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Three major Kentucky Derby preps came and went on Saturday. With those races came sweeping changes in the points standings and these rankings, and more of those are still in store with several 100-point races yet to be run.As a reminder, this list serves as a hybrid of sorts. If a horse has earned enough Derby points to make the field, he’ll be on this list. However, that doesn’t mean an exceptionally-talented 3-year-old without sufficient points will be ignored if it’s eyeing a race that could serve as a springboard to the first Saturday in May.

Article by John Gilmore: There were fireworks on the first day of the Arqana breeding stock sales at Deauville on December 4 with two G1-winning mares going through the ring for huge sums.

Empire Racing Club, Managed By Tom Durkin, Launches Third Season At Belmont Sponsored by: The Empire Racing Club (ERC) is fast approaching the launch of its third season, which officially kicks off May 15, 2021. Membership for Season 3 will be offered at a reduced price of $400 through the official re-launch date of May 15, 2021, with no further outlay by the participants, providing members with the racing and horse ownership experience without the pitfalls and costs often associated with the business. Membership for new and returning members will be $475 beginning May 16. In a depa...

Owners Of Virginia-Bred Or -Sired Horses Earn Nearly $300,000 In 2020 Bonuses Sponsored by: Mr. Buff scored a repeat victory in the Empire Classic on the Empire Showcase card at Belmont on Oct. 24, 2020 Nearly $300,000 in bonus monies was awarded to owners of Virginia-bred and -sired horses in 2020 courtesy of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association's (VTA) Mid-Atlantic Incentive program. A total of 57 owners, whose horses won at tracks in the Mid-Atlantic region, shared $299,574.75. The initiative is just one of three offered annually by the VTA. Almost $​​​1.8 million was awar...

Sponsored by: Trainer Rodolphe Brisset WinStar Stablemates Racing's Gulf Coast, stakes-placed in one of two juvenile starts, will step up and stretch out for her sophomore debut in Friday's $75,000 Cash Run at Gulfstream Park. The one-mile Cash Run for 3-year-old fillies is among three $75,000 stakes on the New Year's Day program along with a pair of five-furlong turf sprints, the Abundantia for fillies and mares 4 and older and the Janus for 4-year-olds and up featuring the 7-year-old debut of multiple graded-stakes winner Imprimis. First race post time is 12:05 p.m. Gulf Coast, a ...