Mike Curry of America’s Best Racing provides a look at improving 3-year-olds as the season turns toward the spring classics.

It may seem incredible to many of us that a granddaughter of Zarkava could be cataloged as a broodmare prospect, but that time has arrived during the concluding session of the Arqana February Mixed Sale Feb. 15.

In the early 2000s, Steven Flats, a friend of Ricky Dookeran’s, asked him to take a ride to a place he’d never been. Flats drove the pair 20 minutes west to Woodbine Racetrack, where he worked as a groom in the barn of trainer Steve Owens.

Five years ago, Justify, Good Magic, and Bolt d’Oro left their mark as 3-year-olds. Now their progeny are shining in the lead-up to the 2023 Triple Crown.

Churchill Downs Inc. closes on sale of former Arlington International Racecourse property to Chicago Bears

The bank statements of Rated R Superstar ($1,794,930), Last Samurai ($1,241,039), and Long Range Toddy ($1,185,670) won’t deter several competitors who arrive at Oaklawn on hot streaks.

Winngate Stables’ Kathleen O. will seek to extend her undefeated record in Gulfstream Park stakes intact Feb. 18, when the 4-year-old daughter of Upstart returns in the $150,000 Royal Delta Stakes (G3).

It may seem incredible to many of us that a granddaughter of Zarkava could be cataloged as a broodmare prospect, but that time has arrived during the concluding session of the Arqana February Mixed Sale Feb. 15.

The son of Hit It Bomb and Tiz the Key, by Tiznow will look to regain the form that saw him compete in the Kentucky Derby (G1) as well as the 2021 Breeders’ Cup. 

Ronan McNally was back among the winners with Vee Dancer at Dundalk as he awaits the outcome of an appeal against his 12-year disqualification from racing.