Horse Racing News by Staff

Team Valor International's Pluck, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf last November, heads a field of 10 three-year-olds in Friday's 23rd running of the $100,000, Grade 3 Transylvania, the opening-day feature of Keeneland's 15-day spring meeting.

Repole Stable's unbeaten champion Uncle Mo, who has yet to be challenged in his four career races, was bet down to 3-1 favoritism in the final betting pool of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

E. Paul Robsham Stables' homebred Travelin Man made his move to the lead at the top of the stretch and drew clear to a comfortable two-length victory in Sunday's Grade 2 Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Repole Stable's unbeaten champion Uncle Mo, who has yet to be challenged in his four career races, looms as a strong favorite when the third and final betting pool in Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens its three-day run on Friday.

Content to track in third under a ground-saving ride by Edgar Prado, the Graham Motion-trained Smart Bid was no more than a few lengths behind at any call.

Wahoo Partners LLC & Bret and Brereton C. Jones' Summer Soiree took the lead when the gates opened on Saturday's $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks

Godolphin's Khawlah became the first filly to garner the $2 million U.A.E. Derby at Meydan Saturday, outdueling Coolmore's Master of Hounds in a dramatic showdown between the world's rival Thoroughbred superpowers.

A field of 11 three-year-old fillies was entered on Wednesday for Saturday's $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks, the highlight of the Spiral Stakes undercard at Turfway Park, and the winner just may earn a spot in the starting gate for the May 6 Kentucky Oaks.

Starlight Partners and C.E. Glasscock's HILDA'S PASSION (Canadian Frontier) carried her speed to a facile victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Inside Information Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Daniel M. Ryan's homebred QUANTUM MISS set nearly all the pace in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct and had just enough left to hold the late run of Coax Liberty to score by a half-length on the wire.