There will be a few new faces in the riders' room when Woodbine gets underway on April 18 and many familiar ones.
Races
The world's best sprinter rolled to an easy win on Monday at Sha Tin in the Sprint Cup (G2) while breaking the course record.
The Ontario-bred by Cairo Prince became the eighth graded stakes winner for owner Gary Barber at Keeneland.
So Happy was a $12,000 weanling but a $150,000 two-year-old in training and he is on the Derby trail for trainer Mark Glatt.
Further Ado won the Blue Grass Stakes (G1) by 11 lengths and is one of three colts for trainer Brad Cox headed to the Kentucky Derby.
A parade of longshots took the top three spots in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, the last edition of the race to be run at Aqueduct.
A pair of Bob Baffert-trained colts headline the Santa Anita Derby Saturday evening, offering points to get into the Kentucky Derby.
The final major stakes race to be run at Aqueduct Racetrack before its permanent closing features a large field of 12 possible runners.
Speedsters Further Ado and Reagan's Honor will try and get points to have a chance to run in the Kentucky Derby in Saturday's Blue Grass.
Paul Ryder's Fire and Wine posted an upset in the Coronation Futurity and has landed at the top of the first King's Plate contenders list.
Coming off his best season by purse earnings, Brown has loaded up for the new year with plenty of youngsters and returning stars.
Friends Lou Donato. Teddy Manziaris and Paul Borrelli watched their mare Sultana take the Grade 3 Orchid Stakes at Gulfstream.
The front-running American colt by Not this Time upset Japanese star Forever Young in the $12 million desert classic.
Robert and Lawana Low of Missouri sold their homebred for $975,000 as a yearling, but bought half of him back from Mike Repole after the sale.
Commandment and Chief Wallabee had a battle royale in the Fountain of Youth and will renew the rivalry in the Florida Derby.
