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Wonder Wheel, the 2022 Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Filly, is set to make her 2023 debut in Saturday's $150,000 Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

The Suncoast Stakes, a mile-and-40-yard contest for 3-year-old fillies on the main dirt track, is part of Saturday's 11-race Festival Preview Day card, headlined by the Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes for 3-year-olds at a mile-and-a-sixteenth on the dirt.

Both the Suncoast and the Sam F. Davis are part of a points system leading to Churchill Downs in Louisville the first weekend of May, with the Suncoast awarding points to the first five finishers toward qualifying for the Longines Kentucky Oaks on May 5 and the Sam F. Davis awarding points to the top five toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 6.

Points for both races will be awarded on a 20-8-6-4-2 scale.

Nine fillies have been entered for the Suncoast, with 12 colts and geldings entered in the Sam F. Davis. Two other stakes will also be contested Saturday, both at a distance of six furlongs on the main track: the $100,000 Pelican Stakes for horses 4-years-old-and-upward and the $50,000 Minaret for fillies and mares 4-and-upward.

First post time will be 12:25 p.m. The Minaret is the seventh race on the card, followed in direct order by the Pelican, the Suncoast and the Sam F. Davis.

Tampa Bay Downs trainer Aldana Spieth has entered Oldsmar-based Dreaming of Kona, the stakes-winning gray colt she owns in partnership under her Aldana Gonzalez Racing banner with sister and brother Lisa Ballou and Steve Ballou, in the Sam F. Davis. Spieth's husband, Scott Spieth, will ride Dreaming of Kona.

Here is the full field for the Sam F. Davis Stakes in post position order, with horse, trainer and jockey listed:

1. Worthington, Michael Maker, Pablo Morales;
2. Prairie Hawk, Saffie A. Joseph, Jr., Samy Camacho;
3. Classic Legacy, Bill Mott, Junior Alvarado;
4. Laver, George “Rusty” Arnold, II, Jose Morales;
5. Groveland, Eoin Harty, Daniel Centeno;
6. Classic Car Wash, Mark Casse, Emisael Jaramillo;
7. Dubyuhnell, Danny Gargan, Jose Ortiz;
8. Notah, John P. Terranova, II, Antonio Gallardo;
9. Champions Dream, Mark Casse, Tyler Gaffalione;
10. Dreaming of Kona, Aldana Spieth, Scott Spieth;
11. Litigate, Todd Pletcher, Luis Saez;
12. Zydeceaux, Ramon Minguet, Samuel Marin.

Mark Casse, the trainer of Wonder Wheel, sounded eager this morning to kick off Wonder Wheel's sophomore campaign in the Suncoast.

“She is ready. All systems are go,” Casse said of Wonder Wheel, whose actual birthday was celebrated Tuesday.

As he has in all five of her races, jockey Tyler Gaffalione will be aboard. Wonder Wheel won four of those 2-year-old starts, capped by victories on Oct. 7 in the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades and on Nov. 4 in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, both at Keeneland. She won the latter race with a dramatic, sustained rally from 11th place early, drawing away under Gaffalione to a 3-length victory.

Career earnings for the D. J. Stable-owned star are $1,550,725.

Casse, who has also entered Live Oak Plantation's filly Ticker Tape Home in the Suncoast, has been excited by Wonder Wheel's potential since she arrived at his Casse Training Center in Ocala last March. “We got her in the fall (of 2021) and broke her, and she acted like she was better than average early last year. But we really started singing her praises at Saratoga,” he said.

Wonder Wheel finished second there on Sept. 4 in the G1 Spinaway to Leave No Trace, who was second in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. But it was the way Wonder Wheel went about her lessons that most impressed her conditioner.

“Anything she does, she does it effortlessly,” Casse said. “She just amazes me how she trains. Most things other horses have to work hard to accomplish, she will do it easily. That is usually the first indication (of an outstanding racehorse).

