An upset by Run With Liberty ($30) in Sunday’s ninth race has led to a carryover of $58,868 in Friday’s $2 pick six at Santa Anita, the next day of live racing.

Only two of the nine runners in Sunday’s ninth and final race were covered in the pick six, and they finished second and fourth – Maggies McGee and Tate Batz.

Friday’s pick six covers the fourth through ninth races on a program that begins at 1 p.m. Pacific.

The pick six races have fields of 6, 6, 6, 7, 7 and 8. The pool of new money may surpass $300,000.

NEW ORLEANS – The top three finishers in the Louisiana Derby, if not more, will make their next start in the Kentucky Derby, all being well.

ARCADIA, Calif. - 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.

Journalism worked five furlongs in 1:01.80, his third work this month at the distance.

“He’s showing he’s going the right way,” trainer Michael McCarthy said. “His air is starting to come around.”

No specific race goals have been announced, McCarthy said after training on Sunday morning.

“We’re starting to think about some options,” McCarthy said.

ARCADIA, Calif. - 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.

Trainer Justin Evans said the $500,000 Santa Anita Derby at 1 1/8 miles is preferred over the Grade 2 Wood Memorial Stakes, a $750,000 race at 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct on April 4.

“It’s an easier ship than going back to New York,” Evans said on Sunday from Sunland Park in New Mexico. “I know it’s going to be tough.

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.

NYRA, in a press release, cited that due to the impact of heavy snowfall in January and February, combined with continued cold overnight temperatures in March, said it must delay the start of turf racing from April 3 to April 16.

Skippylongstocking is becoming a legend in his own time. The 7-year-old nailed his first Grade 1 win 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.  

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – 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.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -  A stellar lineup of nine 3-year-olds topped by Chief Wallabee, Commandment and Nearly, the second-, third- and fourth-ranked horses in the latest edition of Daily Racing Form’s Derby Watch, has been drawn for next Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.