OUT OF THE GATE

SANTA ANITA LEADERS Through Thursday JOCKEYS / WINS

Juan Hernandez / 39 Frankie Dettori / 18

Edwin Maldonado / 14 Three tied / 13

TRAINERS / WINS

Bob Baffert / 19

Doug O’Neill / 18

Philip D’Amato / 15

Steve Knapp / 12

Mark Glatt / 11

DOWN THE STRETCH

• Trainer Bob Baffert will send out two horses — Country Grammer and Taiba — in Saturday’s $20 million Saudi Cup. The race is scheduled to begin at 9:35 a.m. and will be televised by Fox Sports 2 and FanDuel TV. Country Grammer is coming off a victory in the Grade II San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26. He’ll break from the No. 2post in the 13-horse field and be ridden by Frankie Dettori. Taiba, winner of the Grade I Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26 in his most recent start, drew the No. 10post and will be ridden by Mike Smith.

• A field of 11, headlined by 2-1 morning-line favorite Verifying, was entered for

Saturday’s $1 million Grade II Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The Rebel, at 1 1⁄16 miles, serves as the major steppingstone to the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby on April 1. Reincarnate, transferred from the Baffert barn to the Tim Yakteen stable in order to earn Kentucky Derby qualifying points, is the third choice at 7-2 and will be ridden by John Velazquez. Baffert is barred by Churchill Downs from running in the Derby because Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone after winning the 2021 Derby and later was disqualified.

• Santa Anita will card additional races March 3-5 to make up for this weekend’s cancellations because of forecasts of heavy rain. In addition, track management has added a make-up day of racing on Thursday, March 9. Blizzard warnings have been issued for the San Gabriel Mountains, with snowfall expected at the 1,000-foot level. Santa Anita had already postponed Friday’s card because of the extreme weather forecast, but decided Wednesday to include Saturday and Sunday as well.

PGA-HONDA CLASSIC

At PGA National Golf Champion Course at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse:

Yardage:

$8.4 million

7,125;

Leaderboard

First round

7,393;

par:

$1.7 million

6,576;

Par:

Club

70

Partial first round (susp. darkness)

