Journalism, the 3-year-old colt who produced a 108 Beyer Speed Figure when winning the recent San Felipe Stakes, ended up as the 5-1 favorite in the fifth Kentucky Derby Future Wager when the pool closed on Sunday night. 

Journalism, who has had one start this year and is targeting the Santa Anita Derby as his final prep, had been tabbed as the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the pool. Sovereignty, the recent winner of the Fountain of Youth, wound up as the second choice at 7-1, with Citizen Bull the third choice (9-1) and the entry of “all other 3-year-olds” at 10-1. 

LAS VEGAS - Dan Piazza, a wealth management adviser from Chicago, led all three days en route to winning the 2025 National Horseplayers Championship at Horseshoe Las Vegas on Sunday.

Piazza won $825,000 in first-place money.

The NHC tournament format has players attempt to earn the highest possible bankroll based on mythical $2 win-place wagers. On Friday, each of the 623 players, totaling 800 entries, wagered on 16 races, including six mandatory races, from eight tracks around the country.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Trainer Richard Baltas may be the person most surprised by the three-race winning streak compiled by the turf mare Lady Claypoole in the last seven weeks.

Lady Claypoole, who races for the Abbondanza Racing partnership and Omar Aldabbagh, won her stakes debut in the Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on turf at Santa Anita on Saturday. Earlier this year, she won consecutive allowance races at 1 1/8 miles on turf on Jan. 25 and Feb. 9.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Straight No Chaser, the champion sprinter of 2024 and the winner of the Group 2 Riyadh Dirt Sprint in Saudi Arabia last month, worked a half-mile in 48.40 seconds at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Sunday in advance of the Group 1 Golden Shaheen Sprint on April 5.

California-based trainer Dan Blacker flew to Dubai for the workout. Blacker said in a phone interview that Straight No Chaser galloped out five furlongs in 1:00.20.

“He was in hand,” Blacker said. “He’s doing good. He shipped from Saudi Arabia and is in good shape.”

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The connections of Bank Frenzy, who won his third consecutive race when he captured the Stymie Stakes on March 1, appear to have picked out two one-mile races for their 5-year-old New York-bred gelding’s next two starts. 

Bank Frenzy will return to statebred competition in the $125,000 Haynesfield Stakes on April 6, followed by a planned start in the Grade 3, $175,000 Westchester Stakes on May 4. After that, Bank Frenzy could stretch back out to 1 1/8 miles in the Commentator Stakes at Saratoga on June 4. 

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The 3-year-old T Kraft, who ran his winning streak to three with a neck victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes, could make his next start in the $150,000 Bay Shore Stakes here on April 19, trainer Bill Mott said Sunday. 

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Masmak ran well enough at one mile for trainer Rick Dutrow to stretch him out to 1 1/8 miles. With the 4-year-old son of Vino Rosso having won two straight races at 1 1/8 miles, Masmak will now try to run even farther in the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on April 5 at Aqueduct. 

ARCADIA, Calif. – Journalism, early favorite for the Santa Anita Derby and Kentucky Derby after a decisive victory in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 1, posted his first work since then early Sunday morning at Santa Anita.

The sun was not quite up at 6:35 a.m. when jockey Umberto Rispoli guided Journalism through a solo workout, an easy half-mile in :48.20 for trainer Michael McCarthy. It was the first of three works scheduled for Journalism heading into the Santa Anita Derby on April 5.

Headed into the final two weeks of this Turfway Park meet, trainer Mike Maker and jockey Luan Machado lead their respective standings by wins.

Turfway officially splits its four months of racing into two meets – the holiday meet in December, and the ongoing winter-spring meet from Jan. 1 to March 29. Maker took the training title at the holiday meet, with seven wins to four each for Brad Cox, John Ennis, and Brendan Walsh.

Turfway Park begins the penultimate four-day race week of its season, culminating with Saturday’s Jeff Ruby card, with a $244,056 carryover in the pick six jackpot.