Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens March 15 at noon. Risen Star (G2) winner Sierra Leone named the 5-1 morning line favorite. Rachel Alexandra (G2) winner Tarifa named 8-1 favorite in lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager.

Raised not far from the backstretch of Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico, a love for the Thoroughbred has been beating steadily in Raul Reyes for decades.

The first of three sessions for the Ocala Breeders’ March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training got to work March 12, with trainer Will Walden swinging for a fleet-footed $700,000 Munnings filly from the Niall Brennan Stables draft.

Byron King reviews a March 8 breeze from Fierceness and a slow Tampa Bay Derby (G3)

Byron King’s Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

There were few changes in this week’s National Thoroughbred Association top Thoroughbred poll or for their 3-year-old counterparts. Last year’s Pacific Classic (G1) winner Arabian Knight was the lone new member of the top 10.

BH Interview: Mario Bencomo of New Horizons Bloodstock

The List: An Update and Review of the Top 25 General Sires List Rankings

Trainer Ron Moquett pointed out that holding sales companies to the same standard as trainers is a “Pandora’s box” that will have HISA “looking into a lot of places you’ve never looked.” 

In a sea of well-bred individuals and lightning-fast breeze show times, a live family could mean the difference between a profit turner or profit burner heading into this year’s Ocala Breeders’ Sale March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training.