Splendora Wins Season Debut in D. Wayne Lukas Stakes(2/8/2026)-Splendora’s return to the races after winning the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) is a winning one in the Feb. 7 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
Plutarch Gives Baffert 14th Robert B. Lewis Victory(2/8/2026)-Plutarch, who had placed in three stakes, including two on the turf, proved best of Bob Baffert’s three entrants and defeated Intrepido to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.
Maysam Highlights Strong Hill 'n' Dale Offering(2/8/2026)-Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa strides into the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale with a large draft, featuring quality from top to bottom. Among those entries is 2025 Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3) winner Maysam.
Baffert Wins Eighth Consecutive Bob Lewis, Into Mischief’s Plutarch Gets More Derby Points(2/7/2026)-Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael B. Tabor’s Plutarch (c, 3, Into Mischief–Stellar Wind, by Curlin) was bred to be a star–he is out of 2015’s champion 3-year-old filly turned $6-million Keeneland-topping mare Stellar Wind–and he made good on that promise Saturday in the $101,000 GIII Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita. The…
Oaklawn Park Bans Trainer Mason(2/7/2026)-According to a Paulick Report story, trainer Ingrid Mason has been banned from Oaklawn Park for five years and is being investigated by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, the enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
Court Orders Release of Sands of Mali Certificates(2/7/2026)-Steve Parkin has been compelled by the Irish High Court to release covering certificates for mares in foal to Sands of Mali after the owner had blocked the process as part of his dispute with his former racing and bloodstock adviser Joe Foley.
Renegade, Zany Victorious in Preps at Tampa Bay Downs(2/7/2026)-Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher continued his supremacy in the $210,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) prep for a record-extending eighth time with 2025 Remsen Stakes (G2) runner-up Renegade.
Kentucky Derby Hopeful Blackout Time Pointed to Rebel(2/7/2026)-2025 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) runner-up Blackout Time is targeting the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) March 1 at Oaklawn Park for his 3-year-old debut, co-owner Lance Gasaway said Feb. 7
Strauss Earns Landmark Victory in Abu Dhabi Gold Cup(2/7/2026)-History was made at the Abu Dhabi Gold Cup Feb. 7 as Japanese runner Strauss delivered a landmark victory, under rider Joao Moreira and for trainer Ryo Takei.