Joseph Bramlett ......................... 32-33—65 Billy Horschel .............................. 32-33—65 Pierceson Coody ........................ 33-33—66 Justin Suh .................................... 33-33—66 Ryan Brehm ................................ 33-34—67 Eric Cole ...................................... 33-34—67 Tyler Duncan .............................. 34-33—67 Sungjae Im .................................. 32-35—67 Adrian Meronk ........................... 33-34—67 Adam Schenk ............................. 34-33—67 Ben Taylor ................................... 34-33—67 Matt Wallace .............................. 35-32—67 Christiaan Bezuidenhout ......... 34-34—68 Tyler Collet ................................. 34-34—68 Jason Dufner .............................. 34-34—68 Will Gordon ................................. 32-36—68 Tano Goya ................................... 33-35—68 Harry Hall .................................... 32-36—68 Zach Johnson ............................. 34-34—68 Seonghyeon Kim ....................... 34-34—68 Min Woo Lee .............................. 34-34—68 Shane Lowry .............................. 34-34—68 Geoff Ogilvy ............................... 33-35—68 Kyle Stanley ................................ 36-32—68 Martin Trainer ........................... 33-35—68 Hayden Buckley .......................... 37-32—69 Brice Garnett ............................. 35-34—69 Ryan Gerard ............................... 35-34—69 Michael Gligic ............................ 36-33—69 Ben Griffin .................................. 34-35—69 Chesson Hadley ......................... 36-33—69 Paul Haley .................................. 33-36—69 Scott Harrington ....................... 36-33—69 J.B. Holmes ................................. 35-34—69 Mark Hubbard ........................... 35-34—69 Chris Kirk .................................... 34-35—69 David Lingmerth ........................ 35-34—69 Ben Martin ................................. 34-35—69 Brandon Matthews .................... 32-37—69 Andrew Novak ........................... 35-34—69 Taylor Pendrith .......................... 34-35—69 Cameron Percy .......................... 35-34—69 Sepp Straka ................................ 34-35—69 Kevin Tway ................................. 33-36—69 Jhonattan Vegas ....................... 35-34—69 Danny Willett ............................. 33-36—69 Aaron Wise .................................. 32-37—69 Tyson Alexander ........................ 34-36—70 Byeong Hun An ........................... 32-38—70 Ryan Armour ............................... 34-36—70 Jonathan Byrd ............................. 33-37—70 Greg Chalmers ........................... 35-35—70 Fabian Gomez ............................. 33-37—70 Peter Malnati .............................. 36-34—70 Augusto Nunez ........................... 36-34—70 Chad Ramey ................................ 36-34—70 Adam Svensson .......................... 37-33—70 Carl Yuan ..................................... 34-36—70 Aaron Baddeley .......................... 36-35—71 Zac Blair ....................................... 33-38—71 Trevor Cone ................................. 35-36—71 Ben Crane .................................... 34-37—71 Luke Donald ................................ 37-34—71 Brett Drewitt ............................... 36-35—71 Dylan Frittelli .............................. 34-37—71 Cody Gribble ............................... 35-36—71 Jim Herman ................................. 38-33—71 Kramer Hickok ............................ 37-34—71 Lee Hodges ................................. 35-36—71 Charley Hoffman ........................ 35-36—71 Stephan Jaeger ........................... 35-36—71 Kelly Kraft ................................... 35-36—71 Adam Long .................................. 36-35—71 Davis Riley ................................... 34-37—71 Rory Sabbatini ............................ 37-34—71 Webb Simpson ............................ 34-37—71 Brandon Wu ................................ 37-34—71 Anders Albertson ....................... 38-34—72 Kevin Chappell ............................ 37-35—72 Cameron Davis ........................... 35-37—72 Harrison Endycott ..................... 35-37—72 Brian Gay ..................................... 35-37—72 Bill Haas ....................................... 33-39—72 Nick Hardy ................................... 35-37—72 Padraig Harrington .................... 36-36—72 Harry Higgs ................................. 36-36—72 Michael Kim ................................ 38-34—72 Seung-Yul Noh ............................ 34-38—72 HenrikNorlander ....................... 37-35—72 Vincent Norrman ....................... 35-37—72 Ryan Palmer ................................ 37-35—72 AaronRai ...................................... 38 -34—72 Doc Redman ................................ 34-38—72 Kevin Roy ..................................... 36-36—72 Robert Streb ............................... 36-36—72 Chris Stroud ................................ 35-37—72 Jonas Blixt ................................... 36-37—73 Austin Cook ................................. 37-36—73 Sung Kang ................................... 38-35—73 William McGirt ........................... 35-38—73 Max McGreevy ........................... 37-36—73 Ryan Moore ................................. 36-37—73 J.T. Poston ................................... 36-37—73 Robby Shelton ............................ 36-37—73 Greyson Sigg ............................... 37-36—73 Brian Stuard ................................ 37-36—73 Arjun Atwal ................................. 35-39—74 Parker Coody .............................. 34-40—74 MJ Daffue .................................... 35-39—74 Austin Eckroat ............................ 35-39—74 Harris English ............................. 39-35—74 Andrew Landry ........................... 36-38—74 Grayson Murray ......................... 35-39—74 Sean O’Hair ................................. 36-38—74 Matthias Schmid ........................ 40-34—74 Jimmy Walker .............................. 37-37—74 Garrick Higgo .............................. 37-38—75 Russell Knox ................................ 37-38—75 Satoshi Kodaira .......................... 38-37—75 Matt Kuchar ................................ 35-40—75 Denny McCarthy ........................ 38-37—75 Matthias Schwab ....................... 38-37—75 Callum Tarren ............................. 39-36—75 Richy Werenski ........................... 36-39—75 Scott Brown ................................ 37-39—76 Thomas Detry ............................. 39-37—76 Andrew Kozan ............................ 40-36—76 Hank Lebioda .............................. 37-39—76 Kyle Westmoreland ................... 37-39—76 Brent Grant ................................. 36-41—77 Erik Van Rooyen ......................... 37-40—77 Camilo Villegas .......................... 39-41—80

Joseph Bramlett ............................ -5 Billy Horschel ................................. -5 Carson Young ................................ -4 Pierceson Coody ........................... -4 Justin Suh ....................................... -4 Ryan Brehm .................................... -3 Eric Cole .......................................... -3 Tyler Duncan .................................. -3 Sungjae Im ..................................... -3 Adrian Meronk ............................... -3 Adam Schenk ................................. -3 Ben Taylor ....................................... -3 Matt Wallace ................................. -3

HONDA LPGA THAILAND

At Pattaya Old Course, Chon Buri, Thailand

Purse:

Yardage:

72

DP WORLD TOURHERO INDIAN OPEN

Score, through

Jaravee Boonchant ............... 32-33—65 Nasa Hataoka ........................ 32-33—65 JenniferKupcho .................... 33-32—65 Xiyu Lin ................................... 30-35—65 AnnaNordqvist ..................... 32-33—65 Jenny Shin .............................. 34-32—66 Maja Stark .............................. 32-34—66 Lilia Vu .................................... 31-35—66 Georgia Hall ........................... 34-33—67 Hyo Joo Kim ............................ 33-34—67 Frida Kinhult .......................... 33-34—67 Leona Maguire ....................... 34-33—67 Emily Pedersen ...................... 34-33—67 Yuka Saso ............................... 32-35—67 Atthaya Thitikul .................... 33-34—67 Natthakritta Vongtaveelap.34-33—67 Na Rin An ................................ 32-36—68 Celine Boutier ........................ 34-34—68 Matilda Castren .................... 32-36—68 Gemma Dryburgh ................. 33-35—68 Moriya Jutanugarn ............... 34-34—68 Megan Khang ......................... 36-32—68 Jin Young Ko ........................... 35-33—68 Lydia Ko .................................. 34-34—68 Nelly Korda ............................. 34-34—68 Alison Lee ............................... 34-34—68 Yuting Shi ............................... 32-36—68

At DLF Golf & Country Club New Delhi

Purse: $2 million

Yardage: par: 72

Partial first round (susp. darkness)

18 18 15 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4

Yannik Paul, Germany ............... 35-30—65 Honey Baisoya, India ................. 31-35—66 Mikko Korhonen, Finland .......... 32-35—67 Angad Cheema, India ................ 32-36—68 Shubhankar Sharma, India ...... 32-36—68 G. Kristjansson, Iceland ............ 34-34—68 Marcel Siem, Germany ............. 36-33—69 Joost Luiten, Netherlands ........ 34-36—70 Anthony Quayle, Australia ........ 39-31—70 MJ Viljoen, South Africa ........... 35-35—70 Manu Gandas, India ................... 33-37—70 M Dharma, India ......................... 36-34—70 Santiago Tarrio, Spain ............... 37-33—70

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK

College Basketball

Favorite

at Vcu 9 Marshall 4 at North Florida 41⁄2 at Niagara 2 at Fgcu 11 at North Alabama 3 at Stetson 31⁄2 at Ga. Southern 1 at Manhattan 41⁄2 Iona 101⁄2 at Liberty 14 at Troy 101⁄2 at Ul Monroe 41⁄2 Kennesaw State 91⁄2 at James Madison 13 Southern Miss 4 at Colorado State 7 at Grand Canyon 41⁄2 at Louisiana 41⁄2 at UNLV 91⁄2 Nevada 4

NBA

Favorite

at Clippers at Washington at Milwaukee at Atlanta at Minnesota at Chicago at Phoenix at Golden State

NHL Friday

Favorite

Richmond at Old Dominion Bellarmine

Fairfield Austin Peay Jacksonville State

Lipscomb Appalachian State

Marist at Mt. St. Mary’s

Queens Co. Carolina Arkansas State at Cent. Arkansas Georgia State at Texas State Wyoming Seattle U So. Alabama

Air Force at Fresno State

Sacramento New York

Miami Cleveland Charlotte Brooklyn Oklahoma City

Houston at Toronto -182/+150 at Philadelphia -150/+125 at Carolina -235/+190 at Florida -182/+150 at N.Y Islanders -120/+100 Colorado Off

BASEBALL

Line (O/U)

61⁄2 (Off) 11⁄2 (Off) 11⁄2 (Off) 1 (Off) 71⁄2 (Off) 1 (Off) 8 (Off) 10 (Off)

Line

Major League Baseball American League MINNESOTA TWINS

— Agreed to terms with INF Donovan Solano on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Chris Paddack on the 60-day IL.

TAMPA BAY RAYS

— Agreed to terms with OF Ben Gamel on a minor league contract. basketball

National Basketball Association

— Signed G Trevor Keels to a 10-day contract. football

NEW YORK KNICKS

FOOTBALL

National Football League RAMS

ARIZONA CARDINALS

Chris Banjo.

DETROIT LIONS

McCain.

— Signed CB Mac

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Malik Turner.