“Tyler has loved her from the start,” Casse said. “Let's see where she goes from here, but she probably is the best 2-year-old I have ever trained.”

Casse does not expect an easy time of things; not by any means. The Suncoast field includes Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher's Julia Shining, who won the G2 Demoiselle Stakes on Dec. 3 at Aqueduct, and trainer Arnaud Delacour's locally based Opus Forty Two, winner here of the Gasparilla Stakes on Jan. 14.

Casse also has two entrants in the Sam F. Davis, Champions Dream and Classic Car Wash. Champions Dream, who closed fast to be second to Zydeceaux here by a neck on Jan. 14 in the Pasco Stakes, is “definitely a much better horse now than he was (then),” Casse said.

Gaffalione has the riding assignment on Champions Dream, as well.

Here is the full field for the Suncoast Stakes in post position order, with horse, trainer and jockey listed:

1. Wonder Wheel, Mark Casse, Tyler Gaffalione;
2. Opus Forty Two, Arnaud Delacour, Daniel Centeno;
3. Charlie's Wish, David Fawkes, Emisael Jaramillo;
4. Champagne Calling, Ian Wilkes, Julien Leparoux;
5. Dreaming of Snow, Gerald Bennett, Samy Camacho;
6. Guns n' Graces, Chad Brown, Hector Rafael Diaz, Jr.;
7. Fast Tracked, Arnaud Delacour, Angel Suarez;
8. Ticker Tape Home, Mark Casse, Antonio Gallardo;
9. Julia Shining, Todd Pletcher, Luis Saez.

There is little debate Dreaming of Kona is much improved since last seen here on Dec. 3, when he finished third in the Inaugural Stakes without threatening the top two. Dreaming of Kona returned to action on Jan. 1 at Gulfstream in the Mucho Macho Man Stakes, finishing a half-length behind Legacy Isle and being elevated to the win position via disqualification because Legacy Isle drifted out late, impeding Dreaming of Kona's momentum.

Back home, Dreaming of Kona settled in nicely before turning in a blistering 4-furlong breeze of 46 4/5 seconds on Jan. 18 with Spieth aboard, the best of 43 workouts that day at the distance.

“He galloped out very strong and was under a minute (for 5 furlongs),” Aldana Spieth said.

“He's doing very good now, and I'm looking forward to seeing how he has progressed (since the Mucho Macho Man). He was already very professional, but I think a lot of stuff clicked for him after that race. The shipping, the different environment, he handled everything well,” Spieth said.

“If he knew halfway what he is supposed to do at that point, he is probably up to 75 or 80 percent now. But he is still learning and enthusiastic about everything, and he is very focused. He loves to train and be out there and do his thing.”

Dreaming of Kona, whose career record of 2-for-3 includes his maiden victory Oct. 17 at Presque Isle Downs in his career debut, was named for Kailua-Kona, that portion of the island of Hawaii that has bedazzled travelers for centuries. Spieth said his different shades of coloring brought the rocky island paradise to mind, resulting in the colt's nickname of “Rocky.”

The nickname has evolved to have a double meaning, Spieth said.

”We didn't have any horses to go in company with him (during workouts), because he knocked them all out and they couldn't work with him again. So Scott joked that he was like (fictional prize fighter) Rocky Balboa.”

One thing is for certain: There are a lot of punchers entered in the Sam F. Davis Stakes whose KO prowess has yet to be established.

Saturday, then, is a good time for backyard brawling.

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Chester and Mary Broman's graded stakes-placed New York homebred Arctic Arrogance will contest graded stakes company for the second time in Saturday's Grade 3, $250,000 Withers, a nine-furlong test for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The Withers, which was rescheduled from last Saturday when live racing was canceled at the Big A due to high winds and extreme cold, is a prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and awards the top-five finishers 20-8-6-4-2 qualifying points towards the prestigious Grade 1 test on May 6 at Churchill Downs. Juddmonte's Jungfrau is the lone newcomer to the field, which includes all six horses who entered last week.

