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There is, in fact, one superstar racing on the so-called Super Saturday card at Meydan Racecourse, and Rebel’s Romance takes a backseat to only a select few when it comes to international reputation.
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The Grade 2, $1 million Rebel on Sunday at Oaklawn Park has brought together the kind of field that suggests it might prove to be a key race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Kevin Engelhard, Mike Ferrozzo, Chris Littlemore, and Ken Seeman have been selected by a vote of their peers for induction into the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Horseplayers Championship Hall of Fame.
The filly Blanc de Blanc maintained her perfect record after two starts with a three-length win in Friday’s $47,200 Patton Race at Dundalk Racecourse in Ireland, part of the European-Middle East Kentucky Derby qualifying series.
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In late November, for his 22nd start, British Isles had a career change. The then-4-year-old gelding started on dirt after 18 consecutive races on turf. The surface switch has led to the goal of running British Isles in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap on March 7.
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A 1 1/16-mile Grade 3 worth $750,000, Sunday's Honeybee drew 10 entrants, and its winner will almost certainly earn sufficient qualifying points to make the Kentucky Oaks field.
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Vicente Del-Cid, the leading rider at the three of the last four Thoroughbred meetings at Delta Downs in Louisiana, has moved to Santa Anita.
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Souper Tuscan had enough excuses in his last start that bettors may want to give him another chance in Sunday's second-level allowance/optional $62,500 claiming feature at Gulfstream Park.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 3/1 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Lucille Ball entered her stakes debut Feb. 6 with sky-high expectations, making the crash back down to earth all the more crushing after a 26-length defeat. Trainer Chris Englehart remains undeterred, however, and will bring her right back in the $135,000 Correction Stakes on Sunday at Aqueduct.
