OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Trainer Graham Motion said he and owner Dianne Cotter had never discussed the Kentucky Derby when it came to their 3-year-old Toby's Corner. There will be plenty to talk about now after Toby's Corner upset leading Derby contender and heavily favored Uncle Mo in Saturday's $1,000,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in arguably the biggest upset in this race's history since Secretariat lost 38 years ago.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Santiva completed his major preparations for the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes by breezing five furlongs in a minute flat Saturday morning at the Palm Meadows training center in south Florida.

The likely favorite for the Keeneland showcase, Santiva was scheduled to arrive here Sunday or Monday by van for the $750,000 race that looks to have a a bulky field on Saturday, April 16.

"The horse worked unbelievably well," said trainer Eddie Kenneally. "We're ready to go. I'm very happy with him."

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Kathy Ritvo has scheduled four workouts for Mucho Macho Man leading up to the Kentucky Derby, and if the last three are as good as the first one, he could be a force to be reckoned with on May 7 at Churchill Downs.

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To Honor and Serve, third in both the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby, is off the Kentucky Derby trail with a strain to the suspensory ligament of his left foreleg, trainer Bill Mott said late Friday afternoon.

Mott said the injury is “very common” and that To Honor and Serve would probably lose four to six weeks of training, but could ultimately make it back to the races later this year at a high level.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The participation of Jaycito in Saturday's $1 million Santa Anita Derby was cast in doubt on Friday when trainer Bob Baffert said the colt is battling the lingering effects of a bruise in his right front foot.

Baffert said that a decision on whether Jaycito will start in the Santa Anita Derby will be made on race morning. Jaycito inherited the role of morning-line favorite when Premier Pegasus was withdrawn on Thursday because of a hairline fracture in the cannon bone of his left foreleg.

So go ahead and toss Premier Pegasus on the pile, this week’s sad tale, suffering as he did a minor injury at a major moment.

For those keeping score at home, it has been 22 years since the winner of the Santa Anita Derby went on to win the Kentucky Derby as well.

With the Kentucky Derby near, racing fans will scrutinize Saturday’s Wood Memorial Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, and Illinois Derby, plus other major prep races next week, in an effort to divine what will happen on the first Saturday in May.

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ARCADIA, Calif. – The Grade 1, $1 million Santa Anita Derby on Saturday took a one-two punch this week when Premier Pegasus, the favorite, and top contender Jaycito were withdrawn.