Arctic Arrogance, who is trained by Linda Rice, will be making this third appearance in a Kentucky Derby points race at the Big A. He looks to break through after valiant runner-up efforts in the nine-furlong Grade 2 Remsen on December 3 and the one-mile Jerome on January 7. He is currently 13th on the leaderboard with eight points.

Rice had previously indicated that Arctic Arrogance has proven to be a challenge to keep fit into his races, including the Jerome when he missed a scheduled work leading into the race. Rice said Arctic Arrogance has maintained good fitness through the extra week between races, working an additional five-furlongs in 1:03.22 over the Belmont dirt training track Friday.

“We didn't have any weather and didn't miss any works,” Rice said of the time between the Jerome and the Withers. “Obviously, we were planning on running last week, but with the cancelation, I breezed him before the weather hit us. It was not ideal and the schedule isn't perfect, but it is what it is.”

The son of Frosted displayed his talents on debut with a pacesetting one-length score in a state-bred maiden sprint in September over a muddy and sealed main track at Saratoga Race Course. He followed with a similar frontrunning trip in the seven-furlong Bertram F. Bongard in September at Belmont at the Big A against state-breds, finishing second to upset winner Jackson Heights.

Arctic Arrogance made his open company debut in the Remsen, where he set the pace under returning pilot Jose Lezcano and battled gamely down the lane with the victorious Dubyuhnell to come up a half-length shy of victory. He traveled in second position throughout in the next-out Jerome, finishing a half-length back of the frontrunning winner Lugan Knight.

Rice said she is hopeful a return to nine furlongs will benefit the grey colt.

“He ran well in the Remsen as a 2-year-old, so you would think at this point that the mile-and-an-eighth will be good for him,” Rice said.

Arctic Arrogance will sport blinkers for the first time in the Withers after wearing them for his last few morning workouts.

“Lezcano breezed him in them,” said Rice. “We felt with the blinkers, he went on by himself rather than being reluctant to leave other horses. It's going well.”

Arctic Arrogance will emerge from post 1.

Juddmonte's Kentucky homebred Jungfrau [post 3, Dylan Davis] makes his stakes debut for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott on the heels of a third-out graduation on December 31 at Gulfstream Park.

The grey son of Arrogate raced close to the pace throughout the 1 1/16-mile contest under Jose Ortiz before challenging Expect More from the three-quarters call and into the turn. The two continued to battle down the stretch with Expect More carrying Jungfrau wide at the three-sixteenths and crossing the finish line a nose ahead in a final time of 1:46.33. A steward's inquiry and an objection from Ortiz resulted in the disqualification of Expect More and Jungfrau was awarded the maiden-breaking victory.

The win came after two fourth-place finishes at New York racetracks, including his September 3 debut at Saratoga Race Course that was won by subsequent Grade 3 Nashua winner Champions Dream. Garrett O'Rourke, Juddmonte's General Manager, said Jungfrau has gained valuable experience in each of his outings.

“He's a horse that, at this stage of the game, you've got to step it up another notch,” said O'Rourke. “He definitely has been stepping things up with every performance, as 3-year-olds often do. I think professionalism alone will improve his performance. He's been to New York and Florida, he's been inside of horses and outside of horses. He's run green but he's had plenty of experience while doing all of that.”

Jungfrau made his final preparations on Sunday, breezing five-eighths in 1:02.60 at Payson Park Training Center.

LC Racing's Ninetyprcentmaddie [post 6, Abner Adorno] will look to notch his first open-company stakes victory on the heels of a game runner-up effort in the seven-furlong Parx Juvenile on January 3 at its namesake track.

Trained by Butch Reid, Jr., the Pennsylvania-bred son of Weigelia broke from the inside post in the field of eight under Paco Lopez and dueled for the early lead before settling in third at the half-mile call. He angled out down the stretch under strong urging from Lopez, but settled for second 2 3/4 lengths in arrears of the victorious Recruiter.

