Stakes winner Extinct Charm will look to add another victory to his ledger Saturday's $100,000 Haynesfield Stakes for New York-bred 4-year-olds and up at one mile at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Ax Man & All Out Blitz head a field of six sophomores going seven furlongs in Saturday's Grade II, $200,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park. To be run for the 78th time, the San Vicente serves as a traditional prep to the Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 7.
In its 71st year, the 1 1/8-mile Suwannee River for fillies and mares 4 and older on the grass is one of the oldest stakes on the Gulfstream calendar.
Grade 1 winner Bigger Picture, 2017 runner-up All Included and South American Group 1 winners Hi Happy and Kurilov are among 23 horses nominated to the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf, the lone Grade 1 grass stakes of the 2017-2018 Championship Meet.
The Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs is a "Road to the Kentucky Derby" points race, with the top four finishers accruing points toward starting-gate eligibility for the Run for the Roses on May 5 at Churchill Downs.
Gulfstream Park gets the graded portion of its prestigious series of stakes for 3 year olds under way with the 29th running of the Holy Bull Stakes (G2). The Holy Bull gives points to the top four finishers that will help them earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate.
Headed by Jerry Hollendorfer's Shivermetimbers, Saturday's Grade III, $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes has attracted a field of nine Kentucky Derby hopefuls at a mile and one sixteenth, with the winner to receive 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points.
Take Charge Paula will put her two race win streak to the test as she returns to graded company in the first start for her new connections in Saturday's $200,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) - Race 10 at Gulfstream Park.
Trainer Graham Motion readily admits that he will derive special pride from saddling West Point Thoroughbreds' Untamed Domain for his 2018 debut in Saturday's $100,000 Dania Beach (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
OffTrackBetting.com will offer a Cross Country Pick 4 featuring two races from Gulfstream, one from Santa Anita and one from Aqueduct.
