Horse Racing News on February 25, 2014

Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens its three-day run Feb. 27 at noon EST.

Four weeks after a memorable stretch drive in which Samraat just held off Uncle Sigh in the Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, those two New York-bred rivals will hook up again at the Jamaica, N.Y. track in the $500,000 Gotham Stakes March 1.

Veteran campaigner Strapping Groom, winner of the Forego Stakes over a muddy track last year, has been installed the 7-5 morning line choice in the field of seven drawn for the March 1 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Stonestreet's Teen Pauline seeks her first graded-stakes score and third straight stakes win March 1 at Aqueduct Racetrack, when she takes on a small but salty field of fillies and mares in the $200,000 Top Flight Handicap.