A full field of 12 3-year-olds has been entered for Saturday's $550,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park. The 1 1/8-mile stakes is Turfway's main prep event for the Kentucky Derby.

Tampa Bay Derby winner Verrazano has been installed as the 7-2 morning line favorite for the third and final Kentucky Derby Future Wager of 2013.

General Election, winner of the John Battaglia Memorial, is one of 16 3-year-olds who are listed as probable for Turfway Park's $550,000 Spiral Stakes on Saturday, March 23.

Former Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra is progressing well to the treatment she is receiving at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital and has a strong appetite.

Week 3 of the NTRA Polls shows few changes among their respective Top 10s as Verrazano remains first in the NTRA 3-Year- Old Poll and Game On Dude leads the national rankings.

Canada's most prestigious thoroughbred race, the $1 million Queen's Plate, tops the stakes schedule at Woodbine during the track's opening half of its 2013 meeting. The stakes schedule was released Monday by Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG).

D. Wayne Lukas was the leading trainer in the United States (by earnings) for 10 straight years between 1983-1992. The venerable trainer also has four Kentucky Derby victories but the last one came way back in 1999.

Will Take Charge, winner of the Smarty Jones Stakes, captured his second stakes of the year at Oaklawn Park by defeating a stablemate in the $600,000 Rebel Stakes.

Tiz Miz Sue, ridden by Joe Rocco Jr., ran down the leaders to successfully defend her crown in Saturday's $150,000 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The 6-year-old mare covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.26 on a fast track.

As if he didn't have enough 3-year-olds on the Kentucky Derby trail, trainer Bob Baffert may have found another after an allowance race Friday at Santa Anita.

Odds-on favorite Caixa Eletronica battled for the lead and then ran away down the stretch to win Thursday's $75,000 Uncle Mo Stakes at Aqueduct.

The announcement this week of eight states from the Mid- Atlantic and Northeast regions of the country agreeing to have uniform medication and drug testing comes as welcome news to the thoroughbred racing industry.

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens will be in the saddle when Dullahan starts in the $10 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday, March 30. The jockey had the news on his Twitter page.

Fort Larned, winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Classic, is doing fine just days after falling at the start of the Gulfstream Park Handicap. The 5-year-old is stabled at Palm Meadows Training Center.

Champion filly My Miss Aurelia heads a field of seven older females in Saturday's $150,000 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has won the last three editions of the $600,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park and Saturday will send out Super Ninety Nine, against 10 rivals, in an attempt for a fourth straight win.

Although criticized for his ride aboard Animal Kingdom in last month's Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, Joel Rosario will be in the saddle when the 2011 Kentucky Derby champ starts in the Dubai World Cup on March 30.

Former jockey Ryan Fogelsonger will be one of four candidates who will audition next week as Pimlico and Laurel Park's on- air television host. They will be vying to replace handicapper and racing analyst Frank Carulli.

Horse racing regulators of eight Mid- Atlantic and Northeast states have agreed to institute a uniform medication and drug testing program. The agreement was lead by the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (THA).

Kentucky Derbvy contender Normandy Invasion will make his next start in the Wood Memorial on April 6 with Javier Castellano riding. Owner Rick Porter posted the announcment on his stable's website.

Time for a change at the top.

Wednesday will mark one month since former Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra underwent abdominal surgery at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky.

A dominating victory in last Saturday's Tampa Bay Derby propelled Verrazano to the top of this week's NTRA 3-Year-Old Poll. Santa Anita Handicap winner Game On Dude remained solidly in first in the National Poll.

Monday morning, former Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom had another workout heading to the Dubai World Cup on March 30.