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Mandaloun favored in TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby Mar 15, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com Mandaloun prospered when adding blinkers in the Risen Star (Hodges Photography) The Road to the Kentucky Derby enters its most intense phase with Saturday’s $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2), the first scoring race awarding 100 points to the winner. The runner-up at Fair Grounds can also advance his Kentucky Derby (G1) aspirations by banking 40 points, while the third- and fourth-place finishers help themselves with 20 and 10 points, respectively.  The 1 3/16-mile Louisiana Derby f...

Photo: Casey Phillips / EclipseSportswire Following three points series races on the road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby, there has been plenty of movement on the leaderboard. One contender proved to be much the best on Saturday, another is good enough to qualify but still on the bubble, while the other two winners are not nominated for the Triple Crown. Let's jump in and start analyzing the leaderboard by looking at who's in, out, and who's on the 2021 Kentucky Derby points bubble after the Gotham Stakes (G3), Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and San Felipe (G2). Newly in When a top contender deliv...

Promising Baffert Trainee Life Is Good Headlines San Felipe Sponsored by: Life Is Good, by Into Mischief A winner of a Grade 3 stakes on Jan. 2, Bob Baffert's lightly raced Life Is Good heads an outstanding field of seven sophomores going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita. A key prep for the Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby on April 3, the San Felipe, which was won last year by Baffert's eventual Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic, will be contested for the 83rd time, with Baffert bidding to win it for...

Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Catalog Online Now Sponsored by: The catalog for the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up, which will take place Monday, April 12 – Wednesday, April 14, can be viewed online at www.tattersalls.com and will be available from Tattersalls and Tattersalls Representatives from Monday, March 8. A total of 168 high quality juveniles are catalogued for Europe's premier sale of two-year-olds in training which has produced a remarkable 49 Group and Listed winners in the last five years. All 168 lots are eligible for the new £250,000 Craven Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus whi...

Horologist Named 2020 New Jersey-Bred Horse Of The Year Sponsored by: Horologist winning the Beldame by three lengths under Junior Alvarado There's A Chance Stable, Medallion Racing, Abbondanza Racing, LLC, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Paradise Farms Corp, and David Staudacher's Horologist has been named 2020 New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year and champion older female by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey. Horologist started her championship campaign in California with trainer Richard Baltas and was ultimately transferred to the care of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott in...