Reid, Jr. said that while the inside post hampered Ninetyprcentmaddie in his last start, he is confident Adorno can secure outside position with added ground.

“I have no doubt it hurt him last time,” said Reid, Jr. “Paco got him back outside and he made a nice second run. I look forward to getting him a chance to settle on the outside and see what happens. Going a mile and an eighth, he should be able to do it very comfortably and he should be on or near the lead.”

The Withers will be both the first start beyond sprint distances and outside of Parx for Ninetyprcentmaddie, whose lone stakes victory was a wire-to-wire 3 1/2-length score in the 5 1/2-furlong Whistle Pig against fellow Pennsylvania-breds in August. The bay colt's breeding suggests he should relish a stretch out, with his full-sister, Ninetypercentbrynn, earning all four of her lifetime victories around two turns for Reid, Jr.

“I think he'll handle it fine,” said Reid, Jr. “His big sister was a natural route horse. He's got a great head on his shoulders and a grinding way of running, so I think he'll handle it well.”

Ninetyprcentmaddie had his final breeze for the Withers on January 28 at Parx, covering a half-mile in 49.83 seconds.

“He had a sensational breeze the other day,” said Reid, Jr. “He went 49 and change and did it like breaking sticks. He came out of it real well.”

Mr. Amore Stable's New York homebred Andiamo a Firenze enters from a distant fifth-place finish in the aforementioned Jerome for trainer Kelly Breen. There, he stalked the pace under Kendrick Carmouche, but failed to fire after racing in the two-path around the turn, finishing 10 lengths in arrears of Lugan Knight.

Andiamo a Firenze is in search of his first victory since the Funny Cide presented by Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in August sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs against fellow state-breds at Saratoga. He scored the 5 1/2-length victory after a prominent trip under Irad Ortiz, Jr., notching both his first triumph against winners and his first stakes coup. That effort came on the heels of a third-place effort in the Grade 3 Sanford in July at the Spa and a debut maiden score in June at Belmont Park.

The dark bay son of Speightstown, who is a three-quarter sibling to multiple Grade 1-winner Firenze Fire, earned another stakes placing in October at Finger Lakes Racetrack when defeated a nose by Acoustic Ave. in the New York Breeders' Futurity. There, he finished one length ahead of the filly Stonewall Star, who exited that effort to win the Key Cents in November and the Franklin Square on January 22 at the Big A.

Frankie Pennington, who takes over the reins from an injured Carmouche, will ride from post 7.

Completing the field are trainer James Chapman and Stuart Tsujimoto's graded stakes-placed Prove Right [post 2, Jose Gomez]; Gary and Mary West's Hit Show [post 4, Manny Franco], who scratched out of the Grade 3 Southwest on January 28 at Oaklawn Park in favor of this spot for trainer Brad Cox; and Seacoast Thoroughbreds of New England's stakes-winner General Banker [post 5, Eric Cancel], who finished third in the Jerome last out for trainer James Ferraro.

The Withers is slated as Race 9 on Saturday's 10-race card, which also features the $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield for sophomore sprinters in Race 3. First post is 12:20 p.m. Eastern.

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Led by 2-year-old champion and three-time Grade 1 winner Forte, a total of 369 3-year-old Thoroughbreds were made eligible to compete in this year's Triple Crown series during the early nomination phase, which closed Saturday, Jan. 28.

Each of the 369 horses from the 2020 foal crop were made eligible through a $600 payment to compete in any leg of the Triple Crown series. The 2023 Triple Crown opens Saturday, May 6 with the 149th running of the 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The 148th Preakness (G1), its 1 3/16-mile second jewel, is set for Saturday, May 20 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. The 155th running of the Belmont Stakes (G1), the series' 1 ½-mile final leg, is scheduled for Saturday, June 10 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

The total early nominations rose by 18.2 percent or 57 horses from last year's total of 312. The nominees include a record 37 horses based in Japan, 16 more than last year's previous record of 21.

