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Sponsored by: Spielberg Everyone came to play. In arguably one of the most competitive fields in its 83 editions, dating back to 1935 when it was presented as the Santa Catalina Handicap, Saturdays Grade 3 test for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles looms a major steppingstone to the Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby on April 3 and awards 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the winner, four to the runner-up, two to the third horse and one point to the fourth. Drawing an inside post with...

UPDATED 4:52PM, JAN 28 2021 While the launch of his stud career was not ideal, coming suddenly at the turn of the year following the key November sale season when breeders scurry to select mates for their mares, four-time Grade 1 winner Tiz The Law has made up for any early disadvantage just as he typically did on the racetrack. Even though he has been mostly confined to stall rest at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud near Lexington due to the bone bruising that precipitated his retirement, Tiz ...

Could Pasco, Gasparilla At Tampa Bay Downs Serve As Launch Pad For Future Sophomore Stars? Sponsored by: Bill Mott-trained Nova Rags winning his debut at Belmont Park on Oct. 10 The winner of last years $125,000 Gasparilla Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Tampa Bay Downs, trainer Mark Casses Florida-bred Two Sixty, added to her laurels in July with a front-running victory in the Grade 3 Selene Stakes at Woodbine. But it was fifth-place Gasparilla finisher Swiss Skydiver who just about...

Sponsored by: Into Mischief at Spendthrift Farm In “Making Claims,” Paulick Report bloodstock editor Joe Nevills shares his opinions on the Thoroughbred industry from the breeding and sales arenas to the racing world and beyond. Making predictions at the beginning of 2020 meant starting with certainty and taking a wild detour after COVID-19 changed the world. Assuming the distribution of the vaccine goes to plan and normalcy returns by the end of 2021, we could see the inverse. Re...