ARCADIA, Calif. - McKinzie will have one or two races in preparation for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 5 after winning his 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s Grade 3 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita. Trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday that McKinzie will be considered for races at Santa Anita and Oaklawn Park in coming months. The most likely options at Santa Anita include the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on March 10 and the $1 million Santa Anita Derby at 1 1/8 miles on April 7. At Oaklawn Park, races such as the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on March 17 and the $1 million Arkansas Derby at 1 1/8 miles on April 14 are possible. “He’ll probably run one or two more times,” Baffert said. “He could go out of town.” The $100,345 Sham Stakes was McKinzie’s third win in as many starts. He finished second in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity on Dec. 17, but was promoted to first after stablemate Solomini was disqualified for causing interference in the stretch. Baffert was more encouraged Sunday by the style of McKinzie’s win. Racing without blinkers for the first time, McKinzie was fourth in a field of six for the first half-mile and closed steadily with a wide rally to take the lead in early stretch under jockey Mike Smith. Sent off at 1-5, McKinzie pulled away to win the one-mile race by 3 1/2 lengths over All Out Blitz. “After the Futurity, there were a lot of questions,” Baffert said. “He needed to run. Taking the blinkers off, he relaxed. He’s still learning. “It was a good schooling race.” Behind the scenes, Baffert said McKinzie’s weight is closely scrutinized. “He’s a light horse, but he’s got a good appetite,” Baffert said. “As long as he keeps his head in the feed tub, that’s good.” Baffert chose a relatively quick comeback race for McKinzie after the Los Alamitos Futurity to avoid a lengthy span of workouts and gallops between race. “That way, I don’t have to train and train on him,” Baffert said. In the winter of 2016-17, Mastery won the Los Alamitos Futurity for Baffert, and did not start again until the San Felipe Stakes in early March, which the colt won impressively. But Mastery was pulled up less than a quarter-mile after the finish of the San Felipe with a leg injury and was later retired. “Last year, I sat on Mastery,” Baffert said. “I wish I’d gotten him back earlier.” McKinzie, by Street Sense, races for Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman and has earned $270,000. He earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 97 in the Sham, slightly lower than the 99 rating from a maiden race win in October in his debut and higher than a 92 from the Los Alamitos Futurity. All Out Blitz will return in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs on Feb. 10, and will have one-turn races as a focus this year, trainer Simon Callaghan said. All Out Blitz set the pace in the Sham and finished four lengths clear of third-place finisher My Boy Jack. “He got the mile, but he got beat by a better horse,” Callaghan said. Baffert said Solomini is nearing his first workout of the year, but that no specific races are scheduled in advance of the Triple Crown.