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Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail. Find out their top 10 3-year-old Thoroughbreds below.

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AMERICA'S TOP 3-YEAR-OLD THOROUGHBREDS as of Feb. 12

Whenever the Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert enters a horse in a graded stakes race, I pay attention. When that horse has yet to win a race and, on paper, seems like an overmatched longshot, you can bet that I’ll be watching with extra interest.

Jose Ortiz, on a fast track to superstardom at age 24, has agreed to take followers of America’s Best Racing along for the ride this year by writing a diary with Tom Pedulla. Here is the first installment as Ortiz, expected to win the Eclipse Award as the leading jockey in North America, awaits the announcement on Thursday night at the Sport of Kings Theater at Gulfstream Park.

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. draws racing fans from all over the nation who come to witness world-class racing and enjoy a quaint resort town.

Such a trip deserves proper documentation. Here are five selfie spots and photo ops to check out during your visit!

The American Pharoah statue

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve passed through Louisiana and New York on Saturday, highlighted by the LeComte Stakes in the Big Easy and the Jerome Stakes in the Big Apple. Whether you were able to make it the races or not, there was enough buzz on Twitter to get the juices flowing and the mind drifting toward the first Saturday in May.

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