Mage
Good Magic – Puca, by Big Brown
Bred in Kentucky by Grandview Equine ($235,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by New Team; $290,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile purchase by OGMA Investments)
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DRF Past Performances
On the one-year anniversary of relocating to California, jockey Ramon Vazquez finds himself in an enviable position Saturday – riding favorite Practical Move in the Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby and Grade 1-winning filly And Tell Me Nolies in the Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks.
Vazquez, 37, moved from Oaklawn Park to Santa Anita and began riding regularly in California on April 8, 2022. Top local jockeys Flavien Prat and Umberto Rispoli had announced plans to relocate; the timing was right for a West Coast move by Vazquez, whose agent is Bill Castle.
Best birthday gift ever? The 2021 yearling that Jim Bernhard purchased for Dana Bernhard ranks near the top. “My wife always gives me great birthday presents . . . the first Thoroughbred I decided to buy was a horse for her birthday at the July sale,” Bernhard recalled this week.
Reincarnate, third in last Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Arkansas Derby, remains pointed to the Kentucky Derby, Tom Ryan, managing partner of SF Racing, part-owner of the colt, said this week.
Ryan said he was “proud” of Reincarnate’s effort and suggested a weather-interrupted training schedule in California may have hampered him some. Ryan said the horse has returned to trainer Tim Yakteen’s California stable and has emerged from the race in good order.
Sunland Park Derby winner Wild On Ice is scheduled to have his first work since that victory on Friday, trainer Joel Marr said Tuesday.
The drill will come at the horse's base of Sunland Park, which wrapped up its meet Sunday. Marr said no decision has been made on whether Wild On Ice will advance to the Kentucky Derby.
“He’s doing well,” Marr said. “We’re planning on a little breeze on Friday. We’re going to determine what’s going on after that. We have a possible flight on Sunday, so we’ll just see how it goes and how he comes back.”
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Rocket Can is being considered for a start in the Kentucky Derby, but no firm plans have been made for the horse, trainer Bill Mott said Tuesday.
Rocket Can shipped to Oaklawn Park from Florida for last Saturday's Arkansas Derby and finished fourth as the favorite. He now has 60 points for the Kentucky Derby, which ranks seventh.
“He’s making the trip to Churchill Downs tonight,” Mott said. “That doesn’t mean we’re running in the Derby. We’ll be there in case we decided to do that.
$1 million Florida Derby, Gulfstream Park, April 1, 2023
[100 qualifying points for first, 40 for second, 30 for third, 20 for fourth, and 10 for fifth]
Winner: Forte, by Violence
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Irad Ortiz
Owner: Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable
Distance/time: 1 1/8 miles, 1:49.37 (corrected timing from originally posted 1:48.51)
Win margin: 1 length
Beyer Speed Figure: 95
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The countdown until Kentucky Derby day officially began in trainer Todd Pletcher’s barn on Sunday, the morning after Forte solidified his position as this year’s Derby favorite with a gritty and hard-fought one-length victory over the ever-improving Mage in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby.
“Four weeks and six days to go,” Pletcher said after confirming that all was well with Forte, who returned to his regular stall at the Palm Beach Downs training center earlier that morning.
$1.25 million Arkansas Derby, April 1, 2023
[100 qualifying points for first, 40 for second, 30 for third, 20 for fourth, and 10 for fifth]
Winner: Angel of Empire, by Classic Empire
Trainer: Brad Cox
Jockey: Flavien Prat
Owner: Albaugh Family Stable
Distance / time: 1 1/8 miles / 1:49.68
Win margin: 4 1/4 lengths
Beyer: 94