Proving equally adept routing as sprinting, So Happy outfinishes favored Potente to win the April 4 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita Park for trainer Mark Glatt and owners Norman Stables and Saints or Sinners.

Storm's Wake and My Boy Prince earn their first graded stakes victories April 4, winning the Appalachian and Shakertown, respectively, at Keeneland.

With similar connections to 2025 Santa Anita Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism, Meaning takes the Santa Anita Oaks (G2) by 2 lengths, earning 100 Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points.

Albus scores in the final Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct for trainer Riley Mott and owner Pin Oak Stud.

Further Ado stamped himself as one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a dominating performance April 4 in the $1,237,813 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.

The Brad Cox-trained Eclatant noses out Grand Job in the April 4 Madison Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.

In upsetting champion Book'em Danno, Point Dume gives Bush Racing Stable an emotional first graded stakes victory as Bryan Bushey continues his fight with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Multiple Oaklawn Park stakes winner Haulin Ice was crowned 2025 Arkansas-bred Horse of the Year during the annual Arkansas Thoroughbred Breeders' and Horsemen's Association banquet April 3 at the Oaklawn Event Center.

It is expected that 60% of weighing room upgrades that were deemed necessary by the British Horseracing Authority will be completed by early May, once more racecourses have started their flat turf seasons.

Michael Blowen visits Bellamy Road, the Wood Memorial winner (then a Grade 1), record holder, and Kentucky Derby (G1) contender. He also shares stories from the stunning upset of the 2005 Kentucky Derby.