Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott can dream of the first Saturday in May after his pair of participants in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) Feb. 6 at Tampa Bay Downs, Candy Man Rocket and Nova Rags, ran 1-2 in the Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifier.

Get Smokin finished off 2020 with his first graded stakes victory and a narrow loss in grade 1 company, and Feb. 6 the Get Stormy gelding continued his consistent roll by winning his 4-year-old debut in the $150,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3T).

Moonlight d’Oro, a daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, went from last to first to beat Kalypso by 1 1/2 lengths the $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

Fascinating Rock’s first black-type winner as a stallion came at Santa Anita Park Feb. 5 when his son Earls Rock took the $84,200 Baffle Stakes.

Bangkok was handed an opening quote of 50-1 by bookmaker Paddy Power for this month’s $20 million Saudi Cup after landing the Feb. 6 Betway Winter Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield for the second year running.

It may not have been the strongest running of the Neds C.F. Orr Stakes (G1), but Zac Spain is unlikely to let that worry him after he partnered Streets Of Avalon to victory in the time-honored feature Feb. 6 at Caulfield Racecourse.

Saguaro Row, a multiple stakes winner and graded stakes-placed daughter of Union Rags, is the latest entry to Fasig-Tipton’s 2021 Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale.

The New York Racing Association has moved the entirety of the Feb. 7 live racing program at Aqueduct Racetrack to Feb. 8 due to a winter storm slated to impact the New York metropolitan area throughout the day Sunday.

The Jockey Club of Canada announced Feb. 5 the finalists for the 2020 Sovereign Awards honoring Canada’s champions and recognizing their outstanding achievements in Canadian Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding.

No one can fault Leonard Liberto for running at top speed for cover at the slightest hint of lightning.

After beaten 16 lengths by Moonlight d’Oro when debuting in a maiden race at Los Alamitos Race Course Dec. 13, Moraz gets her chance for a do-over in the $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita Park Feb. 6.

Team D’s Miss Brazil, a fast 2 1/2-length winner at Aqueduct Racetrack Nov. 29, is heavily favored to score a repeat victory in the $100,000 Ruthless Stakes for 3-year-old fillies going seven furlongs Feb. 7 at Aqueduct.

The worst-kept secret of this season’s 3-year-old crop is set to spice up the Feb. 7 card at Santa Anita Park, as Bezos makes his long-awaited debut for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

Julio Canani, a successful trainer of Breeders’ Cup winners, died Feb. 5 at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena at age 83.

Hembree, claimed two starts back, took the Jan.1 Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2T) over the Santa Anita lawn in his last start.

After holding out from an agreement among California tracks, horsemen, and at least one ADW outlet that operates in the state, Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives Company has filed a federal lawsuit against the Thoroughbred Owners of California.

A loaded field awaits Bears Watching, a Karakontie (JPN) half brother to grade 1 winner Code of Honor, when he makes his debut Feb. 6 in a $50,000 maiden special weight at Gulfstream Park.

Swiss Skydiver, last year’s champion 3-year-old filly, recorded her first workout of 2021 when she breezed three furlongs in :37.53 Feb. 5 at Gulfstream Park.