A record-setting March auction and the recent success of graduates of Ocala Breeders’ Sales 2-Year-Olds in Training Sales have generated excitement ahead of the OBS Spring Sale April 15-18. Recent graduates include Tenma, Sandman, and Dark Saffron.

An expanded racing schedule, featuring higher overnight purses and more stakes races, is on tap when Colonial Downs kicks off its 41-day meet, running from July 9 through Sept. 13.

Buyers have at least five good reasons to be optimistic about the Craven. The last four renewals have produced five group 1-winning graduates, including Native Trail and Vandeek, as well as last year’s Futurity Trophy (G1) scorer Hotazhell.

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With three more grade 1 wins, owner Sol Kumin will reach the extremely rare 100-win plateau.

California trainer Felix Rodan has been suspended seven days and fined $1,000 after the 4-year-old filly Cee’s the Image tested positive for the muscle relaxer methocarbamol after a March 8 race at Santa Anita Park.

The 2003 Horse of the Year and son of A.P. Indy will live out his retirement at Lane’s End, where he was born and raised.

Kentucky Oaks-bound Tenma delivers for Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stable, which brings a strong consignment to this week’s OBS Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

ABR’s Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna’s latest stellar performance in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park, the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, and other major stakes.

Colin Brennan will assume the position of director of sales as well as trainer of horses intended for the 2-year-old in-training sales for Highlander Training Center in Sulphur Springs.