Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 1, 2023
Who's hot, who's not among this year's contenders for the Kentucky Derby.
Brad FreeMar 01, 2023
Who's hot, who's not among this year's contenders for the Kentucky Derby.
2023 Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Blazing Sevens
On Saturday, Chad Brown, the trainer, will send out the Grade 1 winner Blazing Sevens in the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park and the maiden winner Uncorrelated in the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham at Aqueduct. Brown, the breeder, will be represented by Practical Move in the Grade 2, $400,000 San Felipe at Santa Anita.
As the owner of Instant Coffee, Al Gold has a 3-year-old whose prospects for the Kentucky Derby appear to strengthen weekly as horses that Instant Coffee has beaten have come back to win. Gold has another horse that will attempt to win a Kentucky Derby points-scoring race when Slip Mahoney runs in Saturday's Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct.
Trainer Keith Desormeaux doesn’t buy yearlings on a big budget, yet more years than not he comes up with a horse that at least sniffs the edge of the Kentucky Derby trail if not setting out on it entirely.
Confidence Game’s next stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby is to be determined, but the winner of the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel at Oaklawn Park on Saturday could return to Arkansas or run back at his home track of Fair Grounds, trainer Keith Desormeaux said on Sunday.
Confidence Game brought his ‘A’ game to the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, where he swung five-wide into the stretch and rolled home in front to secure 50 points for the Kentucky Derby.
How Did He Do That must deal with Southern California shipper Henry Q and an improving Giroovin on Sunday, when he starts as the probable favorite in a competitive renewal of the $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby at Sunland Park.
Handicappers have their work cut out for them in the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel on Saturday at Oaklawn Park. And so do the horses in the field of 11.
On the first of February 2023, trainer Kenny McPeek's 3-year-olds were idling in shadows along some ignored spur of the Derby Trail. That changed last week when Sun Thunder finished second in the Risen Star and Denington won an allowance. Saturday at Oaklawn, McPeek runs Frosted Departure in the Rebel and a maiden named Seeking Unity earlier on the card.