2024 Kentucky Derby Contender Common Defense Current Rank Total Points Earned Earnings Trainer 20 37 $416,000 Kenneth McPeek _______________________________________________________________________________ Common Defense’s Prep Race that earned their highest Final Time Rating (FNL RAT) Race Date: 2/24/2024 Track: Oaklawn Park Race #: 11 Distance: 8.5 Furlongs Conditions: stakes Surface: Dirt Trainer: Kenneth McPeek Jockey: […]
By Jarrod Horak Track Phantom was the lone Kentucky Derby 2024 contender to breeze under the Twin Spires on Sunday, April 21. In the video below, I discuss Track Phantom’s workout and go through the latest Derby news, including Deterministic’s defection and Grand Mo the First’s addition to the field. We are less than two weeks out […]
By Jarrod Horak Several Kentucky Derby 2024 contenders posted workouts on Saturday, April 20 including Grade 1 Blue Grass hero Sierra Leone. In the video below, I go through all of the workouts and the latest Derby news. We are less than two weeks out from the Derby, and make sure you stay tuned to […]
By Jarrod Horak The Louisiana Derby and Jeff Ruby Steaks were the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points races on Saturday, March 23. In this article, I will look back at those events and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. The Grade 1 Florida Derby, Grade 1 Arkansas Derby, and Grade 2 UAE […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Fair Grounds Race Course on Saturday, March 23, and I have included Louisiana Derby 2024 picks below. The Grade 2 event for 3-year-olds has a $1 million purse and the twelve entrants will be journeying 1 3/16 miles on the main track. The Louisiana […]
By Jarrod Horak The Rebel Stakes was the latest road to Kentucky Derby 2024 points race. In this article, I will look back at that event and update my “Exceptional 11” Kentucky Derby contenders. The next four points races are the Fountain of Youth (G2), Gotham (G3), John Battaglia Memorial, and San Felipe (G2). All […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Oaklawn on Saturday, February 24, and I have included Rebel Stakes 2024 picks below. The Grade 2 event for 3-year-olds has a $1,250,000 purse and the thirteen entrants will be journeying 1 1/16 miles on the main track. The Rebel is the 11th race […]
