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By Lynne Snierson Florent Geroux and Shedaresthedevil – Courtesy of Churchill Downs/Coady Photography. Brad Cox, the reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer, has sent out the winner of two of the last three Kentucky Oaks (G1) with the mighty Monomoy Girl in 2018 and stakes-record setting Shedaresthedevil in 2020. Heading into this weekend, another pair of fillies from his powerhouse stable get the chance to climb up the leaderboard, solidify their spots in the starting gate on Friday, April 30, the day before the Derby, and give their conditioner even more shots at the Lillies for the Fillie...

Beautiful Gift, Moraz Square Off Over Oaks Points At Santa Anita Sponsored by: Beautiful Gift winning the Santa Ysabel under John Velazquez Separated by a head when last they met on March 7, Bob Baffert's Beautiful Gift and Michael McCarthy's Moraz will square off again as they head a field of five sophomore fillies in Saturday's Grade 2, $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks at a mile and one sixteenth. In addition to first prize of $240,000, the Santa Anita Oaks winner will receive 100 Kentucky Oaks qualifying points, with 40, 20 and 10 points to the next three finishers. The Grade 1 Kentucky...

Unbeaten Prevalence, Withers Winner Risk Taking Loom Large In Wood Memorial Sponsored by: Prevalence working at Palm Meadows Unbeaten Prevalence and Grade 3 Withers-winner Risk Taking highlight a strong field for Saturday's 96th running of the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino for sophomores going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct Racetrack. The nine-furlong two-turn contest is the final local qualifier for the Grade 1, $3 million Kentucky Derby on May 1 at Churchill Downs and awards 100-40-20-10 qualifying points to the top-four finishers. The Wood Memorial, ...

Violence Colt, Munnings Filly Top OBS March Sale’s First Session Sponsored by: A colt by Violence and a filly by Munnings each brought $550,000 to top the first session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. Hip No. 48, a son of Violence consigned by Kirkwood Stables, Agent went to Spendthrift Farm LLC. The dark bay or brown colt, whose eighth in :9 4/5 was co-fastest at the distance at Thursday's Under Tack session, is out of Lemon Belle, by Lemon Drop Kid, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Unrivaled Belle. Hip No. 216, a daughter of Munn...

Concert Tour leads the field all the way in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park on March 13, winning by 4 ¼ lengths under Joel Rosario. (Eclipse Sportswire) It’s hard to believe, but even in this COVID-19 winter the calendar keeps turning and the final round of preps for the 2021 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is already upon us with the Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby set for Saturday. The Louisiana Derby is the first prep to offer 100 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the winner. Since the last edition of this blog in mid-February, Derby contenders have climbed aboard (or fa...