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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.

The Road, presented by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm

New Zealand's leading 3-year-old Savaglee was due to touch down in Melbourne on the afternoon of Feb. 27 ahead of his bid to become the second Kiwi raider in three years to prize the Australian Guineas (G1) crown from the grasp of the locals. 

Gulfstream Park has changed run-up distances for 1 1/16-mile and 1 1/8-mile races contested over the main track, the South Florida track announced Feb. 27.

A year after Honor Marie ran in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Kerry and Alan Ribble are back on the road to Churchill Downs as Drexel Hill targets the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1).

Super Saturday in Dubai has been upstaged a little bit by the success of the Saudi Cup program, but the March 1 renewal still has plenty of firepower for horses looking for a spot on Dubai World Cup night.

Bloodstock agent Clay Scherer was scouting horses for Jon Hansen's partnership Net Birdie and noticed a bay New York-bred colt by the promising young New York stallion Honest Mischief at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. has cross-entered the promising colt McAfee, a half brother to 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna, in both the March 1 Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack and the City of Brotherly Love Stakes March 4 at Parx Racing.

Canterbury Park racing officials have released a condition book for the first 10 days of the 2025 season that runs 51 days, May 24-Sept. 20, and its Thoroughbred stakes schedule.

This year’s Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) March 1 at Gulfstream Park drew a solid field headlined by recent Holy Bull Stakes (G3) winner Burnham Square and Sovereignty.

"The Bond: Two Hearts—One Spirit" is a monument at the Kentucky Horse Park scheduled for dedication in October that will celebrate the extraordinary connection between Cody Dorman and Cody's Wish, a truly special racehorse.