Making her 35th career start and her first trip to Tampa Bay Downs, Blue Heaven Farm’s Starship Jubilee gave the fans what they wanted and put on a show March 7, taking home her 17th victory in the $225,000 Hillsborough Stakes (G2T). 

E.V. Racing Stable’s Water White rallied into Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) contention March 7 at Aqueduct Racetrack as she poked her nose in front at the finish line to upset the $260,625 Busher Invitational at 17-1.

When trainer Gregg Sacco gave Junior Alvarado a leg up on favored Mind Control in the $213,000 Tom Fool Handicap (G3), he told the veteran jockey to “ride his race.” Midway on the final turn, Sacco was wondering what he had done.

The winning team of Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler made it a three-peat March 7 when Combatant got up in the late stages to win the $600,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) at Santa Anita Park. 

King Guillermo ($100.40) pulled off a 49-1 shocker in upsetting Sole Volante and a large cast of 3-year-olds in the $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (G2) at Tampa Bay Downs on March 7.

Bob Baffert-trained Authentic kept his record perfect in three starts March 7 as he cruised to an easy victory in the $400,000 San Felipe Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.

Fourth in the 2019 edition, River Boyne came back to the $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (G1T) and ran down even-money favorite Got Stormy March 7 at Santa Anita Park, earning his first grade 1 victory.

Bivouac was already assured of being Darley’s hottest new stallion prospect prior to his Seppelt Wines Newmarket Handicap (G1) victory, but the manner of the performance only enhanced the brilliant 3-year-old’s on and off-track credentials.

JCA Racing Stable’s Trophy Chaser broke through in stakes company March 7 at Tampa Bay Downs and ran down favored King for a Day to win the $100,000 Challenger Stakes (G3).

Barney Roy stole the show March 7 at Meydan with an impressive win in the Jebel Hatta Sponsored By Emirates Airline (G1), as the track’s “Super Saturday” card played out without spectators due to coronavirus concerns.

Although Santa Anita experienced growth in race entries this week, topped by 114 horses and four also-eligibles entered for its 12-race Santa Anita Handicap (G1) card March 7, there are no immediate plans for a resumption of a four-day schedule.

Three Technique worked a half-mile in :48 4/5 for trainer Jeremiah Englehart, while Wells Bayou went the same distance in :48 2/5 for trainer Brad Cox. Both horses breezed on a fast track.

Gift Box, the morning-line favorite for the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) March 7 at Santa Anita Park, has been scratched from the race, which he won last year. As a stakes scratch, no reason was required to be given to the stewards for his withdrawal.

While the apparent top 3-year-old filly in California, Venetian Harbor, awaits an early April return, six other hopefuls for the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) are in the limelight in the $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park March 8.

Jockey Rafael Bejarano, a riding fixture in Southern California for much of the past 15 years, plans to relocate to Kentucky this spring to begin riding at Keeneland in April, according to his longtime friend and eventual agent, Julio Espinoza.

Sixty regulatory and official racetrack veterinarians from jurisdictions around the world participated in the third annual Regulatory Veterinarian Continuing Education Conference March 2-3 at Santa Anita Park.

Red Oak Stable’s King for a Day owns a singular distinction. In a tasty nugget of racing trivia, the 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo is the only horse that has ever crossed the finish line ahead of Maximum Security.

Each Saturday NTRA and BloodHorse provide a one-stop guide to the day’s graded stakes races, through capsule looks and entries. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern).