TOP STORIES: ANAK NAKAL SHARP IN BREEZE FOR ZITO ROUSSEL AUDIBLES, RECAPTURETHEGLORY WORKS MOTT EYES WEATHER FOR HIS DERBY DUO ADRIANO – Courtlandt Farms’ Adriano visited the paddock and starting gate before galloping a mile and a half under Xavier Aizpuru after the renovation break. read more

Charles E. Fipke's homebred TALE OF EKATI (Tale of the Cat) and champion War Pass (Cherokee Run) were both hoping to restore the luster to their tarnished reputations in Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial (GI) at Aqueduct. read more

Champion two-year-old WAR PASS (Cherokee Run), the 6-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1), arrived in New York on Thursday afternoon after a choppy and turbulence-filled flight from Florida. read more

WAR PASS (Cherokee Run) tops a field of 10 in Saturday's 84th running of the Wood Memorial (G1), and the 1 1/8-mile contest will serve as a benchmark for the champion juvenile. read more

Robert LaPenta’s unbeaten War Pass, the champion 2-year-old of 2007, stood as a solid 5-2 favorite among racing fans across North America when betting concluded on the opening day of Pool 2 of Churchill Downs’ 2008 Kentucky Derby Future Wager. read more

Robert Lapenta's COOL COAL MAN (Mineshaft) made a bold three-wide move approaching the final turn and held off a resilient Elysium Fields (El Prado [Ire]) in posting a half-length win in the $350,000 Fountain Of Youth (GII) at Gulfstream Park on Sunday. read more

Sunday's $350,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) is the first two-turn stakes race for Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls at Gulfstream Park, and the 1 1/8-mile event proved popular at the entry box with a dozen entries. Remsen S. read more