Harcyn brings classic pedigree into El Camino Real Derby
None of the projected runners in Saturday's $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields have a Triple Crown pedigree quite like the unbeaten colt Harcyn.
Steve AndersenFeb 08, 2023
None of the projected runners in Saturday's $100,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields have a Triple Crown pedigree quite like the unbeaten colt Harcyn.
Who's hot, who's not among this year's contenders for the Kentucky Derby.
Tapit Trice is a major mover on this week's Derby Watch Top 20 list following a one-mile allowance-level score on Saturday at Gulfstream in which he rolled by eight lengths and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 92.
Though he was a fast, elite 2-year-old last season, Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Cave Rock is taking his own sweet time at age 3. Cave Rock is the only horse on the Derby Watch list without a race or workout in 2023. Cave Rock is galloping daily at Santa Anita, and trainer Bob Baffert said the colt is nearing his first comeback work.
Confirming what seemed all but certain when the colt didn't post a timed workout last weekend, trainer Brad Cox said Tuesday that Instant Coffee won't run in the Risen Star Stakes on Feb. 18 at Fair Grounds and will await the $1 million Louisiana Derby on March 25.
Horses from the barns of Brad Cox, Todd Pletcher, and Bob Baffert make up 28 percent of the 369 horses made early nominees to this year’s Triple Crown. The 369 nominees, which includes a record 37 horses based in Japan, represents an 18.2 percent increase from the 312 nominated last year.
The Holy Bull looked like a soft race on paper and played out in a similar fashion, especially when heavily favored Cyclone Mischief misfired badly. Instead, second choice Rocket Can, making first start since Nov. 26, worked hard for a commendable victory that was not exactly electric.
Jockey Frankie Dettori moved to Santa Anita this winter with the hope of finding a leading contender for the Kentucky Derby in the final year of his illustrious career. On Saturday at Santa Anita, Dettori won the Grade 3 Robert Lewis Stakes on Newgate, who is a candidate to reach the historic race at Churchill Downs on May 6.
Plenty of grumbling about the Lewis attracting a mere four horses that all walked over to the paddock from the Santa Anita barn of trainer Bob Baffert.
Newgate, runner-up in a Grade 3 mile last out, won his first graded stakes Saturday in the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis. Newgate won the mile and a sixteenth race by a neck over longshot Hard to Figure