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Tracy Farmer’s La Cara, who captured the first scoring race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks last fall, furnished a neat piece of symmetry by taking the series finale in the Ashland (G1).

If the subsequent form of the Honeybee can be relied on, Muhimma is in a strong position to bounce back on Friday in the $750,000 Ashland (G1) at Keeneland.

Seven weeks remain until the first Saturday in May and the path to the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby continues with a new stop on the trail. Saturday’s $500,000 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs marks the first Derby qualifying race in Virginia,...