This first edition of the Odds and Trends column with J. Keeler Johnson examines run-up distances and how they impact races.

Letters to the Editor, March 12 edition of BloodHorse Daily

Illinois horsemen are represented on a committee of unsecured creditors formed to provide input to the Hawthorne Race Course bankruptcy proceedings.

Ciaran and Amy Dunne's Wavertree Stables reset the top of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sales standings March 11 with a $2 million filly by Nyquist (Hip 372), who breezed a furlong in :09 3/5. Boyd Racing bought her.

Jesse Aviles and fiancé Rylee Thomas of J & R Thoroughbreds are aiming to make it big with a Drain the Clock filly, Hip 595, at the Ocala Breeders' Sales March of 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale March 12.

A pair of progressive Ciaron Maher-trained 3-year-olds spearheaded the March 11 Inglis Australia Digital March (Early) Online Sale.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association hosted a sold-out Pedigree and Conformation Clinic March 9-10 in Ocala, Fla., at the Ocala Breeders' Sales complex.

Tami Bobo celebrated a lucrative pinhook at the March 11 session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, when an Into Mischief colt (Hip 416) she bought for $75,000 was resold for $1.85 million to Frank Fletcher Racing.

Coming off a fifth-place finish in the Forward Gal Stakes (G3), Mythical looks to get back into the winner's circle in the March 14 Any Limit Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said Nitrogen will make her next start in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 11 after a third-place finish in the March 7 Azeri Stakes (G2).