Horses from Arkansas, Arizona, California, and Kentucky will meet in New Mexico on Sunday to chase after Kentucky Derby points in the $400,000 Sunland Park Derby, which is led by Grade 3 winner Getaway Car and the unbeaten stakes winner Take Charge Tom. The 1 1/16-mile race anchors a 10-race program that begins at 12:25 p.m. Mountain. There are five stakes on the card worth a cumulative $930,000. The first five finishers in the Sunland Derby earn points on a scale of 20-10-6-4-2. Getaway Car invades from Southern California, where he won last year’s Grade 3 Best Pal at Del Mar. He’s looking for his first two-turn win after running second to eventual champion Citizen Bull in the Grade 1 American Pharoah at Santa Anita and fourth to that one in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. In his most recent start, Getaway Car was second in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity on Dec. 14. “He ran real well,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “I was a little disappointed. I thought he’d take them all the way, but he just got run down. But he ran well. He’s not a big horse. Speed’s his weapon. He takes them as far as he can. “There’s a lot of speed in the race. That’s his style, too, so . . . He’s solid. He’s got a great mind. We’ll see what he does, see what happens.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Getaway Car is a son of Curlin and the stakes-winning mare Surrender Now. He’s owned by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, and Dianne Bashor. “I was going to go to Saudi Arabia with him, then I just changed my mind the last minute, decided we’ll go to Sunland Park, try it there, see what he does,” said Baffert, who is seeking his fourth win in the Sunland Derby. Juan Hernandez has the mount from post 4. Take Charge Tom, who ships in from Turf Paradise in Arizona, has won all three of his races, most recently the $100,000 Riley Allison Derby on Jan. 17 at Sunland. “I like that Tom has had a race over the track,” trainer Robertino Diodoro said. Take Charge Tom pressed the pace of fellow Sunland Derby entrant Smash It. This time around, the pace could be highly contested. Take Charge Tom will break from post 6 under Orlando Mojica. “Most of the speed is on the inside of him,” Diodoro said. “I think he drew a great post. If we can sit four, five lengths off of it, lay about fourth or fifth, that’s exactly what I’d like to see. He does what you ask him to do. He’ll rate very nicely.” Randy Howg bred and owns Take Charge Tom, a son of Tom’s d’Etat and the stakes-winning mare Gorgeous Ginny. “I really think he’s getting bigger and stronger,” Diodoro said. “I know the gallop boy says he’s getting tougher and tougher. That’s what you want to see in any horse, and especially a young horse. He’s definitely going have to step it up, but he’s showing us the signs that I believe he’s ready to do that. We’re going to see on Sunday.” Diodoro also sends out Itsmybirthday, who is making his two-turn debut after winning the first two races of his career by a combined 15 lengths. “He’s shown us a lot,” Diodoro said. “We’re pretty excited about him. He’s still immature. We definitely were hoping, and tried, to get a two-turn race into him before this one and it just never worked out. That’s the unfortunate part for him. But other than that, we’re excited about him and I definitely think he is a horse that wants to go two turns.” Itsmybirthday will break from the rail under Harry Hernandez. :: KENTUCKY DERBY 2025: Point standings, prep schedule, news, and more “There’s a lot of speed in the race, but I think he’ll be sitting very close,” Diodoro said. “He’s one of those horses he’s not real quick leaving the gate. It will take him a few strides to get his legs under him, but I think he’ll be laying very close.” McKinzie Street, who is stretching out around two turns after setting the pace in the Grade 2 San Vicente at Santa Anita, was previously based in Southern California. In his lone two-turn start, he finished third in the American Pharoah. Touchy, who is based in Kentucky, will be stretching out around two turns for the first time after running second in the Turfway Park Prevue for trainer Wesley Ward. Caldera ships in from Arkansas off a wire-to-wire win in a maiden special weight route at Oaklawn Park for trainer D. Wayne Lukas. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.