Grade 3, $200,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks; 1 1/8 miles; Turfway Park; March 17, 2018
(20 Derby qualifying points for a win, 8 for second, 4 for third, 2 for fourth)

Winner: Blended Citizen, by Proud Citizen
Trainer: Doug O’Neill
Jockey: Kyle Frey
Owner: Greg Hall and Sayjay Racing LLC
Beyer Speed Figure: 83

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Vino Rosso
Curlin–Mythical Bride, by Street Cry
Bred in Kentucky by John D. Gunther ($410,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Mike Repole and St. Elias)

Unbeaten Santa Anita Derby winner Justify tries to break the “Apollo curse” in the Kentucky Derby. Among his challengers will be a former stablemate, Wood Memorial victor Vino Rosso.

“It has become practically impossible for a three-year-old which did not race as a juvenile to win a running of the famed classic.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Good Magic will breeze Saturday at Keeneland for the first time since his 1 1/2-length victory in the April 7 Blue Grass Stakes, with trainer Chad Brown back from his New York base to observe.

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ARCADIA, Calif. – Instilled Regard, fourth in the Santa Anita Derby on April 7, is a candidate for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 5, if he can gain a berth in the field.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said on Wednesday that he has held discussions with owner Larry Best about a potential start in the Kentucky Derby for the colt, who was purchased for $1.05 million at a sale of 2-year-olds in training last year.

“We’d have to think about it,” Hollendorfer said. “We’re trying to make a plan.

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Grade 3, $200,000 Lexington Stakes; 1 1/16 miles; Keeneland; April 14, 2018
(20 Derby qualifying points for a win, 8 for second, 4 for third, 2 for fourth)

Winner: My Boy Jack, by Creative Cause
Trainer: Keith Desormeaux
Jockey: Kent Desormeaux
Owner: Don’t Tell My Wife Stables and Monomoy Stables LLC
Beyer Speed Figure: 90

Blended Citizen, the winner of the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park on March 17, is under consideration for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 5 if enough defections occur that would allow the colt to gain a berth in the field, trainer Doug O’Neill said on Monday.

As of Monday, Blended Citizen would likely need at least two horses to defect from the Kentucky Derby to gain a spot.

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Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby; 1 1/8 miles; Oaklawn Park; April 14, 2018
(100 Derby qualifying points for a win, 40 for second, 20 for third, 10 for fourth)

Winner: Magnum Moon, by Malibu Moon
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Luis Saez
Owner: Robert and Lawana Low
Beyer Speed Figure: 98

LEXINGTON, Ky. – My Boy Jack will remain stabled at Keeneland until the coming weekend as trainer Keith Desormeaux begins to finalize his Kentucky Derby plans for the Lexington Stakes winner.

My Boy Jack, up in the final strides Saturday to defeat Telekinesis in the Grade 3 Lexington at Keeneland, will give Desormeaux a Derby starter for the third straight year, following Exaggerator (second in 2016) and Sonneteer (16th in 2017).