This year's Santa Anita Handicap (G1) has an expected field of six after the scratch of probable favorite Skippylongstocking following travel difficulties.

The calendar had just turned to 2026 and Joyce Baker, the owner of Indiana Stallion Station, was already on foal watch, a process the Hoosier native expects to repeat about another 50 times this year.

Tyler Gaffalione earned the title after he won the Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3) aboard Lion Lake, the Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2) aboard Grand Sonata and the Honey Fox Stakes (G3) aboard Lush Lips.

Porter on Pedigrees

Main Line Stakes

City of Brotherly Love Stakes

Bob Baffert will saddle multi-million-dollar purchases Brant and Potente in the 1 1/16-mile stakes, which offers 50 Kentucky Derby points to the winner.

Hawthorne Racecourse, Illinois, horsemen hear encouragement but see no final action at a first hearing on the track's bankruptcy petition.

A grade 1 winner in 2025, Lovesick Blues is currently in Dubai preparing for the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1).

Westwood won the recent San Pasqual for the late John Shirreffs, and Vodka Vodka could give trainer Aggie Ordonez, also the trainer of Beholder Mile entrant Om N Joy, a big day.