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Rock Your World Packs Stretch Punch To Snare Pasadena Stakes Sponsored by: Umberto Rispoli and Rock Your World win the Pasadena Stakes He may be green as grass, but that's where his promising future lies.  Rock Your World, who stretched out off an impressive debut, rallied powerfully late and left no doubt about who was best in Saturday's $100,000 Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita, as he prevailed by a widening  2 ¼ lengths under Umberto Rispoli at the Arcadia, Calif., track.  Trained by John Sadler, the 3-year-old colt by Candy Ride got a flat mile on turf in 1:34.39. A joint seco...

Sharp Maiden Winner Rock Your World Tests Stakes Company In Pasadena Sponsored by: Rock Your World, shown winning a maiden race at Santa Anita Fresh off a big first-out maiden score sprinting, John Sadler's Rock Your World stretches out and rates top billing among six sophomores going one mile on turf in Saturday's $100,000 Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Proven at the distance, Phil D'Amato's rapidly improving Irish-bred Cathkin Peak, a winner of the one mile turf Eddie Logan Stakes Dec. 27, and John Shirreffs' Red Flag, a disappointing fourth in the Grade 2 Los A...

Hyacinth Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse, awarding qualifications points on a 30-12-6-3 basis to the top four finishers. It is the third of four Derby points races on the Japan road. A dozen promising 3-year-olds have been entered in the 1,600-meter event, which will take place at 12:25 a.m. EST. The 12-race card at Tokyo also includes the prestigious Grade 1 Mile Championship, in which reigning Hyacinth winner Cafe Pharoah will make his 2021 debut. Who are the key contenders in the Hyacinth? And which horse(s) might we see compete in the Kentucky Derby 2 1/2 months from now? Let’s dig in and ex...

Mnasek dominates UAE Oaks A Kentucky-bred daughter of Empire Maker, Mnasek has earned her ticket back stateside after a dominant victory in Thursday’s $125,000 UAE Oaks (G3) at Meydan. But the Al Rashid Stables runner could make one more start in Dubai, if connections decide to take a swing at the Mar. 27 UAE Derby (G2) on World Cup night. Just as the UAE Derby offers a bonanza of Kentucky Derby (G1) points, so does the companion UAE Oaks serve as a qualifier for the Kentucky Oaks (G1). Mnasek picked up 50 points in her 6 1/2-length romp, extending her record to 2-for-3.

Bloodlines Presented By Mill Ridge Farm: Clairiere Displays The Winning Formula For Stonestreet Sponsored by: Clairiere races past Travel Column to win the Rachel Alexandra Stakes under Joe Talamo The prep races at the Fair Grounds brought out some of the bright prospects for the 2021 classics, and the winners of both the Grade 2 Rachel Alexandra and the G2 Risen Star Stakes are a filly and a colt marked for classic potential by their immediate antecedents. Stonestreet Stable's Clairiere (by Curlin) won the Rachel Alexandra and is by a Preakness Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic winn...