A look at the horses preparing for the 2021 Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan Racecourse

Scott Young was lucky and talented enough to grow up to be exactly what he dreamed about as a young boy—a jockey.

Hot Rod Charlie, a 3-year-old son of Oxbow, turned back all challengers to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) while setting a track record March 20 at Fair Grounds Race Course.

When trainer Dallas Stewart looked over the past performances for the $400,000 New Orleans Classic (G2) and noticed a distinct lack of early speed, there was little he could do to boost the chances of his mid-pack runner, Chess Chief.

A newborn colt whose dam died hours after his birth, and a 15-year-old mare, who lost her foal days earlier, immediately bonded upon meeting at a Florida farm March 14, video of which has gone viral on social media.

Life Is Good, who was ruled off the Triple Crown trail after exiting a March 20 work with an apparent hind-end injury, will undergo surgery March 26 for a small chip in his left hind ankle, according to a tweet from XBTV’s Millie Ball.

With little speed in the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2), jockey Florent Geroux allowed OXO Equine’s Travel Column to sit just off the pace through easy fractions March 20 before opening up in the Fair Grounds Race Course stretch.

Just Read It made amends in her second start against stakes company March 20, showing tactical speed and pursuing authority at the top of the stretch to edge a charging Exogen by a head in the $93,000 Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.

WinStar Farm and China Horse Club’s Life Is Good exited a workout at Santa Anita Park March 20 with an apparent hind-end injury and is off the Triple Crown trail, trainer Bob Baffert said.

Simon McGonagle, head lad to Gordon Elliott, has been disqualified from racing for nine months with the final seven of those months suspended after being found guilty of bringing racing into disrepute for taking the controversial picture of his boss.