Forbidden Kingdom will enter the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby in top shape following a seven-furlong workout Thursday at Santa Anita that alleviates two potential concerns.
Tiz the Bomb and Stolen Base have become familiar foes the last six months and will meet again Saturday in the Grade 3, $600,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park.
He sent out Winning Colors to win the Kentucky Derby. Four years before that, he won the Arkansas Derby with Althea. The list of fillies with whom trainer D. Wayne Lukas beat the boys in major stakes is an all-star cast. On Saturday at Oaklawn Park, Lukas will try to add another notch to that big belt when Secret Oath faces eight males in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby.
The fifth and final pool of the 2022 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, originally scheduled for this week, has been delayed by one week by Churchill Downs and now will run next Thursday (April 7) through Saturday (April 9).
On Saturday, the two leading locally based Kentucky Derby prospects White Abarrio and Simplification will meet for a second time while likely vying for favoritism with Tampa Bay Derby winner Classic Causeway in the Grade 1, $1 million Florida Derby.
A field of 11 3-year-olds was drawn Wednesday for Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, featuring leading prospects White Abarrio, Simplification, Classic Causeway, and Charge It. Conspicuous by his absence from the draw was Shipsational, who suffered a minor lesion in his suspensory ligament.
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Brad Cox already has Zozos, the runner-up in the Louisiana Derby, set for the Kentucky Derby with the 40 points he earned last Saturday. Cox this Saturday will try to add to his potential Derby lineup when he sends out Cyberknife in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Arkansas Derby here at Oaklawn Park.
Jockey Luis Contreras will be aboard one of the highest profile horses of the Oaklawn Park meet Saturday when he teams with the filly Secret Oath in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Arkansas Derby.
