As part of her 2025 highlight reel, Nitrogen won four stakes on turf, three in graded company, before capturing one of North America's most prestigious races for 3-year-old fillies on the dirt, the Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
The 2026 Thoroughbred stakes season at Woodbine kicks off April 18 and ends in December. Notable races include the 167th King's Plate and Woodbine Mile (G1T).
Corbin Blumberg, director of racing and bloodstock operations at StarLadies, is heading the team as it searches for star power from among 816 horses cataloged for the March 10-12 sale that starts with an under-tack preview show from March 4-7.
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.