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The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training is now available.

Jeff Ruby Steaks Odds, Betting, Prep, Contenders:Turfway’s signature race, the cheekily-named Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3), happens Saturday, March 25.? Read it now on numberFire!

Ocala Stud’s three first-season stallions—Roadster, Colonel Liam, and Gretzky the Great—each have had their first mares confirmed in foal, the farm announced today.

Three Diamonds Farm’s Dude N Colorado powered home down the stretch to win the $200,000 Colonel Liam by a half-length at Gulfstream Park Saturday for trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.

Forte has been preparing for a seasonal debut in the Fountain of Youth at Pletcher’s winter training base at Palm Beach Downs.

2023 Pegasus World Cup Turf Betting Odds and Contenders Preview:The Pegasus World Cup Turf is a $1 million race for older horses on the lawn going a mile and an eighth. The race drew a classy field of 12, plus two also-eligible entrants.? Read it now on numberFire!

The $3 million Pegasus World Cup highlights this weekend's live racing action, with 12 horses expected to line up for the 1 1/8-mile contest at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.

Stablemates have occupied the top two spots in the $1-million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) for two years running and, if the local prep for one of the richest grass races in North America is any indication, a third year is not out of the question.

Colonel Liam's bid for a third consecutive victory in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes will not come to be, after the horse was retired on Thursday, BloodHorse and Thoroughbred Daily News report.

Lady Speightspeare is the lone female on the invitation list. The 5-year-old Speightstown mare owns four career graded-stakes wins – the 2020 Natalma (G1) and 2022 Nassau (G2), Trillium (G3) and Seaway (G3), all at Woodbine.