After winning the Feb. 14 Risen Star Stakes (G2) with Paladin, trainer Chad Brown strikes again March 21 at Fair Grounds by taking the track's richest race, the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2), with Klaravich Stables' Emerging Market.
Dual Louisiana-bred Horse of the Year Touchuponastar, who defeated 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Sierra Leone, among others, in the 2025 New Orleans Classic (G2), set a track record in notching a repeat victory March 21 in the $465,000 race.
Chester Broman Sr.'s Right to Party will look to punch his ticket for the Kentucky Derby (G1) in the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) April 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The Kentucky Horse Park will host a statue dedication ceremony honoring Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner, April 30 at 10 a.m. ET.
The Dubai World Cup meeting has received a major boost with the news that Calandagan has been given the green light to travel for the $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1T), despite the ongoing conflict in the Gulf region.
Fee, a half sister to undefeated 3-year-old colt Englishman, has been supplemented to the Fasig-Tipton March Digital Sale. Bidding for the sale opened March 19 and will close March 24.
Albaugh Family Stables' On Time Girl, a season-opening winner of the Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park, breezed March 20 ahead of a possible start in the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) for 3-year-old fillies March 28.