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Viewed through the prism of a Kentucky Derby prep, Saturday's Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes comes up lacking. Viewed through the prism of a gambling exercise, the Gotham comes up rather intriguing.
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Opera Ballo performed to expectations with a four-length win in Wednesday’s $75,800 European Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes at Kempton Park outside of London, the first race of 2025 in the European-Middle East qualifying series for the Kentucky Derby.
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The Whithams and Wilkes are back on the Derby trail this year with Burnham Square, who won the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes last month and who figures to be the first or second choice in Saturday's Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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Burnham Square, winner of the Grade 3 Holy Bull, looks to take the next step on Gulfstream's path to the Kentucky Derby in Saturday's Grade 2 Fountain of Youth.
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Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for Feb. 26, 2025
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Led by a brilliant recent maiden race winner in Opera Ballo, Wednesday’s $75,800 European Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes at Kempton Park outside of London is the first race of 2025 in the European-Middle East qualifying series for the Kentucky Derby.
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California Burrito set a contested pace before holding off favored Baby Max in the stretch for a half-length victory in the $175,000 John Battaglia Memorial, a Kentucky Derby points race.
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Horse racing's ultimate rite of spring, the Kentucky Derby, is just 10 weeks from Saturday, and while the temperature might be below freezing when a big field of 3-year-olds lines up for the $175,000 John Battaglia Memorial on Saturday night at Turfway Park, things are heating up on the local road to the classic.
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Sandman has had just one work leading up to the Rebel on Sunday at Oaklawn, and that's by design, according to his Hall of Fame trainer, Mark Casse.
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Trainer Brad Cox is hopeful Admiral Dennis will get the right kind of setup in the Grade 2, $1.25 million Rebel on Sunday at Oaklawn Park.
