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Sales histories for horses entered in the Texas Thoroughbred Association’s 2-year-olds in training sale to be held April 2. Sales histories for horses entered in the Texas Thoroughbred Association’s 2-year-olds in training sale to be held 10 a.m. CT, April 2, at Lone Star Park. The under tack show will be held March 31 starting…

Led by Kentucky Derby (G1) favorites Journalism  and Sovereignty , six 3-year-olds recorded their final breezes April 27 over a fast track at Churchill Downs in preparation for the $5 million race. The Michael McCarthy-trained Journalism, the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the 1 1/4-mile first leg of the Triple Crown, breezed five furlongs by himself in…

Byron King reviews the Lexington (G3) and workouts from Sandman and Coal Battle. Source link

A class drop and an opportunity to race a shorter distance suggest FMQ Stables’ Saudi Crown  will be a force in the $500,000 Oaklawn Mile Stakes (G3) March 29 at Oaklawn Park. The $3.2 million earner and grade 1 winner competed against some of the country’s best runners when fifth in the 1 1/8-mile Pegasus World…

Multiple grade-1 placed colt Ferocious  died April 7 as a result of laminitis. Co-owner Ramiro Restrepo said it had been a downward slide for the son of Flatter since running in the Feb. 1 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Restrepo said he and his partners have lost their “flag bearer.” “You read about…

Satono Reve joined the ranks of Japan’s top sprinters with a late-running, traffic-dodging victory in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) March 30 at Chukyo Racecourse. It was the first top-level victory for the 6-year-old and came at the expense of proven performers in a division with only two grade 1 events on the annual schedule. Starting…