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Mandella’s last Haskell may have been almost a quarter-century ago, but fellow Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert can recall it as though it were yesterday.

The highly-regarded but lightly-raced Arabian Knight will put his unblemished record on the line in the Haskell

Pauline's Pearl beat two others in Saturday's Grade 2 Fleur De Lis, a race at Ellis Park that saw five of the original eight entries scratched from the field.

J. Keeler Johnson analyzes the potential of Vino Rosso to develop into a sire of classics contenders.

Following the reinstatement of his racing license in February after 10 years in suspension, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. won with the first horse he entered in his return to the training ranks, Price of Pharoahs, who captured the Race 6 Saturday at Belmont Park.

Commissioner Dan, a 2-year-old colt by Commissioner, who began his career winning a Keeneland maiden special weight race on April 26 by 1¾ lengths, sold to Pedro Lanz, agent for King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Sons' KAS Stables, for $500,000 to top Keeneland’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale.

Keeneland’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale on Sunday will kick off Kentucky Derby week in the Bluegrass. A total of 121 horses, including seven horses in the latest round of supplements, have been cataloged to the auction, which will begin at 4 p.m. ET and be livestreamed on Keeneland.com.

A daughter of Mendelssohn consigned by Off the Hook, Agent, sped an eighth in :09 3/5 to post the fastest work at the distance Sunday at the opening session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, a session marked by increasing headwinds throughout the day.

Lord Miles closed on the outside for victory in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, and as a result, another son of Horse of the Year Curlin (by Smart Strike) has become a “talking horse” for the classics.

Un to Dream heads an outstanding field of eight older fillies and mares in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Beholder Mile