Kentucky Derby Future Pool 4: McCraken tepid choice at 5-1
McCraken was a lukewarm favorite amid a scrambled outlook when the fourth and final pool of the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern.
Marty McGeeApr 02, 2017
McCraken was a lukewarm favorite amid a scrambled outlook when the fourth and final pool of the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern.
Each week, TimeformUS Chief Figure Maker Craig Milkowski takes a look back at the weekend’s graded stakes and releases the TimeformUS Speed Figures for these races.
As expected, the first three finishers from Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby - Always Dreaming, State of Honor, and Gunnevera - will all be heading to Churchill Downs, where they will meet again on May 6 in the Kentucky Derby.
Trainer Todd Pletcher’s strong hand on the road to the 2017 Kentucky Derby suddenly got a lot stronger late Saturday afternoon at Gulfstream Park after Always Dreaming powered to a convincing five-length victory over State of Honor in the Grade 1, $1 million Florida Derby.
Three-year-olds were in action Saturday morning at all venues in Florida preparing for upcoming stakes that their connections hope land them in the May 6 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Classic Empire was a slight favorite after the first of three days of betting into Pool 4 of the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager.
Sonneteer, the Southern California-based maiden who crashed the Rebel exacta when he finished second in the Grade 2, $900,000 race at 112-1, is coming back to Oaklawn. “All is on schedule to return for the Arkansas Derby,” trainer Keith Desormeaux said Friday.
Iliad finished a lot better in a team workout Friday than he finished his most recent race, a distant second in the San Felipe Stakes. Based on his Friday workout, Iliad is likely to improve in his second try around two turns when he stretches to 1 1/8 miles in the Santa Anita Derby.
Keeneland racing officials expect a field of at least seven 3-year-olds for the Blue Grass Stakes, the annual spring showcase that will anchor an action-packed opening weekend at the Lexington, Ky., track.
Trainer Antonio Sano is a very confident man when it comes to his highly regarded Kentucky Derby candidate Gunnevera. The betting public is likely to share Sano's enthusiasm for Gunnevera, as they will send him postward as their choice to win Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park – despite the fact he breaks from the outside post.