When Robbie Norman dispatched his two trainers, Lonnie Briley and Jayde (J.J.) Gelner, to each select a horse for him at the 2023 Texas Thoroughbred Association Yearling Sale, he never imagined the daily double would prove to be so rewarding.

Feb. 28 is the last opportunity to nominate foals born in 2024 to the Breeders’ Cup program for a one-time late nomination fee of $1,500. This nomination entitles each foal to lifetime eligibility to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Ethan West has spent years quietly building his training career. On Feb. 15, the 32-year-old horseman found himself on the national stage for the first time as Chunk of Gold finished a hard-fought second in the $500,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2).

Although he was finally out of the shadows of his stablemates, Getaway Car’s extraction of the Sunland Park Derby’s $400,000 purse proved no easy feat Feb. 16 as he held off a hard-trying Caldera in a thrilling photo finish.

With the Kentucky Derby (G1) 11 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-olds” closed as the 9-2 favorite in Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager and San Vicente Stakes (G2) winner Barnes was the 8-1 second choice.

The New York Racing Association has canceled live racing on Feb. 17 at Aqueduct Racetrack due to high winds forecast to impact the New York City metropolitan area throughout the day.

The top two finishers of the Springboard Mile, Coal Battle and Speed King, rematch in the $1.25 million Rebel Stakes (G2) Feb. 22 after each winning one of Oaklawn Park’s Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races.

Rebel’s Romance rolls to repeat win in H H The Amir Trophy in Dubai, sets up another repeat try in the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) on World Cup night for the two-time Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) winner.

Grade 2-winning 3-year-old Journalism and fellow sophomores Bullard and Madaket Road, who were both entered in the $1.25 million Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park Feb. 22, were among 229 horses to record timed workouts Feb. 16 at Santa Anita Park.

The Godolphin team had begun a productive afternoon Feb. 16 when Al Qudra made all to land the Al Rayyan Mile (G2T) under William Buick.