Nabbing the win from Lovely Ride Feb. 4 at Oaklawn Park was Brad Cox trainee A Mo Reay, who surged in the final moments to capture the first graded win of her career in the Bayakoa Stakes (G3). 

Taking dirt early as she trailed the field, Fun to Dream made a determined stretch run to collar the leaders by 2 1/2 lengths for her second consecutive graded stakes victory.

Joseph Poag, a fixture at Maryland racetracks in his second career as the Chief Investigator for the Maryland Racing Commission, died Jan. 25 after a brief illness. He was 81.

One week after teaming up to win the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park with Art Collector, trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado partnered to win the $250,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) Feb. 4 with Rocket Can.

Surprisingly rallied for a neck victory in the $175,000 Endeavour Stakes (G3T) in stakes-record time and Emmanuel surged to win the $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3T) while setting a stakes and course record.

Nabbing the win from Lovely Ride Feb. 4 at Oaklawn Park was Brad Cox trainee A Mo Reay who surged in final moments to capture the first graded win of her career in the Bayakoa Stakes (G3). 

With the addition of blinkers, the talented General Jim put it all together Feb. 4 with a resilient victory in the $125,000 Swale Stakes Feb. 4 at Gulfstream Park, where Red Carpet Ready remained undefeated in the Forward Gal Stakes (G3).

Major Dude powered home to capture the $175,000 Kitten’s Joy Stakes (G3T) Feb. 4 at Gulfstream Park, where Cairo Consort impressed with a victory in the $175,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes (G3T). Irad Ortiz Jr. rode both runners.

In a social media post late last month, Shortleaf Stable announced, “a shakeup in our stable brings forth an old face and a new one.” The old face is Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, 87, and the new face is trainer Lindsay Schultz, 34.

When all four contenders in the Feb. 4 $196,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) turned in the stretch, Bob Baffert had the rare luxury of winning the race before the race was even won.