Trainer Jena Antonucci has appealed a 15-day suspension and a $1,000 fine issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit after one of her horses, Bee a Queen, showed the presence of a controlled medication, lidocaine.
Always well thought of by her owners and trainer Chad Brown, Always a Runner surged late to win the $200,000 Gazelle Stakes (G3) April 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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.
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.
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.
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.