Sunday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Sparkling Mama dangerous on the turnback in distance
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Sunday, March 22, at Aqueduct.
David AragonaMar 21, 2026
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Sunday, March 22, at Aqueduct.
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Life of Joy, coming off a second to the undefeated Zany in the Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs last month, rallied by previously undefeated and favored Bella Ballerina in midstretch and romped to a 3 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks. Bella Ballerina, who was keen early and swapped to her left lead late, finished a clear second, several lengths in front of Luv Your Neighbor.
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Sitting a super trip under a confident Jose Ortiz, Lagynos tipped out three wide in the stretch and ran by pace-prompting Tom’s Magic to win the Grade 2, $300,000 Muniz Memorial Classic by one length at Fair Grounds on Saturday.
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On the biggest day of racing in Louisiana, a 7-year-old gelding named Touchuponastar cemented his status as the best horse ever bred in Louisiana.
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Reading the race, and reading his mount, John Velazquez let Willy D’s open up his stride for a winning early move down the backstretch of the Grade 3, $300,000 Kentucky Cup Classic on Saturday afternoon at Turfway Park.
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There is no stopping Nine Part, his trainer Bobby Felks or jockey Jose Ortiz from winning races this season at Fair Grounds.
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He might have been the longest shot of the Gary Capuano trio, but Wild Warrior proved to be the distance specialist of the group in the $100,000 Private Terms Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday. Relishing every inch of the two-turn, 1 1/16-mile race, the 3-year-old colt overcame a tight stretch run to score by a neck.
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Different connections, same result, as Way to Be Marie won the $100,000 Tom Benson Memorial Stakes for the second year in a row Saturday at Fair Grounds.
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A stellar lineup of nine 3-year-olds topped by Chief Wallabee, Commandment and Nearly, the second-, third- and fourth-ranked horses in the latest edition of Daily Racing Form’s Derby Watch, has been drawn for next Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.
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Daniel Zigal has been active in Hong Kong horse racing since the 1990s, and his parents joined The Hong Kong Jockey Club as members in 1950. The family had their first runner at Happy Valley in 1960, and now, Zigal will experience the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) as a participating owner for the first time on Sunday (22 March), when the HK$26 million blue-riband event is held at Sha Tin.