Reincarnate was named after Holy Bull, a Hall of Famer who was the 1994 Horse of the Year. But after losing his first three starts, it seemed Reincarnate was “over-named.” Tom Ryan, racing manager for the colt’s ownership group, was asked if his faith ever wavered.

“Not really, I’ve always had confidence in him,” Ryan said. “He’s a big, stretchy horse that [Bob Baffert] was developing.”

Ryan was not concerned when Baffert started the colt’s career in two turf routes.

“Sometimes you have to use those spots to get where you want to get to,” Ryan said.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Two Eagles River will be considered for a pair of upcoming Kentucky Derby preps following his sharp win Sunday at Oaklawn Park, according to his trainer, Chris Hartman.

Two Eagles River was a four-length winner of a first-level allowance and earned a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 91. The start came one race after he finished third behind Rebel Stakes entrants Verifying and Gun Pilot in a now key allowance at Oaklawn. Two Eagles River set the pace Sunday and covered a mile in 1:37.10.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Trainers Brad Cox and Steve Asmussen on Monday entered a combined five of the 11 horses set to start in the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel on Saturday at Oaklawn Park.  

The first five finishers in the 1 1/16-mile stakes will earn Kentucky Derby points on a scale of 50-20-15-10-5.  

The Asmussen and Cox entrants will occupy the first five spots in the starting gate for the Rebel. 

Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Caravel got back on the work tab on Saturday at Turfway Park, breezing three furlongs in 37.20 seconds on the Tapeta for trainer Brad Cox’s Kentucky barn.

Ocean Atlantique’s career has taken him across the Atlantic Ocean and back to the state of his birth. The well-traveled gelding earned his first U.S. stakes win, and first for his current connections, on Saturday night in the Dust Commander Stakes at Turfway Park.

His dominant performance earned one of the top Beyer Speed Figures of this season at the track and has stamped him as a candidate for the $300,000 Kentucky Cup Classic, part of Turfway’s stakes-heavy program on March 25.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Chase the Chaos, winner of the El Camino Real Derby on Feb. 11 at Golden Gate Fields, will have his graded stakes debut in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 4 at Santa Anita.

The $400,000 San Felipe Stakes for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles is a key prep for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 8.

Chase the Chaos won his first stakes in the El Camino Real Derby at 1 1/8 miles on a synthetic track, closing from fifth in a field of eight to win by 1 1/2 lengths.

ARCADIA, Calif. – With a forecast for significant rain from Thursday to Saturday, Santa Anita has canceled racing on Friday, the track announced Monday. An assessment on Saturday’s program will be made Wednesday.

“I think we can make a better decision then,” said Jason Egan, the track’s director of racing.

The Los Angeles area could receive three inches of rain later this week, with the prospect for considerably more, according to a private weather forecast used by the track.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Repo Rocks, whose 111 Beyer Speed Figure earned winning the Grade 3 Toboggan at Aqueduct on Jan. 28 is the highest recorded by any horse so far in 2023, was one of six horses entered Monday for Saturday’s $125,000 Stymie Stakes at Aqueduct.

The $47,000 purse of a starter allowance at Del Mar last August has been ordered redistributed after race winner Inch tested positive for the banned bronchodilator clenbuterol, according to a ruling issued by Santa Anita stewards on Friday. The positive was found in a post-race urine sample, the ruling stated.

Santa Anita has banned the transport of all horses from Turf Paradise in Phoenix after a pony horse at that track was diagnosed with equine herpesvirus, according to Santa Anita director of racing Jason Egan. The ban, until further notice, was put into immediate effect Sunday afternoon.

Egan said that five horses recently arrived at Santa Anita from Turf Paradise. The trainers of those horses have been asked to closely monitor the conditions of those horses.