J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Challenger S. (G3) and Tampa Bay Derby (G2) at Tampa Bay Downs.

The opening under tack session of the OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale was off to a fast start March 10 in front of storms moving in. The quickest time of the day recorded at an eighth-mile in :09 3/5 from Hip 139, a colt by Bayern.

After sourcing Go for Gin as a yearling, trainer Nick Zito would go on to train the horse through multiple graded stakes wins, including a victory in the 1994 Kentucky Derby (G1).

In a matchup of highly regarded older female dirt runners March 13 at Santa Anita Park, Edgeway and Private Mission battle in a five-horse field in the $100,000 Las Flores Stakes (G3) over six furlongs.

Assiniboia Downs Board Chair Harvey Warner died unexpectedly March 9.

The son of Eastern Echo won five stakes at 2 and sired many precocious runners.

Finneus, Lieutenant Dan, and The Chosen Vron are the three finalists for California-bred Horse of the Year for 2021, to be announced at the annual CTBA Awards Dinner and Annual Meeting, to be held March 28 at Le Meridien Arcadia.

Kelsey Riley will join Cornett, the award-winning, Lexington-based marketing agency, as a senior account executive. Riley will lead the marketing team for Lane’s End Farm.

Following his upset in the Saudi Cup (G1), Prince Saud bin Salman Abdulaziz’s Emblem Road has moved into a tie for second in the World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. He shares a 120 racing with Home Affairs, trailing only Life Is Good at 124.

After sourcing Go for Gin as a yearling, trainer Nick Zito would go on to train the horse through multiple graded stakes wins, including a victory in the 1994 Kentucky Derby (G1).