By Jarrod Horak The Road to the Kentucky Derby rolls through Aqueduct with the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, a $750,000 test for three-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles on the main track. As the 12th race on the card, this is a pivotal Derby points race, and I’m looking to separate contenders from pretenders based on […]
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By Jarrod Horak The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues with the $500,000 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs on Saturday, March 14. This Kentucky Derby points race brings together a field of three-year-olds traveling one mile and one-eighth around one turn on the main track. In this breakdown, I’ll first walk through the field, then […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 3, $1 million Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn on Feb. 6 is for 3-year-olds traveling 1 1/16 miles on the main track and the scheduled post time is 5:40 PM ET, and this is a Kentucky Derby 2026 points race. Southwest Stakes field (race 11): 1 – Reclamation (30-1) 2 – […]
By Jarrod Horak This post features analysis of the Grade 3 Santa Ynez Stakes and Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Santa Ynez field:1 – Himika (5-1)2 – La Wally (8-1)3 – Bottle of Rouge (7-2)4 – Revera (6-1)5 – Explora (3-5) The Grade 3, $100,000 Santa Ynez is for 3-year-old fillies […]