McKINZIE was placed first after a disqualification in the Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity last month, but there was no debate following the Sham, in which McKinzie ran the best race of his career and took significant steps forward in terms of speed figures and deportment.
In a point in time when there seems to be a contest to see how infrequently good horses can race, it is a welcomed development that legitimate Kentucky Derby candidates are competing in these initial days of January, some four months out from the first leg of the Triple Crown.
Bolt d’Oro will resume galloping this week after recovering from a pulled muscle that interrupted his training and ultimately postponed his 2018 debut.
Cool Bobby, one of the top Kentucky Derby prospects on the West Coast, is off the Derby trail after undergoing surgery for a chip in his left front ankle, trainer Peter Eurton said Sunday at Santa Anita.
The road to the Kentucky Derby is full of potholes. In the Northeast, those potholes can be filled with ice and snow.
Owner Ron Lombardi and trainer Jason Servis have a very simple and logical explanation for keeping Kentucky Derby prospect Firenze Fire in New York this winter.
Bolt d'Oro has been taking it fairly easy since the Breeders' Cup, but soon he and the rest of the 3-year-old class of 2018 at Santa Anita will begin their serious preparations toward the May 5 Kentucky Derby, which locally based horses have won four times in the last six years, with California Chrome, Nyquist, I'll Have Another, and, of course, Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.
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Road to the 2018 Kentucky Derby: Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity analysis
