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Kentucky Derby, Commandment, Fountain of Youth, Class President, Rebel, Iron Honor, Gotham, Great White, Battaglia, Chief Wallabee, Soldier N Diplomat, Napoleon Solo, Solitude Dude, Blackout Time, Plutarch, Reagan’s Honor, horse racing, ABR

2026 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for March 3

This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2026 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not as strong as they previously were. In the fourth edition of this blog for the 2026 run for the roses, the focus is on what has changed since the previous edition on Feb. 18.

HEATING UP

San Felipe Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Santa Anita Park, Flashy Fritz, Start the Ride, Secured Freedom, Brant, Potente, So Happy, Robusta, jockey, trainer, glance, Baffert, O’Neill, Hernandez, Geroux, Blacker, Yakteen, horse racing, ABR

2026 San Felipe Stakes at a Glance

Saturday’s San Felipe Stakes Presented by DK Horse is the second of three Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve points preps held at Santa Anita Park, following the Robe

California Chrome, San Felipe Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Horse of the Year, America's Best Racing, ABR, horse racing

Stars of Yesterday: Looking Back at Best San Felipe Stakes Winners

Saturday’s card at Santa Anita Park includes the $200,000, Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes Presented by DK Horse. Some of California’s top 3-year-olds will square off in the final local prep race for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby.

Jockette Challenge, Puerto Rico, academy, jockey, female, women, apprentice, Sofia Vives, Dalila Rivera, Erica Murray, Carol Cedeno, Wilfredo Lozano, instructor, showcase, Katie Davis, ABR, Camarero, racetrack, horse racing, Ana Delia Velázquez

Jockette Challenge on March 8 Spotlights Women Riders in Puerto Rico and Beyond

Escuela Vocacional Hípica Agustín Mercado Reveron (EVH) is a famous jockey, trainer, and exercise rider academy, located in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico.

Patti Cooksey, Trailblazer, America's Best Racing, ABR, horse racing

Pioneering Jockey Patricia Cooksey Wouldn’t Change Anything

Any discussion of Patricia “P.J.” Cooksey’s trailblazing career as a jockey has to involve her boxing record, unsanctioned as those bouts were.

“I had three fistfights,” she said proudly, “and I’m 3-0.”

Cooksey was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and, with three older brothers to deal with, she learned to assert herself at an early age.

“They didn’t go easy on me or give me any breaks,” she said.

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