Smith and Baze share the Jockey of the Week title this week. Smith won the Santa Anita Derby (G1) with So Happy, while journeyman Tyler Baze hit a career milestone with his 3,000th Thoroughbred win.
In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Gun Runner signaled that his current classic crop has the potential to carry him into the leading sire fight, highlighted by Further Ado dominating the Blue Grass Stakes (G1).
The 4-year-old British-bred daughter of Ten Sovereigns comes into the Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) off a three-race win streak in graded stakes, including the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1T) last fall at Keeneland.
Day 2 of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale featured three horses tying for the fastest quarter mile of the day, going in :20 4/5. This was after the proceedings were delayed two hours due to rain.
The 20 points offered in the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland are insufficient for the winner to reach the 50+ points needed for the Kentucky Derby (G1). The 1 1/16-mile race could uncover potential Preakness (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) candidates.
Former racehorse The Player is one of the newest attractions at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington—a role that is a perfect fit for the personable Thoroughbred. With limited success as a sire, he was gelded and sent to the the Kentucky Horse Park.
After solid efforts from the first three under the wire in the March 7 Azeri Stakes (G2), those fillies and mares meet again in the April 11 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park.