Byron King’s Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

The rate of fatal injury in Thoroughbred racing in 2025 was 1.07 per 1,000 starts, which is the lowest rate since the Equine Injury Database began in 2009. The rate of fatal injury decreased 3.6% from 2024 and is down 47% since 2009.

Track notes on Dubai World Cup night races and horses from the Dubai Turf Club.

Repeat champions, record-setting performances, and national implications highlighted the 2025-26 meet at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, as trainer Joe Sharp and jockey Jose Ortiz led a standout 154th racing season at the New Orleans oval.

The Thoroughbred Owners of California has named Samantha Siegel as this year’s recipient of the Ed Friendly Industry Service Award. The award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Thoroughbred racing industry.

Grade 1 winner Napoleon Solo was supplemented to the March 28 Arkansas Derby (G1) but instead the colt will next contest the Wood Memorial (G2) being run at Aqueduct Racetrack April 4.

The journey to the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course is already in progress. Now there’s a new way to follow top contenders from around the globe.

Already a grade 2 winner at 2, Explora will try to secure a win at that level at 3 while taking a step toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1) when she faces an expected five other 3-year-old fillies in the Fantasy Stakes March 27 at Oaklawn Park.

On the March 23 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Starlight Racing’s Corbin Blumberg talks Fulleffort’s Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) win and Kentucky Derby (G1) plans, Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins recap last weekend’s preps and preview this weekend’s races.

With top-ranked Kentucky Derby (G1) prospects including Commandment, Chief Wallabee, and Nearly, the March 28 Florida Derby (G1) shapes up as a pivotal and competitive test that figures to have major implications for the first Saturday in May.