HOCKEY

— Signed WR

National Hockey League DUCKS

Underdog

Underdog

Underdog

Minnesota Montreal Ottawa Buffalo Los Angeles at Winnipeg

— Activated RW Troy Terry from injured reserve.

WTA-MERIDA OPEN AKRON

At Yucatan Country Club Merida, Mexico

Purse:

Surface:

Women’s Singles

Round of 16

$259,303

Hardcourt outdoor

Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, def. Alycia Parks (5), United States, 6-4, 6-2.

ATP-RIO OPEN

Men’s Singles Round of 16

Albert Ramos-Vinolas (7), Spain, def. Daniel Elahi Galan, Colombia, 6-2, 6-4. Bernabe Zapata Miralles, Spain, def. Francisco Cerundolo (4), Argentina, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1. Nicolas Jarry, Chile, def. Pedro Martinez, Spain, 6-2, 6-2. Sebastian Baez (6), Argentina, def. Juan Pablo Varillas, Peru, 7-5, 7-6 (6).

MEN

AP TOP 25 Thursday’s results

No. 4 UCLA 78, Utah 71

No. 12 Gonzaga 97, San Diego 72 No. 15 Saint Mary’s 83, Pacific 52 Illinois 66, No. 21 Northwestern 62

Today’s game

No. 16 Xavier at Seton Hall, 4 p.m.

OTHERS

FAR WEST

CS Northridge 75, CS Bakersfield 68 E. Washington 89, Weber St. 82

Idaho St. 65, Idaho 55

Montana St. 60, Sacramento St. 56

Santa Clara 91, Pepperdine 82

Southern Cal 84, Colorado 65

UC San Diego 99, UC Irvine 91

UC Santa Barbara 78, Long Beach St. 73 Utah Tech 88, Texas Rio Grande Valley 81 Washington 65, Cal 56

EAST

Line

— Released LB Bobby Wagner.

— Released DB

Drexel 75, Northeastern 48 Merrimack 70, CCSU 54 Michigan 58, Rutgers 45 Wagner 54, Stonehill 44

SOUTH

Charlotte 55, North Texas 49

Coll. of Charleston 83, Towson 75 FAU 106, UTSA 66

New Orleans 88, Nicholls 82 Tennessee St. 88, UT Martin 82

UAB 85, Rice 57

UNC-Wilmington 76, Stony Brook 69 UTEP 87, FIU 82

W. Kentucky 76, Louisiana Tech 66 William & Mary 73, Elon 60

MIDWEST

Cleveland St. 76, Green Bay 65

IUPUI 81, Robert Morris 75 Lindenwood 105, SE Missouri 102, 2OT Memphis 83, Wichita St. 78

Milwaukee 96, Fort Wayne 94 N. Kentucky 67, Detroit 64

Penn St. 75, Ohio St. 71

Tennessee Tech 82, S. Indiana 79

UALR 79, SIU-Edwardsville 74 W. Illinois 81, North Dakota 70

SOUTHWEST

Northwestern St. 71, Incarnate Word 66 SE Louisiana 83, Lamar 60

Sam Houston St. 56, Cal Baptist 45

WOMEN

AP TOP 25 Thursday’s results

No. 1 South Carolina 73, Tennessee 60

No. 3 Stanford 73, No. 21 Colorado 62, 2OT No. 5 LSU 82, Vanderbilt 63

No. 8 Utah 101, Cal 76

No. 9 Virginia Tech 61, No. 22 North Carolina 59

No. 10 Notre Dame 76, Georgia Tech 53 No. 11 Duke 77, N.C. State 62

No. 12 Michigan 71, Rutgers 53

Oregon 73, No. 14 Arizona 59

Washington St. 62, No. 17 UCLA 55

No. 18 Gonzaga 73, San Diego 61

No. 23 Florida St. 61, Wake Forest 60

No. 24 UNLV 86, Utah St. 32

Today’s games

No. 7 Maryland at No. 16 Ohio St., 3 p.m. No. 15 Villanova vs. Providence, 4 p.m.

OTHERS Thursday’s results

Arizona St. 75, Oregon St. 73 CS Northridge 73, CS Bakersfield 66, OT CS Fullerton 70, UC Davis 58

Hawaii 60, UC Riverside 49

Long Beach St. 66, UC Santa Barbara 63 Pepperdine 73, San Francisco 51

Santa Clara 80, Loyola Marymount 51 UC Irvine 60, UC San Diego 52