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Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 27, 2024
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 27, 2024
Brad FreeMar 27, 2024
Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 27, 2024
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Catching Freedom is catching a ride on a horse van from New Orleans to Louisville, where he’ll have the better part of a six weeks’ wait until a start in the May 4 Kentucky Derby.
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West Saratoga, second to Endlessly in the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby on Saturday at Turfway Park, will proceed to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, having likely amassed the points to get into the starting gate.
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Endlessly, who dominated the Grade 3, $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks on Saturday at Turfway Park, was to ship to trainer Michael McCarthy’s Churchill Downs barn on Sunday – but most likely not to prepare for the Kentucky Derby, despite essentially assuring himself a spot in the field.
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Catching Freedom is one of a number of horses whose performances in the afternoon far outstrip their morning works. On Saturday, the Brad Cox trainee will be tested in the Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby, his final prep for what is hoped to be a start in the Kentucky Derby
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Agate Road is headed to New Orleans for the Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby, trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed in a text message, while Triple Espresso is bound for Turfway Park and the Grade 3, $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks. The two colts were cross-entered last weekend in both races.
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Trainer Chad Brown is reconsidering his plan to get one more race into Domestic Product before the Kentucky Derby. Following his narrow victory in the Tampa Bay Derby on March 9, Brown felt that Domestic Product would benefit from having one more race before the May 4 Kentucky Derby.
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Track Phantom has had a consistent campaign this winter at Fair Grounds, winning the Gun Runner and Grade 3 Lecomte before finishing second by a half-length to early Derby favorite Sierra Leone in the Grade 2 Risen Star on a sloppy, sealed track. He looks to put an exclamation point on his prep season in Saturday's Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby.
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Stronghold, the winner of the Grade 3 Sunland Park Derby in New Mexico in his lone start this year, is scheduled to have his Grade 1 debut in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 6.
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Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 20, 2024