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El Potente to run in Frank Kilroe Mile instead of Dubai
After being considered for a trip to Dubai later this month, El Potente will remain in California for Saturday's Grade 2 Frank Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita.
Steve AndersenMar 02, 2026
After being considered for a trip to Dubai later this month, El Potente will remain in California for Saturday's Grade 2 Frank Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita.
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Last month, trainer Todd Pletcher won a record-extending eighth Sam F. Davis Stakes with the maiden Renegade. Saturday, Pletcher will try to win a record-extending seventh Tampa Bay Derby with the maiden Powershift.
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Trainers Tom Proctor and Miguel Clement, both hitting at 40 percent-plus this winter at Tampa Bay Downs, have two of the main protagonists in Wednesday's featured first-level allowance, which is scheduled for 1 1/8 miles on turf on a nine-race card that kicks off Tampa Bay Derby week at the Oldsmar, Fla., oval.
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The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran is introducing serious concerns to horsemen about traveling to Dubai for the $12 million Dubai World Cup scheduled for March 28 at Meydan Racecourse.
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Two-time Australian Horse of the Year and Hall of Famer Makybe Diva, the only horse to win three consecutive editions of the Melbourne Cup, has died. The mare, who was foaled in 1999, was living in retirement at owner Tony Santic's property, and suffered a colic attack.
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Popular multiple graded stakes winner The Player has been pensioned from stud duty, gelded, and has joined the Kentucky Horse Park's Breeds Barn as its Thoroughbred representative.
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Already in the midst of a breeding season in which it debuted three Eclipse Award champions on its Kentucky stallion roster, the international Coolmore group continues to expand its influence. In two recent developments, the outfit has acquired 1,100 additional acres of land in Kentucky, and has secured the future stud rights to Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Nysos.
In the 11th instalment of The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Road to the Derby series, we take a look at the “upward trajectory” of Dazzling Fit after his fifth in Sunday’s (1 March) HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m).
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Happy Valley.
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Class President likely locked up a spot in the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby on Sunday when he fought for a nose win over Silent Tactic in the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel at Oaklawn Park.