In 1996, Built for Pleasure got an ideal trip under two-time Calder riding champ Gary Boulanger to run down the heavy favorite and win the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at odds of 143-1, still the biggest upset in race history.

With nary a gopher in sight to distract him, e Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ four-legged Carl Spackler (IRE) hosed his competition in a Feb. 25 maiden special weight race at Gulfstream Park, mowing them down by 8 3/4 lengths.

Whisper Hill Farm’s Charge It, who has produced flashes of brilliance during his six-race career, is scheduled to make a highly anticipated return to stakes action March 4 in the $200,000 Gulfstream Park Mile (G2).

The NTRA has announced the official partners and sponsors for the 24th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship, presented by Caesars Entertainment, Horseshoe Las Vegas, and Racetrack Television Network, to be held March 10-12

Nine racehorses, six trainers, and one jockey account for the 16 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2023 Hall of Fame ballot, as chosen by the Museum’s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee.

The catalog for the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale is now online, with siblings to 30 group or listed winners among the entries bidding to follow in the footsteps of last year’s Guineas (G1) hero Native Trail and Guineas (G1) heroine Cachet. 

Confidence Game moves into the Derby Dozen rankings after his upset in the Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park. Rebel third-place Reincarnate and fourth-place Verifying ran well to earn points despite troubled trips. Red Route One placed.

Farm manager Homer Rader talks about owner/breeder Keith Abrahams’ homebred broodmare Llandudno, a graded-placed winner and dam of graded stakes winner Kirstenbosch and stakes winner Constantia.

Record-breaking Scottish trainer Keith Dalgleish has announced he is set to quit the profession this year.

One only need look at the MarketWatch section in the March issue of BloodHorse magazine for the latest good news on the continuing success story in Kentucky.