The Road, presented by Gainesway

The March 12 second session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale showcased another day of speedy juvenile talent. 

The opening session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale was frontloaded with juvenile speed March 11 as 16 horses shared top billing when running a :09 4/5 eighth mile.

Featuring the return of the $1 million Preakness (G1) to its familiar position as the middle leg of the Triple Crown, 16 stakes, 10 graded, worth $3.25 million in purses will be contested over Preakness weekend, May 14-15, at Pimlico Race Course.

The 8-year-old by Candy Ride is out of champion Storm Flag Flying. The grade 3-placed winner will stand at River Oaks Farm for $2,000.

The son of Capote’s strongest impact on the breed will be as a broodmare sire.

Details of the indictments—which police say concern at least 31 races in which doped horses were entered—were released late on Thursday by the office of public prosecutor for the Oise department, Jean-Baptiste Bladier.

Oisin Murphy was issued a three-month ban from France Galop after a positive urine test for metabolites of cocaine.

In his first start of the year, Mishriff (122) won the $20 million Saudi Cup, and the Great Britain-based 4-year-colt leads the first edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2021. The rankings cover racing from Jan. 1 – March 7.

Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Swiss Skydiver and Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Shedaresthedevil making their 2021 debuts.