Horse Racing News on March 5, 2015

Zayat Stables' El Kabeir looms the one to beat in the $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack March 7.

Carpe Diem figures to face a stiff challenge as he makes his highly-anticipated 2015 bow in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby.

Dortmund, who many consider among the leading Kentucky Derby contenders, will take his next step toward the Louisville classic on Saturday when he faces a field of nine in the $400,000 San Felipe S.

Despite beating Horse of the Year California Chrome convincingly in the February 7 San Antonio, the once-beaten champion Shared Belief did not scare away many rivals for Saturday's $1 million Santa Anita H.