During the 20th century, racing fans were blessed with a handful of seasons where two or more horses destined to be ranked among the greatest of all time were seen in action.

Arguably, the last such year of the century came in 1979, when Affirmed and Spectacular Bid, two horses generally ranked in the top 10 of the 1900s, were making headlines.

Two more from the top 10 were on the track in 1973 – Forego and Secretariat. But while they met in the Kentucky Derby, Forego did not win his first stakes race until Secretariat had been retired that fall.

Miss Behaviour, a multiple graded stakes winner of nearly $800,000, has been retired, trainer Phil Schoenthal announced Thursday via Twitter.

Schoenthal tweeted that Miss Behaviour, a 4-year-old filly by Jump Start, has been booked to Speightstown and that progress “in her rehab over four months hasn't gone as hoped.”

Khozan
Distorted Humor–Delta Princess, by A.P. Indy
Bred in Kentucky by Adena Springs; $1 million purchase by Al Shaqab Racing at Fasig-Tipton Florida March sale of 2-year-olds in training

There were three graded stakes offering qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby last weekend, but a colt who has yet to test that level arguably made the biggest splash.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Daily Racing Form’s Jay Hovdey is among the 2014 media award finalists for Canada’s Sovereign Awards.

Hovdey’s story on trainer Mark Casse, published last summer in DRF, is one of three finalists in the writing category, along with articles by Dave Briggs and Kayla Urbasik.

The digital audio/visual and broadcast finalists are Horse Racing Alberta’s Canadian Derby telecast, Scott Jagow’s Woodbine Diaries on the Paulick Report, and Woodbine Entertainment Group’s coverage of the Queen’s Plate on The Sports Network.

Jerry Lambert, best known for riding Hall of Famer Native Diver in the 1960s and for winning a celebrated match race aboard Convenience against Typecast in 1972, was found dead Monday at Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, Calif., where he had been working, according to a release put out Tuesday by Santa Anita. Lambert was 74.

For The Great War, the road to the Kentucky Derby requires snow tires.

Rather than decamp to south Florida for his Derby preps, The Great War was purposely kept in the cold climes of Kentucky, where trainer Wesley Ward keeps 20 of his runners during the winter. The move was a strategic one, both to give The Great War an easier path to his final Derby prep and to keep him in an environment more in line with what he was used to in Ireland, where he was based last year.

WHO’S HOT

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The mad dash to secure the limited number of tickets for the two-day Breeders’ Cup event at Keeneland in horse-crazy Lexington will begin at noon March 4, when the Breeders’ Cup opens ticket sales for the Oct. 30-31 event.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Take Charge Brandi, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2014, is being considered for a start against males in the Grade 2, $750,000 Rebel at Oaklawn Park on March 14, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Wednesday. Lukas said the other option is to keep Take Charge Brandi in her division for the Grade 3, $150,000 Honeybee on March 7.

“The next start being discussed is the Rebel or the Honeybee,” Lukas said. “It will be one place or the other.”

American Pharoah and Dortmund are the top morning-line choices behind the mutuel field in Pool 3 of the 2015 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens Friday at noon Eastern for a three-day run.

The field, the 24th or “all others” entry, closed as the 3-5 favorite in Pool 1, which ran Nov. 28-30, and was the 5-2 choice in Pool 2 (Feb. 6-8).