In what promises to be one of the most exciting Road to the Kentucky Derby races of the spring season so far, the field of nine was drawn March 27 at 1:30 ET for the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1).

Calendar year 2022 picked up right where its predecessor left off, with a pair of familiar faces leading the jockey and trainer standings following the March 27 closing day of Laurel Park’s winter meet.

Having transitioned more than 380 Thoroughbreds from the track since 2013, the Placement Program is a trusted retirement method for owners and trainers who may not have the connections or resources to retire their own horses.

Santa Anita Derby (G1) contender Messier, recently transferred from trainer Bob Baffert to his former assistant Tim Yakteen, breezed six furlongs the morning of March 27 in a bullet 1:11 2/5 at Santa Anita Park.

In what promises to be one of the most exciting Derby prep races of the spring season so far, the field of nine was drawn March 27 at 1:30 ET for the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1).

Mother Earth got her 2022 campaign off to a winning start by producing a workmanlike success in the Lodge Park Stud Irish European Breeders Fund Park Express Stakes (G3) at Curragh Racecourse March 26.

Eddie Brown, who worked for many years at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course, was most recently NYRA’s assistant clerk of scales.

Veteran rider Joe Fanning paid tribute to The Last Lion March 26, after the horse who gave him his first group 1 success in the saddle suffered a fatal injury at Kempton.

Eddie Brown, who worked for many years at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course, was most recently as NYRA’s assistant clerk of scales.

In what promises to be one of the most exciting Derby prep races of the spring season so far, the field of nine was drawn March 27 at 11:30 ET for the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1).