Horse Racing News on March 8, 2014

Making only his second start since a thrilling, last-jump victory in the Metropolitan Handicap on Memorial Day, Sahara Sky rallied from near the back in the final quarter-mile to capture the Grade 2, $251,250 San Carlos at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Experts thought Game On Dude had lost a step, but the gallant old gelding proved them wrong with a history-making third victory in the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap March 8 at Santa Anita Park.

Dogwood Stable's Palace Malice, on the shelf since an even sixth-place finish in the 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic, showed no signs of rust with a gritty victory in the $250,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap March 8 at the Florida racetrack.

Argentinian import Winning Prize streaked gate-to-wire in the $350,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita Park March 8, holding off recent Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap winner Lochte to secure his first grade I score in the U.S.

Testa Rossi overpowered 11 other 3-year-old fillies in the stretch to post a 3 1/2-length victory in the $200,000 Florida Oaks Saturday, March 8 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Stabled at Los Alamitos, a hotbed of Quarter Horse-style speed for decades, the three-year-old California Chrome demonstrated his own Thoroughbred twist on early flash with an electric score in the Grade 2, $300,500 San Felipe at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Top Billing, one of the leading prospects for the $1 million Besilu Stables Florida Derby sustained an injury during a workout at Payson Park the morning of March 8 that has knocked him off the Triple Crown trail.