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Mrs. Astor, a veteran turf mare with six stakes wins, has finally reached a career crossroads. The 6-year-old is favored Sunday at Santa Anita in the Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes, a $100,000 race that will determine her direction. One option is a full campaign in 2026, including the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes in May at Santa Anita. A second option is retirement.
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Five time Eclipse Award-winning jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. will take off his scheduled mounts through Sunday, per agent Steve Rushing, after being injured in an incident following the start of the fifth race Thursday at Gulfstream Park.
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A New York appeals court has sent a nearly four-year-old case involving an overage for a regulated medication in a horse trained by Todd Pletcher back to the New York State Gaming Commission for a new hearing.
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Hall of Fame trainer Chris Ryder sounded excited about the possibilities for his stable in 2026. Ryder's enthusiasm pointed directly towards the return of the 2024 Horse of the Year Twin B Joe Fresh to the races.
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With a $2 million Nyquist filly leading the way, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training finished with year-over-year gains, including a record gross, as it opened the breeze-up season in North America.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, March 14, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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Not even heavy snowfall could prevent Digital Ops from bouncing back to win the $100,000 Golden Horseshoe Handicap at Colonial Downs on Thursday.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Friday, March 13, at Aqueduct.
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Serena's Song, a champion and first-ballot Hall of Famer who went on to be a blue-hen broodmare, died Wednesday morning at her longtime home of Denali Stud in Paris, Ky. She officially turned 34 this year, and would have reached her foaling date on April 4.
On Thursday at Cheltenham Racecourse in western England, the 11-year-old gelding Home By The Lee made his fifth consecutive appearance in the Grade 1 Stayers’ Hurdle, and won the three-mile race for the first time in an upset.