Forte, owned by Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable and campaigned by Todd Pletcher, is scheduled to make his 2023 debut in the coming weeks. The champion colt won last year's Hopeful (G1), Breeders' Futurity (G1), and Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1). Forte is one of 36 horses nominated by Pletcher to this year's Triple Crown.

Overall, 52 stakes winners were nominated to the Triple Crown. Some of the most notable: Arabian Knight (Southwest); Blazing Sevens (Champagne); Cave Rock (Del Mar Futurity); Curly Jack (Iroquois); Dubyuhnell (Remsen); Forte (Breeders' Cup Juvenile); the filly Hoosier Philly (Golden Rod); Instant Coffee (Lecomte); Newgate (Robert B. Lewis); Practical Move (Los Alamitos Futurity); Rocket Can (Holy Bull); Two Phil's (Street Sense) and Victory Formation (Smarty Jones).

Spenthrift Farm had 19 horses nominated to the Triple Crown that they are sole owners or involved in a partnership. They also bred two nominees.

Brad Cox led all trainers with 38 horses nominated to the Triple Crown including recent Lecomte Stakes (G3) winner Instant Coffee. Pletcher was next with 36 nominees followed by Steve Asmussen (13), Kenny McPeek (13), Chad Brown (12) and Hideyuki Mori (12).

Horses not currently assigned a trainer or horses under the care of any trainer suspended from competing in the 2023 Kentucky Derby have their trainer listed as “TBD.” For the Kentucky Derby, horses under the care of any suspended trainer or affiliates may be transferred to a non-suspended trainer and become eligible for earning Road to the Kentucky Derby points on a forward-looking basis so long as the transfer is complete by Feb. 28.

Early Triple Crown Nominees by the numbers:

· $3,550,000: Highest public auction purchase – Hejazi (2022 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale).

· $1,595,150: Highest earnings of an individual horse nominated (Forte). The other top earners (as of Feb. 3): Cave Rock ($748,000), Victoria Road (IRE) ($663,779), Dura Erede (JPN) ($633,186) and Private Creed ($618,913).

· $3,000: Lowest public auction purchase – Accident (2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale).

· 285: Number of Kentucky-bred horses. Other states represented are Florida (19), New York (19), California (5), Maryland (3), Pennsylvania (3), Oklahoma (2) and Texas (1).

· 161: Number of registered Bay horses. Other registered colors are Dark Bay or Brown (93), Chestnut (74), Gray or Roan (39), Brown (1), Gray (1).

· 125: Number of trainers that nominated horses to the Triple Crown.

· 39: Horses who were foaled after Kentucky Derby Day (May 6).

· 32: Horses foaled outside the United States. Other countries are Japan (24), Ireland (4), Canada (3) and Great Britain (1).

· 17: Horses produced by sire Into Mischief. He's followed by Curlin (15), Good Magic (14) and Justify (14).

· 2: Fillies nominated. They are Hoosier Philly and Julia Shining

Three-year-olds that were not nominated to the Triple Crown during the early nomination phase can pay a late payment of $6,000 through Monday, March 27. Payments must be made at the time of nomination on www.thetriplecrown.com or by calling (502) 638-3825.

Thirteen horses have swept the Triple Crown series: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah (2015) and Justify (2018).

The full list of nominees is available here: 20230206 NOMS LIST – Early Triple Crown

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Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4 is set to open Friday with Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (Grade 1) hero and champion 2-year-old Forte tabbed as the 8-1 individual betting favorite among the 39 individual betting interests plus the popular No. 40 option of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” who were not listed.

Pool 4, which features $2 Win and Exacta wagering, will open Friday at noon (all times Eastern) and close Sunday at 6 p.m. Fans can wager www.TwinSpires.com along with simulcast and ADW outlets from around the country.

The comebacking Forte, a three-time Grade 1 winner, is based at Palm Beach Downs in South Florida and has recorded three published workouts since his return to the track. Trainer Todd Pletcher reported the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) on March 4 is a possible target for Forte's next start.

