Storm the Court, the champion 2-year-old male of 2019 who was fourth in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes on Feb. 9, is likely to start in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 7 at Santa Anita.
Spa City, winner of a highly rated maiden race on Feb. 8 at Gulfstream Park, is heading to stakes competition next, with the Tampa Bay Derby on March 7 his target.
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As Dennis' Moment galloped around the track the other morning at Gulfstream Park, neck bowed, eager to do more, a visitor with trainer Dale Romans remarked at how well his colt looked.
Tiz the Law, the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby, missed a couple of works this month after he sprung a shoe, but should be back on the work tab no later than Monday, trainer Barclay Tagg said Thursday at the Palm Meadows training center, where he is based this winter.
The spring meet at Churchill Downs, which is, of course, highlighted by the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May, will feature a new placement for the Stephen Foster Stakes and the creation of several new stakes, the Louisville track announced on Thursday.
At age 33, Saffie Joseph Jr. has become one of the most successful trainers in the game and has an opportunity to embark, for the first time, on the Kentucky Derby trail. He has entered Chance It, winner of the Mucho Macho Man here last month, in the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth on Saturday.
Florida-bred Chance It, who has never been worse than second in six starts, won the Florida Sire In Reality Stakes at 1 1/16 miles in his 2-year-old finale and stepped into open company to win the Mucho Macho Man Stakes at a mile in his 3-year-old debut. Those two stakes wins routing show that he has already outrun his pedigree, which is heavily slanted toward speed.
Chance It, winner of the Mucho Macho Man last month and the likely second choice to Dennis' Moment in the Fountain of Youth on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, makes his Derby Watch top 20 debut this week. He is 30-1 on the future line set by Marty McGee of Daily Racing Form for the Kentucky Derby on May 2.
Sir Rick is being pointed for the Grade 3, $700,000 Sunland Park Derby on March 22, trainer Robertino Diodoro said on Monday. The horse will enter the mile and an eighth race off a win in the $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby, the local prep that was run Sunday.
