Math says Cloud Computing needs top effort in Wood Memorial
Cloud Computing was a late starter, but he seems to be a fast learner. If he continues at this pace, he could very well find himself in the Kentucky Derby.
David GreningApr 05, 2017
Cloud Computing was a late starter, but he seems to be a fast learner. If he continues at this pace, he could very well find himself in the Kentucky Derby.
There have been 18 trainers who have won the Derby at least twice, and 17 of them are in the Hall Fame. The only one who isn't is Doug O'Neill, who sends Iliad – his top hope for this year's Derby – in the Santa Anita Derby on Saturday.
Irish Freedom is in, while West Coast is off of the list of probable starters for Saturday's Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby. Trainer Bob Baffert said on Wednesday that he plans to have three runners in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby – American Anthem, Irish Freedom, and Reach the World.
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for April 5
As Practical Joke returns to his home state, breeders Keith and Allen Crupper, natives of Georgetown, Ky., will be on hand to watch the colt try to punch his ticket to the Kentucky Derby in the Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland.
Kentucky Derby pedigree analysis: Iliad
Road to the Derby: Florida Derby analysis.
A field of seven 3-year-olds has been entered for the Grade 2, $1 million Blue Grass Stakes, a critical Kentucky Derby prep race to be run Saturday as the annual spring showcase at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
Road to the Derby: Louisiana Derby analysis
When Empire Maker was exported to Japan in 2010, the chances of him establishing his own branch of the Fappiano male line looked extremely remote. Seven years later, with a Triple Crown winner, a champion 2-year-old male, and the possible favorite for the 2017 Kentucky Derby among his grandsons, the son of Unbridled is well on his way to living up to his name by building his own sire empire.