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Journalism works five furlongs in prep for comeback
Journalism, one of the star 3-year-olds in 2025, had his fifth workout in the last month at Santa Anita on Sunday, moving closer to a comeback this spring.
Steve AndersenMar 22, 2026
Journalism, one of the star 3-year-olds in 2025, had his fifth workout in the last month at Santa Anita on Sunday, moving closer to a comeback this spring.
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Flyover has shown an affinity to set the pace since his career began last April. On Sunday at Santa Anita, the tactic led to his first stakes win, in the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes for California-breds.
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Express Kid, second by a nose in the Sunland Park Derby in February in his lone start this year, will be sent to Santa Anita later this week for a scheduled start in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 4.
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The New York Racing Association is still feeling the impact of the harsh winter as it announced Sunday the start of turf racing at Aqueduct has been pushed back two weeks.
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Sunny skies and warmer temperatures brought out a nice crowd for opening day at Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (March 21), with several regulars picking up where they left off, along with some new faces also grabbing the spotlight. However, the brightest star of the day was driver Dave Ingraham, who secured his 8,000th career victory.
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Skippylongstocking is becoming a legend in his own time. The 7-year-old nailed the first Grade 1 win of his career in January in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup and for an encore racked up his 12th graded stakes victory on Saturday at Oaklawn Park in the Grade 3, $500,000 Essex Handicap.
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The connections of Bricklin could have a decision Monday on whether the horse will run in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby on Saturday at Oaklawn Park or remain in the field for the $200,000 Hot Springs Stakes on Thursday.
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On a sweltering Saturday at Turf Paradise with record-setting heat it seemed fitting some of the hottest sprinters around displayed their sizzling speed in the $50,000 Phoenix Gold Cup. But it was longshot Distant Fleet ($54.40) who overcame the heat, both literally and figuratively, to capture the meet’s marquee event.
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After a disappointing seventh in his first start of the year, the Gold Phoenix of old won the ninth graded stakes of his accomplished career in Saturday’s Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes at Santa Anita.