workforce in June. Remaining employees will kept on until November of this year.

According to the meeting, FanDuel CEO Amy Howe told workers that “continuation of the network did not align with the company's long-term strategy.”

FanDuel TV, which began as the Television Games Network (TVG) in 1999, will continue to broadcast racing through the end of 2027 without any in-studio production with Andrew Moore, FanDuel's general manager of racing, telling the Paulick Report, “We will also fulfill any track production commitments we have through 2027. Importantly, even without in-studio production, FanDuel TV will continue to broadcast live racing from our track partners.”

This story will be updated.

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Seven GI Kentucky Derby winners in the last 20 years–including last year's winner and Horse of the Year Sovereignty (Into Mischief)–have used the GI Curlin Florida Derby as a launching pad to success on the first Saturday in May.

Could we see another one emerge from Saturday's loaded renewal at Gulfstream Park?

Chief Wallabee (Constitution) will look to punch his ticket to the big dance following a too-good-to-lose second to Commandment (Into Mischief) in a heart-stopping renewal of the GII Coolmore Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park Feb. 28.

The Michael and Katherine Ball homebred was making just his second career start and first try around two turns that day after producing a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' performance on debut going seven furlongs Jan. 10. He is the 2-1 program favorite.

His sire Constitution won the 2014 Curlin Florida Derby and is also responsible for the race's 2020 winner Tiz the Law.

“This horse has only had two races total,” said Hall of Famer Bill Mott, who saddled Sovereignty to a runner-up finish in last year's Curlin Florida Derby. “So, I think it's a big ask. And I realize that. It's a huge ask. I think he's very talented, and he's a nice horse. He'd have to overcome history.”

Wathnan Racing's Commandment was also making his first attempt around two turns in the Coolmore Fountain of Youth, his third straight victory. He previously romped in Gulfstream's Mucho Macho Man S. going a one-turn mile Jan. 3. Flavien Prat replaces jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., who will instead ride Renegade (Into Mischief) in Saturday's GI Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.

Commandment's all-conquering sire Into Mischief has produced a pair of Curlin Florida Derby winners–Tappan Street in 2025 and Audible in 2018. Commandment's broodmare sire Orb brought home the roses after a popular win in the 2013 Curlin Florida Derby.

“Obviously, he passed his first two-turn test with flying colors,” trainer Brad Cox said. “I guess the question is, new pilot, but I feel like we're in good hands. We'll see what happens.”

Nearly (Not This Time) also enters riding a three-race winning streak. The Centennial Farms colorbearer was a visually impressive 5 3/4-length winner while making his two-turn debut in the GIII Holy Bull S. Jan. 31. Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher seeks a record-extending ninth Curlin Florida Derby victory.

“His races have been super,” Pletcher said. “As expected, this will be the most difficult race he's been in, but at the same time, he's handled everything at Gulfstream the way we hoped. He handled the stretch out and is certainly training like you'd like to see one coming into a race like this.”

The expected field of eight–longshot Redland Rebels (Uncle Chuck) will scratch in favor of the Arkansas Derby–also includes The Puma (Essential Quality), a good-looking come-from-behind winner of the GIII ESMARK Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 7.

Good for 100-50-25-15-10 qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, the Curlin Florida Derby will close out a stacked 14-race program with 10 stakes, five graded, worth $2.675 million.

She Be Smooth (Lexitonian), a jaw-dropping winner of the local GII Davona Dale S. Feb. 28, will meet 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Prom Queen (Quality Road) in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks on the undercard. The Gulfstream Oaks offers a total of 200 qualifying points (100-50-25-15-10) for the GI Kentucky Oaks.

The card also includes the GIII Ghostzapper S., GIII Orchid S. and GIII Pan American S.

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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.

Renegade, coming off a win in the Sam F. Davis Stakes, takes his owners, Robert and Lawana Low, back to the Arkansas Derby (G1). They won the 2018 running with Magnum Moon.

Thoroughbred Charities of America has received a generous grant from an anonymous donor to provide backpacks and school supplies for children of backstretch workers across the country.

The multiple graded stakes winner and Texas sire died March 21 due to an aortic aneurysm.

Having taken out the Ranvet Stakes (G1) just last weekend, the Chris Waller-trained Aeliana will bid for a quickfire group 1 double when lining up in the March 28 Tancred Stakes (G1) at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse.