Disarm and Shopper's Revenge are both under serious consideration for major Kentucky Derby preps after running in separate allowance races last weekend at Oaklawn Park.
The three-time stakes winner One in Vermillion will be a longshot in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 4 at Santa Anita, if he is allowed on the property of the Southern California track.
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Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher said early this week that reigning divisional champion Forte most likely will be the only one of his eight nominees he'll enter Saturday for the March 4 Fountain of Youth Stakes while also revealing plans for several more of his Kentucky Derby hopefuls.
Reincarnate won a maiden race in his fourth start, then scored a highly rated, fast-paced victory in the Grade 3 Sham Stakes on Jan. 8 at Santa Anita. He is among the leading contenders Saturday in the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park for new listed trainer Tim Yakteen.
On a day when the Fair Grounds main track produced winners from all positions and seemed about average in terms of speed, the Risen Star Stakes, the first 100-point qualifier on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, turned into a fall-apart race.
Chase the Chaos, winner of the El Camino Real Derby on Feb. 11 at Golden Gate Fields, will have his graded stakes debut in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 4 at Santa Anita.
The exciting maiden race winner Geaux Rocket Ride is on schedule for his stakes debut in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at 1 1/6 miles at Santa Anita on March 4.
A quartet of 3-year-olds who have made all their previous starts for trainer Bob Baffert are nominated to the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes on March 4 at Aqueduct under the name of different trainers. Three of the horses are now listed as being trained by Tim Yakteen, one with Brittany Russell.
