TRIPLE CROWN UPDATE -- March 16th, 2012

There are a trio of allowance races across the country that every Triple Crown fan should have their eyes on, for entered in these three races are a number of highly promising colts that could make some noise further down the road.

To begin, there is the third race of the day at Gulfstream Park, a one-mile main track allowance race for three-year-olds. While only five horses have been entered, two of them are graded stakes winners making their first starts of the year -- Gemologist and Currency Swap. Gemologist, from the barn of Todd Pletcher, went undefeated in three starts as a juvenile, including an impressive victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs. Originally scheduled to run in the Rebel Stakes (gr. II) tomorrow at Oaklawn, Gemologist was instead entered in this easier allowance race. He's been training very well for his comeback, but whether or not he is sharp enough to win first time back is, of course, a major question.