Horse Racing News on April 3, 2014

Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks will see one filly trying to validate her past Grade 1 triumph and another looking for a return to the form that saw her win last November's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

A baker's dozen of sophomore fillies has been entered to go 1 1/16 miles over Keeneland's Polytrack on Saturday in the Grade 1, $500,000 Ashland.

Following a successful return to the races on March 7 after four months on the sidelines, Sweet Reason is now ready Saturday with the 119th running of the Grade 2 Gazelle Stakes.

If Samraat and Uncle Sigh were to give upstart Social Inclusion a little side-eye on the way to the starting gate for the $1 million Wood Memorial, you couldn't blame them.

California Chrome has handled everything easily so far as he approaches the toughest test of his career in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby April 5. Co-owner Steve Coburn could not be more confident in the upstart California-bred colt's chances.