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Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

The NTRA's National Horseplayers Championship is ready to reconvene in Las Vegas for the 24th time, with the finals set for Friday through Sunday, March 10-12. 

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will be featured at Tampa Bay Downs (G3) with a named race on the Tampa Bay Derby undercard March 11. The winning connections will receive a branded blanket and swag bag.

Woodbine Entertainment unveiled the stakes schedule for the 2023 Thoroughbred racing season at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario March 6.

Pennsylvania-bred Tappin Josie won her third race in a row, as well as landing her first black-type stakes for sire Anchor Down, when she dug in for a three-quarters of a length victory in the March 6 Society Hill Stakes at Parx Racing.

The 19-year-old son of Distorted Humor won four graded stakes as a racehorse and stood at stud in the United States, Australia, and Korea.

Maiden Watch: Feb. 27-March 5

Arklow, a familiar face across top North American turf courses for the better part of the past six years, will look to make a return to the track as a stable pony in 2023.

Rosemont's Anthony Mithen publicly attempted to persuade Coolmore to let Starspangledbanner return to Australia for stud duties later this year after a colt by the elite global stallion sold for AU$560,000 in Melbourne March 6.

The decision has been made to move the March 10 live race card to March 9 out of an abundance of caution, and in consultation with industry stakeholders.

Back in 2020, when the marathon was held in the fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paquette was supposed to run in the world-class event. But a horseback riding accident eight days before the race left her with a broken back.

Noffsinger is a third-generation horseman with work experience at tracks from California, Arizona, New Mexico, and most recently, in Florida.

An army bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion of a World War II bomb in the car park of Hereford Racecourse March 5. The Ministry of Defence said a 29mm Spigot Mortar, an anti-tank weapon, was found in nearby Aylesbrook Road.

Entries were taken March 5 at Santa Anita Park for an eight-race card Thursday, March 9, with first post time at 12:30 p.m.  

The 2022 Queen's Plate winner will return to trainer Kevin Attard's barn at Woodbine in April.

That trend continued March 5 as the son of Muhaarar took home his first graded stakes win, the $101,000 San Simeon Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park, pulling away for a 2 1/4-length triumph.

Steve and Denise Smith of Elements Racing along with John Ballantyne of NBS Stable are spending the remainder of their weekend on a high after a gutsy victory by Danse Macabre in the March 4 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park.

Faiza, a 3-year-old daughter of second-crop sire Girvin, who had his second graded stakes winner in two days, kept her flawless record intact with a convincing score in Sunday's $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3).

The appeal of I Am Invincible shows no signs of abating after a blueblood filly by the reigning Australian champion sire sold for $1.1 million on Day One of the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.

The 2022 Queen's Plate winner will return to trainer Kevin Attard's barn at Woodbine in April.