Thomas Drury

In a wide-open edition of the GII Bank of America Valley View Stakes, it was Claiborne Farm's homebred filly Admit (Blame) who stepped up to the mark Friday, capturing her first graded stakes race under John Velazquez. After breaking her maiden in her third career start on the Tapeta at Turfway last December, the Thomas Drury trainee tried the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, earning placings in both the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes and the Bourbonette Oaks on the synthetic surface before switching to the dirt to contest the GI Central...

California Burrito (Army Mule) is the newest player on the 'Road to the Kentucky Derby,' earning 20 points with a gate-to-wire win in Saturday night's John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park. Shaken up for the lead from mid-gate, the 7-2 shot, who came off a 7 1/4-length win going just a 1/16th shorter on the local Tapeta Jan. 24, showed the way along the inside through fractions of :24.50 and :49.41 with 37-1 longshot Maitre D (Game Winner) keeping him honest to the outside and 2-1 race favorite Baby...