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Santa AnitaSaturday, Santa Anita, Race 5, Local Post Time 2:00pm PTThe G2 San Felipe Stakes, 1 and 1/16 miles, Dirt, 3YOBy Robert FinneganKentucky Derby Fever makes its way back to Arcadia for the Grade 2 San Felipe, to be run at a mile and 1/16 on the main track, with 50 Kentucky Derby points going to the winner.• TimeformUS PPs for the San ...

Saturday, Aqueduct, Race 9, Local Post Time 4:17pm ETThe G3 Gotham Stakes, 1 and 1/16 miles, Dirt, 3YOBy Jason PerlmutterWith only nine weeks remaining until the first Saturday in May, Derby fever comes to the rough and tumble neighborhood of Ozone Park, New York, home of Aqueduct Racetrack.  There, 11 three-year-olds will compete in the ...

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, Race 11, Local Post Time 5:31pm ETThe G2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, 1 and 1/16 miles, Dirt, 3YOBy Alan MannThe Grade 2 Fountain of Youth is the final prep for the Florida Derby, an actual prep (finally) for the Kentucky Derby.  It will be run at a mile and a sixteenth with a short run to the first turn and a ...

Sunday, Santa Anita, Race 5, Local Post Time 2:30pm PTThe G2 San Vicente Stakes, 7 Furlongs, Dirt, 3YOBy Jason Perlmutter The Grade 2 San Vicente at Santa Anita features a field of six colts who have raced a combined 15 times in their burgeoning careers.  This is the time of year when three-year-old thoroughbreds explode with regularity to ...

Sunday, Gulfstream, Race 12, Local Post Time 6:01pm ETThe G1 Donn Handicap, 1 and 1/8 miles, Dirt, 4YO+By Craig MilkowskiThe Grade 1 Donn Handicap will be run at one-mile-and-one-eighth on the dirt at Gulfstream Park.  The field of eleven is highlighted by 2013 Eclipse Award winner and Breeders' Cup Classic runner- up Will Take Charge.  ...

Saturday, Santa Anita, Race 7, Local Post Time 3:30pm PTThe G1 Las Virgenes Stakes, 1 mile, Dirt, 3YOFBy Jason PerlmutterThe G1 Las Virgenes represents the first significant Kentucky Oaks prep of the year for Southern California's new generation of three-year-old fillies.  That said, a mile at Santa Anita is a far cry from nine furlongs at ...

Saturday, Gulfstream, Race 10, Local Post Time 5:03pm ETThe G2 Holy Bull Stakes, 1 and 1/16 Miles, Dirt, 3YOBy Douglas SalvatoreThe Holy Bull is without question the deepest Kentucky Derby prep race to date. It includes a fascinating field of eleven led by 3/1 morning line favorite Cairo Prince.• FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Holy Bull Stakes• A ...

Monday, Oaklawn, Race 8, Local Post Time 4:38pm CTThe Smarty Jones Stakes, 1 mile, Dirt, 3YOBy Douglas SalvatoreThe TimeformUS Pace Projector indicates this year’s edition of the Smarty Jones Stakes will be run at a fast and contested pace. • TimeformUS PPs for the Smarty Jones Stakes• A Special Offer on Unlimited PPs for Bloodhorse ReadersThat ...

Saturday, Oaklawn, Race 8, Local Post Time 4:38pm CTThe Fifth Season Stakes, Dirt, 1 and 1/16 Miles, 4+By Douglas SalvatoreThe opening weekend feature at Oaklawn Park has attracted a large and deep field. Indeed, nine of the 13 entrants have earned in excess of a quarter-million dollars in their racing careers. • TimeformUS PPs for the Fifth ...

Saturday Aqueduct, Race 8, Local Post Time 3:48pm ESTThe G2 Jerome HandicapBy Douglas SalvatoreIt's very rare to see a Grade 2 stakes race in which no horse in the entire field has ever won so much as an ungraded stakes race. Moreover, the 7/2 second choice on the morning line, Scotland, is still a maiden and has never even competed at a route ...