Banishing, a 5-year-old gelded son of Ghostzapper, also delivered the first graded stakes win for his co-owner Larry Roman and became the first stakes winner for his dam, Dowager.

Turning aside a challenge from Anna’s Promise, Five G asserted her superiority in the stretch of the March 29 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2).

Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) winner White Abarrio outclassed the opposition in the March 29 Ghostzapper Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park, defeating the grade 1-winning filly Power Squeeze by 5 1/4 lengths.

Taking command from the start, Beach Bomb outlasted a hard-charging Silvology and La Mehana in the 1 1/2-mile Orchid Stakes (G3T) March 29 at Gulfstream Park.

Bucanero Fuerte, winner of the 2023 Phoenix Stakes (G1), has left Tally-Ho Stud and returned to the yard of Adrian Murray, the trainer confirmed at the Curragh March 29.

The Maryland Jockey Club, in collaboration with the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, and the Maryland Purse Committee, announced several updates to the standard racing program. 

The Thoroughbred Racing Initiative is sponsoring a bus trip from Ocala, Fla., for members of the Thoroughbred community to travel to the Florida capital in Tallahassee April 1, to oppose a decoupling bill before a Florida Senate committee.

Luxor Cafe earned a guaranteed bid to the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a five-length victory March 29 in the final leg of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look ahead to the Arkansas Derby and Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

In this week’s edition of On Racing, Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith will be the fifth rider in five starts for Madaket Road and trainer Bob Baffert in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park.