(Edited Santa Anita Park report)

ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita officials announced that live racing for Saturday has been canceled because of heavy overnight and early morning rain, which was expected to continue throughout the afternoon. The announcement was made at 9:45 a.m.

Ron Correll
Senior columnist
Tracksideview.com

The Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. didn’t attract any of the ‘top’ 3-year-olds on the West Coast, but the Grade 3 is worth $150,000 with $90,000 going to the winner. If any of the trainers and owners with horses in the Sham has Triple Crown aspirations, the $90,000 would go a long way to securing a spot in the starting gate on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs.

Graham Ross
Fair Grounds

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Circustown Stables’ Calliope Jane, always among the leaders, continued willingly when set down for the drive to be best by three-quarters of a length in Friday’s $43,000 six-furlong feature for accredited Louisiana-bred fillies and mares.

Penelope P. Miller
Tampa Bay Downs

OLDSMAR, Fla. – Don’t Forget Gil, who won last year’s edition of the Grade III Florida Oaks, will return to the Oldsmar oval to headline the field for the Wayward Lass Stakes Saturday. Don’t Forget Gil is a four-year-old Kafwain filly under the care of Mark Hennig for owner Alan Brodsky, and she will have the services of perennial Tampa Bay Downs leading rider Daniel Centeno.  Don’t Forget Gil was second by only…

(Edited Santa Anita Park report)

ARCADIA, Calif. – The intriguing story of Claiborne Farm’s star-crossed double classic winner, Swale, will be subject of a half-hour documentary on HRTV’s (R) “Inside Information” this Sunday, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST.

The special Swale documentary is the first unveiling of a new format for “Inside Information,” the popular show which has aired on HRTV since 2007.  It will now be presented on the final Sunday of each month, and concentrate…

Tracksideview.com report

Jockey Rajiv Maragh got his 1,000th career win when he rode Mint Maker to victory in a $25,000 claiming race on Friday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

Amy Gregory
Keeneland Association

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Reigning champion juvenile filly She Be Wild, and Las Virgenes Stakes (G1) winner Blind Luck headline a talented group of 109 three-year-old fillies nominated to Keeneland’s $400,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1), slated for Saturday, April 3.

Amy Gregory
Keeneland Association

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Champion Lookin At Lucky and Eskendereya, an 8½-length winner of the Fountain of Youth (G2), are among the 162 three-year-olds nominated to Keeneland’s $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G1), to be run Saturday, April 10.

Graham Ross
Fair Grounds

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Darley Stable’s Tizaqueena, heroine of the Grade II Distaff Turf Mile on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs last spring, will make her first start of the year when she heads a field of eight older fillies and mares in Saturday’s third running of the $60,000 Allen LaCombe Memorial Handicap at Fair Grounds.

Dan Silver
NYRA
 
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Because of snow and wind, live racing has been canceled at Aqueduct Racetrack for Saturday, Feb. 27. On Saturday, the facility will be open for simulcasting, and telephone and internet wagering will be available.