Here is the complete field for Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (with trainer and morning line odds provided by Mike Battaglia): #1 Angel of Empire (Brad Cox, 80-1); #2 Arctic Arrogance (Linda Rice, 80-1); #3 Banishing (Brendan Walsh, 30-1); #4 Blazing Sevens (Chad Brown, 20-1); #5 Confidence Game (Keith Desormeaux, 50-1); #6 Curly Jack (Tom Amoss, 60-1); #7 Cyclone Mischief (Dale Romans, 40-1); #8 Determinedly (Mark Casse, 40-1); #9 Disarm (Steve Asmussen, 60-1); #10 Dubyuhnell (Danny Gargan, 30-1); #11 Eyeing Clover (Brad Cox, 30-1); #12 First Defender (Steve Asmussen, 50-1); #13 Forte (Todd Pletcher, 8-1); #14 Frosted Departure (Kenny McPeek, 30-1); #15 Funtastic Again (Wesley Ward, 30-1); #16 Game Change (Shug McGaughey III, 50-1); #17 Geaux Rocket Ride (Richard Mandella, 40-1); #18 General Jim (Shug McGaughey, 50-1); #19 Giant Mischief (Brad Cox, 30-1); #20 Gulfport (Steve Asmussen, 80-1); #21 Gun Pilot (Steve Asmussen, 50-1); #22 Hit Show (Brad Cox, #60-1); #23 Hoosier Philly (Tom Amoss, 50-1); #24 Instant Coffee (Brad Cox, 12-1); #25 Jace's Road (Brad Cox, 80-1); #26 Kingsbarns (Todd Pletcher, 50-1); #27 Litigate (Todd Pletcher, 50-1); #28 Mage (Gustavo Delgado, 50-1); #29 Practical Move (Tim Yakteen, 50-1); #30 Red Route One (Steve Asmussen, 40-1); #31 Rocket Can (Bill Mott, 30-1); #32 Shadow Dragon (Bill Mott, 60-1); #33 Shopper's Revenge (Steve Asmussen, 50-1); #34 Slip Mahoney (Brad Cox, 50-1); #35 Tapit Trice (Todd Pletcher, 20-1); #36 Tapit's Conquest (Brad Cox, 50-1); #37 Two Phil's (Larry Rivelli, 50-1); #38 Verifying (Brad Cox, 15-1); #39 Victory Formation (Brad Cox, 20-1); and #40 “All Other 3-Year-Olds” (2-1).

In total, there are 13 new betting interests in Pool 4 from Pool 3: Determinedly, Eyeing Clover, First Defender, Frosted Departure, Funtastic Again, Game Change, Geaux Rocket Ride, General Jim, Hoosier Philly, Mage, Red Route One, Shadow Dragon and Slip Mahoney.

Brad Cox leads all trainers with a roster of 10 3-year-olds in Pool 4 followed by Steve Asmussen (6) and Pletcher (4).

Jockey Luis Saez has ridden five Pool 4 entrants in their last start: Determinedly, General Jim, Instant Coffee, Kingsbarns and Tapit Trice.

Following Pool 4, there will be two additional opportunities for fans to wager early on contenders targeting the 149th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) on Saturday, May 6. Pool 5 will run March 10-12 and Pool 6 is March 30-April 1. The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5 on March 10-12.

As was the case last year, Pool 4 will assume that horses currently under the care of a trainer suspended from competing in the 2023 Kentucky Derby will not be under consideration. Instead, they will be included within the pari-mutuel field.

There are no refunds in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Should Churchill Downs officials determine during the duration of this week's three-day pool that one of the wagering interests has experienced an injury, illness or other circumstance that would prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby, betting on the individual horse will be suspended immediately.

More information, Brisnet.com past performances and real-time odds on the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will be available before the pool opens Friday online at https://www.kentuckyderby.com/wager/future-wager.

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