On Feb. 28, 2014, breeders Pam and Jim Robinson sprung into action to save the life of Unbridled Rage when the 19-year-old broodmare began to hemorrhage while delivering a healthy, leggy colt.

Trainer Todd Pletcher has proven three times in the past decade that he can ship in and win the $1,000,000 TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2) and this year he brings an intriguing duo of lightly raced, recent graduates for powerful owners. 

Delta Prince will be tested for class against Our Way and All Included in a grassy mile in the Appleton Stakes at Gulfstream Park, trying to follow in the footsteps of his half sister Royal Delta.

In just two short years in New York, 33-year-old Kendrick Carmouche has emerged as one of NYRA’s most consistent and well-rounded riders.

William Schettine’s Isabelle showed she could handle stakes competition with two wins in her last three starts. She now will see if that success translates to a higher level, when she faces a field of five others in the Top Flight Invitational (G3).

The high energy level Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (G2) winner Tapwrit has flaunted in recent weeks was on display March 31, when he tuned up for the April 8 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) with a half-mile move at Palm Beach Downs.

The 2014 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner Bobby’s Kitten will shuttle to Twin Hills Stud in New South Wales from Kirsten Rausing’s Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, England, it was announced March 31.

In an instant following the San Felipe Stakes (G2), Iliad went from a fringe Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) contender in the shadow of Mastery to the likely favorite in the April 8 Santa Anita Derby (G1).

The Southern routes to Louisville come to a climax April Fools’ Day, when Gulfstream Park and Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots each highlight their final stakes-studded April 1 programs with preps to Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Kentucky Derby.

Australian bloodstock agent Andrew Williams has been named Fasig-Tipton’s representative in Australia and New Zealand, beginning immediately.

Keeneland will continue its enhanced security measures for horses entered in the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G2).

With a relatively short turf prep race under his belt, Michael House’s Big John B will attempt to repeat his 2016 victory in the $100,000 Tokyo City Cup (G3) April 2 at Santa Anita Park.

A.P. Indy has a son out there whose own sons have yet to show their potential—and each of the most promising ones has his first foals about to race.

Two automatic entries in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be on the line April 1 at Royal Randwick in Sydney through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series.

U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, a Kentucky Republican and chairman of the Congressional Horse Caucus, introduced three bills March 30 that would make simple tax code reforms designed to encourage greater investment and participation in the horse industry.  

Multiple graded stakes winner Olorda will look to call upon her back class against a compact field of four rivals in the $200,000 Orchid Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park April 1.