Topic: A.P. Indy

With 17 Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races settled in the past week, fields for the Nov. 3-4 Championships at Santa Anita are taking firm shape and a few trainers seem to have strong hands.

Pencil in another name somewhere near the top of the 3-year-old division as Saudi Crown slogged through Tropical Storm Ophelia to win the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby in a highlight of weekend horse racing.

Three-year-olds return to the spotlight in weekend horse racing with the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby and $1 million Cotillion at Parx Racing taking center stage.

Triple Crown contenders from 2020, 2021 and 2022 meet in Saturday's Grade I Cigar Mile at Aqueduct, on the same program as candidates for the 2023 Kentucky Derby, who run in the Remsen Stakes.

Nest and Spendarella sparkled in weekend races for 3-year-old fillies, promising 2-year-olds emerged from coast to coast and Breeders' Cup contenders were on full display.

The field is set for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, with Zandon set as the favorite and Epicenter Messier close behind on oddsmaker Mike Battaglia's morning line.

The field is all but set for the Kentucky Derby, with Taiba upsetting the Santa Anita Derby, Mo Donegal taking the Wood Memorial in New York and Zandon triumphant on a snowy day at Keeneland.

Classic Causeway jumped to the top of the Kentucky Derby candidates' leaderboard with an impressive win at Tampa Bay Downs, and another Bob Baffert-trained horse, Blackadder, won a Derby prep in California.

Four new Kentucky Derby prospects emerged on New Year's Day in weekend horse racing at Gulfstream Park, Aqueduct, Oaklawn Park and Santa Anita.

A brilliant holiday weekend of racing ended in a burst of fireworks Monday, with Gamine and Gufo posting convincing wins and First Captain bidding to join the ranks of top 3-year-olds during the summer at Saratoga.