Horse Racing News by Bloodhorse

Zayat Stables' American Pharoah continued to work in preparation for his 3-year-old debut the morning of Feb. 15 at Santa Anita Park.

A four-horse spill in the sixth race Feb. 6 at Tampa Bay Downs caused the death of one horse and resulted in four jockeys being taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for observation.

American Pharoah should be looking at a return to racing in March, according to trainer Bob Baffert.

Citing winter weather conditions, the New York Racing Association announced that live racing at Aqueduct Racetrack has been canceled Wednesday, Feb. 4. It is the ninth cancellation in 2015 at the New York track.

Zayat Stables' homebred champion American Pharoah, who was withdrawn from the 2014 Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile with an injury, had his first workout of the year Feb. 2, drilling an easy three furlongs in :36 1/5 at Santa Anita Park.

Due to severe winter weather conditions, the New York Racing Association canceled live racing at Aqueduct Racetrack for Wednesday, Jan. 28.

John O'Neil of Huntington Station, N.Y., topped a field of 606 entries to win the $800,000 first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as Horseplayer of the Year at the Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship Jan. 23-25.

Horse of the Year California Chrome breezed one mile in 1:41 2/5 at his Los Alamitos Race Course headquarters Jan. 25 as he moves ever closer to his 4-year-old debut in the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes.

Multiple stakes winner Acceptance, who is unbeaten in three starts for trainer Don Warren, and Tough Sunday, a horse who has overcome being born deaf and blind and abandoned at birth, headline a field of eight California-bred or -sired 3-year-olds.

Late-running Manchurian High swept to the lead on the far outside at the top of the stretch and kept going, pulling away to an authoritative win in the $100,000 Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes on Saturday Jan. 17 at Gulfstream Park.