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The connections of impressive maiden winner Baeza hope the Santa Anita Derby has at least six starters, which means the full allotment of Kentucky Derby qualifying points will be awarded. Regardless, trainer John Shirreffs will not fret. He said, “There's nothing I can do about it.”
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Journalism was scheduled to resume training this week at Santa Anita, weather permitting, after a smashing victory March 1 in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes, his first start since Dec. 14, when he won the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. Journalism won the San Felipe with a 108 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest San Felipe figure since California Chrome earned the same figure in 2014.
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Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 5, 2025
Sovereignty ran down River Thames in the closing strides Saturday at Gulfstream Park to register a neck victory in the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth.
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Journalism, in his 3-year-old debut, caught the previously unbeaten Barnes in the final sixteenth to win Saturday’s Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita.
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Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's Wathnan Racing purchased the colt Flood Zone following his second start, a 5 1/4-length win on Jan. 4 in a Florida-bred maiden race at Gulfstream. Whether Flood Zone wants to run as far as the 1 1/4 miles of the Kentucky Derby and is a good enough horse to contend in such a race remains to be seen, but Flood Zone earned 50 qualifying points toward the Derby when he captured the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths Saturday at Aqueduct.
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Ferocious, currently 19th in the point standings for the 2025 Kentucky Derby, has been taken off the Derby trail, his connections reported on Friday.
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Two 3-year-old first-level allowance winners are likely headed to stakes offering Kentucky Derby points for their next starts.
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Viewed through the prism of a Kentucky Derby prep, Saturday's Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes comes up lacking. Viewed through the prism of a gambling exercise, the Gotham comes up rather intriguing.
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Opera Ballo performed to expectations with a four-length win in Wednesday’s $75,800 European Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes at Kempton Park outside of London, the first race of 2025 in the European-Middle East qualifying series for the Kentucky Derby.
