Horse Racing News on March 21, 2013

The 3-1 second choice on the morning line for the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes March 23 at Aqueduct Racetrack is 2011 Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, who won an Aqueduct optional claimer against three opponents Jan. 30.

Grade 2 winner Uncaptured will make his long-awaited return to competition on Saturday, but the Lion Heart colt has picked a tough spot to make his three-year-old bow in Turfway Park's Grade 3, $550,000 Spiral.

Pure Fun, winner of the Hollywood Starlet in December, gets her 2013 campaign started in the $100,000 Fathead Bourbonette Oaks as the 8-5 favorite in a field of a dozen 3-year-old fillies March 23 at Turfway Park.

Calidoscopio makes his first appearance since he scored a major upset in last fall's Breeders' Cup Marathon when he takes on seven opponents in the $100,000 Tokyo City Cup March 23 at Santa Anita Park.

Newsdad will attempt to become just the third repeat winner of the Pan American when the 1 1/2-mile grass fixture is renewed at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Nine rivals stand in the way of the five-year-old Arch horse, who will break from post 10.

Owner Mike Pegram and trainer Bob Baffert have another potential candidate for the Louisville classic in Govenor Charlie, one of two colts Baffert will saddle in Sunday's Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby over 1 1/8 miles.