The Road, sponsored by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm

All continues to go smoothly for undefeated Holy Bull Stakes (G3) winner Hades as he sits out the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) March 2 to await the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) March 30.

Tampa Bay Downs will highlight accredited aftercare during Tamp Bay Derby (G3) race day by honoring Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance with a named race on the Tampa Bay Derby undercard.

Easter and Prince Abama from the Phil D’Amato barn meet each other for the first time, but Bob Baffert-trained Du Jour could give them a battle as well.

Dual group 1-winning sprinter A Case Of You is to take up residency at Drakenstein Stud in South Africa for the 2024 breeding season, in a deal brokered by Robin Bruss of Northfields Bloodstock.

With two graded stakes victories already at the current Santa Anita meeting, Newgrange faces six in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), postponed one day due to weather issues.

Heavenly Love, a grade 1-winning daughter of Malibu Moon, with her 2024 filly by Gun Runner. The filly is a full sister to Risen Star Stakes (G2) winner Sierra Leone.

The National Thoroughbred League announced four new franchises will be awarded in time for the 2024 season out of an impressive group of potential ownership groups from Miami, Oklahoma City, Las Vegas, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Dallas, and New Orleans.

Bob Baffert’s supremacy in the 3-year-old stakes program at Santa Anita Park should continue March 3 when the Southern California track stages the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes (G2). He runs Nysos, Wine Me Up, and Imagination in the five-horse field.

Bellabel looks to continue her successful return to the races as she faces a large field of 11 that includes familiar faces in the $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes (G2T) going one mile at Santa Anita Park March 3.