Jockey Ryusei Sakai, who rode Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) to a narrow third-place effort in the 2024 GI Kentucky Derby and has since piloted him to four top-level victories, has picked up the ride on G2 UAE Derby winner Wonder Dean (Jpn) (Dee Majesty {Jpn}) for this year's Run to the Roses on

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OGMA Investments LLC, JR Ranch and High Step Racing LLC's The Puma (Essential Quality) tuned up for a scheduled start in the May 2 GI Kentucky Derby Saturday morning at Gulfstream Park during a maintenance-style half-mile breeze. “It was getting him back into his routine two weeks after a race. It was pretty easy. Maybe

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Last year's Eclipse-winning 3-year-old male Sovereignty (Into Mischief) led the Kentucky-bred merits for 2025 along with his owner/breeder, Godolphin who were honored as KTOB Breeder of the Year. The full list of awards is: Broodmare of the Year: Crowned (Bernardini) (Owner: Godolphin) Horse of the Year, 3-Year-Old Male: Sovereignty (Godolphin) 2-Year-Old Male: Ted Noffey (Into

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In the GI Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland on Friday, Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (r, 4, Ten Sovereigns {Ire}–Zindziswa, by Smart Strike) went gate to wire to hand trainer Chad Brown the 3,000th win of his career. The speedy turf star won on debut for trainer Andre Fabre at Saint-Cloud as a juvenile that June. A

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Finally held under sunny skies Friday, the penultimate under-tack preview at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training kept the momentum rolling with another slew of fast works. Distinguishing themselves with the quickest quarter-mile times of the sale thus far were a pair of fillies both consigned by Tom McCrocklin who

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