Favorite Iron Honor is a major contender in the Gotham Stakes, contested as a one-turn mile at Aqueduct. Balboa is a live longshot. The winner will receive 50 qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby starting gate.
BloodHorse news editor Byron King reviews Great White's victory in the Feb. 21 John Battaglia Stakes at Turfway Park, and a Feb. 19 allowance win from Reagan's Honor at Fair Grounds.
Becoming the first jockey to exceed $3 million in mount earnings at Delta Downs since the track opened in 1973, Vicente Del Cid ran away with the leading rider title.
While the 3-year-olds competing in the Davona Dale Stakes (G2) for fillies and the open Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) figure to draw the most eyes to the Feb. 28 Gulfstream Park card, the day's other seven stakes also bring plenty of star power.
South Australian nursery Kambula Stud will present its entire 2026 yearling crop at the upcoming Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, held March 1-3, marking a significant strategic shift for the family-run operation.
With four wins in five starts, Albaugh Family Stables homebred On Time Girl aims to keep rolling as she will stretch out to a mile in the $225,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) Feb. 28 at Gulfstream Park.
A relatively quiet weekend of racing, in terms of stakes action, led to little change in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's polls released Feb. 24, but that is likely to change this weekend.