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Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 4, 2026
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 4, 2026
David GreningMar 04, 2026
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 4, 2026
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After some disappointing results in points-scoring races, trainer Brad Cox started to get concerned about his prospects of participating in Kentucky Derby 152. Then, last Saturday at Gulfstream Park, Commandment won the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth. On Saturday, Further Ado kicks off his campaign for Cox in the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby.
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Sassy Princess may have been no match for Lost Horizon when she tried two turns on dirt for the first time three weeks ago. But there does not appear to be anyone the quality of Lost Horizon when Sassy Princess takes another crack at two turns in Friday's first-level allowance feature going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct.
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Gun Runner is the sire of three horses in this week's Derby Watch Top 20 – Paladin, Further Ado, and Brant. While Paladin awaits the Grade 1 Blue Grass, Further Ado begins his 3-year-old campaign in the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby on Saturday. On the opposite coast, Brant launches his season in the Grade 2 San Felipe.
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The pick six Friday at Santa Anita is not that difficult, and the $45,603 carryover is not that big. But it's big enough. By the time CAWs flood the pool the final minutes before the first leg, $250,000 in new money is expected.
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The last time trainer Mark Glatt and his children saw his wife, their mother, was the evening of Feb. 11. Dena Glatt, a patient at USC Arcadia Hospital, was blowing kisses from her hospital bed.
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The Jockey Club of Canada’s Graded Stakes Committee recently held its annual review of graded and listed stakes races in Canada without making many changes. The number of graded stakes in Canada will remain at 41. One graded stakes was downgraded and one listed race was upgraded.
The first mares covered by new stallions Highland Falls and First Mission have been reported in-foal marking an exciting start to their inaugural seasons in Kentucky.
A federal bankruptcy court in Illinois on Tuesday continued a hearing until Wednesday on a motion by Hawthorne Racecourse in Stickney, Ill., that is seeking approval for the ability to tap into a $16 million line of credit for a reorganization plan under the protection of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy code, according to officials who attended the hearing.