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With four wins from eight starts, all on dirt, the last a third-place finish in the one-turn Saudi Derby, UAE Derby winner Derma Sotogake is expected to start in the Kentucky Derby. I’ll be firmly against him unless the colt bowls me over with his training.
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Wild On Ice, upset winner of Sunday’s Sunland Park Derby, was among a group of 13 3-year-olds who were made eligible for the Triple Crown, their connections paying a $6,000 late nomination fee by Monday’s deadline, it was announced Tuesday.
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Probably, given the 101 Beyer to go along with the winner’s visually impressive performance, we should rate this Jeff Ruby Steaks as the most important since 2011, when Animal Kingdom won and went on to capture the Kentucky Derby.
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Kingsbarns and Flavien Prat took the initiative to dictate terms and made the most of their tactical advantage in winning the Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby.
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Sunland Park Derby winner Wild On Ice has been made eligible for the Triple Crown, but his status for the Kentucky Derby is to be determined, trainer Joel Marr said Monday.
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Like just about everyone else, trainers Danny Gargan and Tim Yakteen were caught off guard when a full field of 12 3-year-olds was drawn for Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby. And neither was pleased when his horse drew an outside post position for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby prep.
Prominent U.S. runners have played a key role in the development of the Japanese breeding and racing program into an international superpower. Chief among those, of course, is Horse of the Year Sunday Silence, who appears in the pedigree of all four Japanese-bred colts who are considered potential Kentucky Derby candidates.
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Wild On Ice upset the Grade 3, $600,000 Sunland Park Derby at 35-1 on Sunday and, while he picked up 50 Kentucky Derby points, his status for the race is to be determined, according to trainer Joel Marr.
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When the principals of Spendthrift Farm sent Kingsbarns to Todd Pletcher last October, they weren’t necessarily thinking he was going to have time to develop into a Kentucky Derby horse.
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The road to the Kentucky Derby got a little trickier for the undisputed division leader Forte early Saturday afternoon after the reigning 2-year-old champion drew post position 11 in a surprisingly full field of 12 3-year-olds entered for next Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby.
