Horse Racing News

Nominations are out for the four stakes races to be decided here on the weekend of Feb. 26, and the two most important names on those lists are not even in the most important race of that weekend, the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth.

Though Sweet Goodbye will have a home-court advantage over a quartet of New York shippers, her connections will be relying simply on her talent when she seeks a repeat victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap at Laurel Park.

Trainer Rick Dutrow has been suspended 90 days by New York racing stewards for two infractions.

Champ Pegasus will try to spoil Bourbon Bay's five-for-five mark on the Santa Anita turf course as the likely favorites among 13 entered in the Grade 2, $150,000 San Luis Obispo Stakes Feb. 19.

Uncle Mo, Mutuel field, horse, horse racing, Kentucky Derby Futures Wager Pool 1, To Honor and Serve, Dialed In, Churchill Downs

Fair Grounds was the site of Mission Impazible's biggest victory in last year's Louisiana Derby. After returning from the sidelines, the son of Unbridled's Song hopes to make another big score when he takes on Apart in the Mineshaft Handicap on Feb. 19.

Tapizar, one of the top 3-year-olds in California this year, has been diagnosed with a bone chip in a knee and is off the Kentucky Derby trail, trainer Steve Asmussen said on Tuesday.

Undefeated Uncle Mo tops the graded stakes earnings list for 3-year-olds that will likely determine the participants in the field for the 137th running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands on Saturday, May 7.

Rogue Romance,and Mucho Macho Man are expected to vie for favoritism Feb. 19 in New Orleans when they head a field of 10 sophomores named to Fair Grounds' Risen Star Stakes in the final local prep for the March 26 Grade 2 Louisiana Derby five weeks later.

Drosselmeyer's 4-year-old debut will be delayed while the horse recovers from a minor virus that infected him last week.