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Sixteen months after the cancer diagnosis, Gold won his first Grade 1 with the Brad Cox-trained Cyberknife taking Oaklawn’s Arkansas Derby.

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.

After spending the early part of his first full U.S. winter at his Maryland home base, standout teenage apprentice jockey Jeiron Barbosa is enjoying some time in the sun this week – in more ways than one.

“It hasn’t been easy for me – I’ve had a lot of injuries – but that’s what makes every win worth it,” said Alvarado.

You’ll likely be seeing a lot more of jockey Kazushi Kimura in the coming weeks of the Classic Meet at Santa Anita. After a relatively slow start to the stand, things have started to pick up for the reigning champion jockey in Canada.

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s multiple Grade 1 winner Forte, a finalist expected to be named champion 2-year-old male of 2022, has begun stepping up preparations for his expected sophomore debut in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) March 4 at Gulfstream Park.

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.

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Post time is 10:50 a.m., with the McKnight carded as Race 9 with a 3:01 p.m. post time. NBC will provide live national coverage

A scintillating bay flash from off the pace, Irish-bred Duvet Day exploded through the lane to win Saturday’s $100,000 Astra Stakes at Santa Anita by 1 ¼ lengths as Japanese jockey Kazushi Kimura notched his second stakes win of the meet.