Top older horses Accelerate, Hoppertunity, Mubtaahij and Giant Expectations head a field of eight older horses set to run a mile and a quarter in Saturday's Grade I, $600,000 Santa Anita Handicap.
The 23rd running of the Mac Diarmida Stakes for 4-year-olds and up on the grass is among nine stakes at Gulfstream Park on March 3, 2018.
The Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park 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.
Isabelle de Tomaso's Irish War Cry is scheduled to make his 2018 debut in Saturday's $100,000 Hal's Hope (G3) at Gulfstream Park, where the multiple graded-stakes winner registered a scintillating triumph in the Holy Bull (G2) last year.
Skye Diamonds and Selcourt head a field of six older fillies and mares going six furlongs in Sunday's Grade III, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes at Santa Anita.
The 2018 El Camino Real Derby is a race for 3-year-olds and serves as a prep race for the 2018 Kentucky Derby - the 144th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports.
Madame Stripes, Madam Dancealot, Insta Erma and Juno all rate big chances in Saturday's Grade II, $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes at Santa Anita Park. With the afore mentioned foursome figuring prominently, a field of nine older fillies and mares has been engaged to compete at a flat mile on turf.
JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest bank in the U.S, has begun approving credit card deposit transactions with U.S. licensed advance deposit wagering companies (ADWs).
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.