Plutarch stepped up with a game performance and delivered Bob Baffert a record-extending 14th edition of the Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita, prevailing by three-quarters of a length.

The Todd Pletcher blueblood scored an overdue first victory in the manner of a proper Kentucky Derby (G1) contender.

Overlooked at 12-1, Talk to Me Jimmy sped to the lead at the break and drew off spectacularly in Friday’s $200,000 Withers S., recording an 11-length victory in the Road to the Kentucky Derby Challenge series race at Aqueduct.

Desert Gate is the top draw in Saturday's Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita, a Kentucky Derby qualifier, and one of three runners from the stable of Bob Baffert.

The postponement and redrawing of the $200,000 Withers S. at Aqueduct yielded no changes in the composition of the field.

Originally scheduled for Jan. 31, the Southwest will now be run on Friday, Feb. 6.

Nearly passed his initial test on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in Saturday’s $267,500 Holy Bull (G3), winning the pace battle and the war in a romp at Gulfstream Park.

After a dull start to his racing career at Aqueduct in October, Nearly has dazzled in a pair of starts this winter at Gulfstream Park.

Co-owned by Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, Taken by the Wind seized the initiative at the break and remained unbeaten in Saturday’s $145,500 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds.

Chip Honcho will have to overcome a more challenging post position if he's to follow up his win in last month's Gun Runner S. in the $250,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday.

Strategic Risk took over entering the stretch and rolled to a 4 1/2-length decision in Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones, a Road to the Kentucky qualifier at Oaklawn Park.

My World made it 2-for-2 in stakes company in the $139,500 Jerome S. on Saturday.

Brad Cox relies solely on two-time winner Rancho Santa Fe in the 1 1/16-mile Smarty Jones, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep.

Balboa will be a vastly lower price in the $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep.

Express Kid defied the expectations of bettors to deliver a 34-1 upset victory in Saturday’s $300,000 Remington Springboard Mile S. at Remington Park.

The long Fair Grounds stretch ultimately worked in favor of Chip Honcho in the $100,000 Gun Runner S., run under the lights early Saturday night at the New Orleans track.

Iroquois (G3) winner Spice Runner tops a trio of Steve Asmussen-trained horses in Saturday's Remington Springboard Mile S., a Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks gets underway at Fair Grounds Saturday with the Gun Runner S. and Untapable S.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's record-extending 15th win in the $200,500 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Saturday came courtesy of Litmus Test.

Talkin enters the $250,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday with the benefit of having faced some of the better colts of his generation.