After winning the Essex Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn Park, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said Skippylongstocking would likely make his next start in the Alysheba Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs May 1.
The New York Racing Association announced that the 2026 start of turf racing at Aqueduct Racetrack will be moved back two weeks due to the impact of heavy snowfall in January and February paired with continued cold overnight temperatures in March.
Chris Waller and James McDonald teamed up for a spectacular day of racing March 21 at Rosehill Gardens, landing the Rosehill Guineas (G1), George Ryder Stakes (G1), and Ranvet Stakes (G1) to give McDonald an Australasian record 131 group 1 wins.
Powerful colt Guest House put a gilt-edged seal on his young sire Home Affairs' exciting stud career by delivering an immediate victory in the most important race in Australian breeding with his dominant Golden Slipper Stakes (G1) triumph March 21.