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2026 Santa Anita Oaks at a Glance

The $200,000 Santa Anita Oaks Presented by Surfside is the marquee race for 3-year-old fillies as Santa Anita Park and a key Southern California steppingstone to the Longines Kentucky Oaks, offering 200 qualifying points on a 100-5-25-15-10 scale to the top five finishers.

Triple Crown Turning Point: Tenacity Allowed Assault to Overcome Early Adversity

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines courage as “the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.” We see human examples of this each time jockeys guide thousand-pound Thoroughbred dynamos from the explosion of the starting gate to the rush for the finish line.

Ashland Stakes, Keeneland, Kentucky Oaks, glance, Nycon, Percy’s Bar, Zany, French Friction, Omaha Bay, Hollybygolly, Star Actress, jockey, trainer, Casse, Colebrook, Beckman, Pletcher, Ortiz, Gaffalione, Wilkes, Brisset, Mott, horse racing, ABR

2026 Ashland Stakes at a Glance

The first Friday in May at Churchill Downs will be in focus on the first Friday in April at Keeneland as the opening-day Central Bank Ashland Stakes at the Lexington track will add some clarity to the Longines Kentucky Oaks outlook.

Cheat Sheet, Wood Memorial Stakes, Aqueduct, Kentucky Derby, Napoleon Solo, Talk to Me Jimmy, Right to Party, Steel, Ocelli, Minorinconveience, Albus, Courting, Bravaro, Red Zone Runner, Ottinho, Buetane, Iron Honor, ABR

2026 Wood Memorial Stakes Cheat Sheet

The final Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by Resorts World Casino ever to be held at Aqueduct is set for Saturday, and a very competitive field is lined up to vie for 200 qualifying points to the May 2 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve.

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2026 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for March 31

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 seventh edition of this blog for the 2026 run for the roses, the focus is on what has changed since the previous edition on March 24. This week proved a tough judgment call for the top three slots.

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