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Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 18, 2026
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 18, 2026.
David GreningFeb 18, 2026
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 18, 2026.
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If Fulleffort attempts to follow in the path of others who have exited Turfway Park's series of 3-year-old stakes on Tapeta to compete well on dirt in the Kentucky Derby, he will have the pedigree to bolster that effort. Both sides of his family have shown ability on dirt and turf, with classy route ability as well.
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While it is certainly the road less traveled, the synthetic path to the Kentucky Derby has proven quite effective the last several years, with at least one horse finishing in the top four in three of the last four Derbies. On Saturday, Brad Cox has Fulleffort in the John Battaglia Memorial, which offers its top five finishers qualifying points to the Derby.
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Two California-breds are Kentucky Derby-dreaming following Sunday's $500,000 Sunland Park Derby. Pavlovian and Express Kid, who finished a nose apart in the race, are bound for another Kentucky Derby points race
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Bettors made the “all others” entry in the fourth Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool the 9-2 favorite over 37 individual entries when the pool closed on Sunday night.
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Mesquite, runner-up in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes, is off the Kentucky Derby trail with what is suspected to be a soft-tissue injury, trainer Cherie DeVaux said Thursday.
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The Phipps Stable may no longer operate with the size and scope it once did, but it still is very much an active participant in Thoroughbred racing. Its numbers may currently be the lightest they've been, but there is at least one colt who carries the hopes of getting this legendary stable back to the spring classics – Golden Tempo.
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One week after winning the Grade 3 Holy Bull with Nearly, Todd Pletcher won the Sam F. Davis with Renegade, who made a solid 3-year-old debut, closing on a Tampa Bay Downs track that favored forwardly placed runners. Pletcher will look to keep the momentum rolling Saturday with Courting in the Grade 2 Risen Star.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Golden Tempo
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Paladin, the winner of the 2025 Remsen Stakes, has been made a tepid 8-1 favorite among the 39 individual horses included in the fourth pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager