The King's Plate hero is entered for March 10 at Gulfstream, Canadians keep winning, and what a day in Barbados and for Horseracing Journeys.
Races
The winner was bred by Ken Ramsey whose Cash Equity (Fr) just missed at the wire in the Caribbean's most famous race.
Newgate wins the Santa Anita Handicap for Starlight Racing and partners, Imagination edges stablemate Wine Me Up in San Felipe Stakes.
Three Derby stepping-stone races on the weekend had either small fields or were run in deep slop.
The rate of fatal injury in 2023 from participating racetracks was the second-lowest in 15 years, but up slightly from 2022.
The Gotham Stakes (G3) has a big field but is just a one-mile race and a stepping-stone to the big Derby prep, the Wood Memorial.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has sent Gay Smith's Jerry the Nipper to the Sandy Lane Gold Cup fresh off good runs in graded stakes in Florida.
A Kentucky Derby (G1) prep, the Fountain of Youth has big names from 2023 including Locked and Dornoch and sensational debut winner Speak Easy.
Woodbine opens its backstretch this week, but there are dozens of Canadians in the south, including Patrick Husbands.
Six-year-old gelding under jockey Kiran Rizack opened up a long lead early in the 1600-metre feature at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Feb. 25.
Son of Into Mischief was odds-on in the 12-horse field and was well polished for trainer Brad Cox and jockey Cristian Torres.
Six-year-old Senor Buscador, owned and bred by Joe Peacock Jr., is co-owned by Sharaf Mohammed Al Hariri who bought into the horse pre-Cup.
Mrs. Gay Smith and Ken Ramsey each have two horses entered in the 41st Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup, set for March 2.
Four horses with Woodbine ties will compete on the (Guyana) Handicap card at Rising Sun Turf Club in Berbice.
Canadians continue to do well in races south of the border, from New York to Kentucky to Florida and Arkansas.
