Greg Wolf and Anthony Stabile look back at the Stymie Stakes at Aqueduct and the Grade 2 Rebel from Oaklawn.

Trainer Jack Sisterson tweeted out the morning of Feb. 27 that grade 1 winner Channel Cat exited his fall in Saturday’s Neom Turf Cup (G3) at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in ‘great shape’.

California Spangle holds on to defeat previously undefeated Romantic Warrior in Hong Kong Classic Cup, will see if he can get the distance in the BMW Hong Derby in his next start.

The strength of Japan’s racing and breeding industries was on show on a high-quality Saudi Cup (G1) card in Riyadh, with Authority, Songline, Stay Foolish, and Dancing Prince all dominating their respective group 3 races on Feb. 26. 

It’s rare enough to have the winner of a stakes worth $1 million or more pay at least $150 in the win pool. But to have it happen twice in the same day?

Jockey Dylan Davis secured his fourth win on the card as Stronach Stables homebred Green Light Go made every pole a winning one in the $125,000 Stymie Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.

KHK Racing’s Shahama, the undefeated winner of the Feb. 18 UAE Oaks (G3), will be shipped to North America in two week’s time to join the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher with the Kentucky Oaks (G1) as a target.

Emmanuel produced the fastest half-mile breeze of 32 recorded at the distance Feb. 26 at Palm Beach Downs, in preparation for a planned start in the $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

Marabi stamped herself as the queen of Australia’s sprinting ranks, landing her first top-level race in the Feb. 26 Oakleigh Plate (G1) and in doing so put herself firmly in the mix for the Newmarket Handicap (G1) at Flemington in two weeks.

The Feb. 26 $20,000,000 Saudi Cup (G1) trophy stayed home in 2022 to the roar of the Riyadh crowd, as Prince Saud bin Salman Abdulaziz’s Emblem Road ran down American contenders Country Grammer and Midnight Bourbon to win the world’s richest race.