Held at Hallandale Beach, Florida’s Gulfstream Park, the Fountain of Youth Stakes has an amazing eighty year history of producing Triple Crown contenders. Last year’s Fountain of Youth winner, Dornoch, went on to race in the Kentucky Derby and win the Belmont Stakes! Dornoch took the Haskell Stakes as well. The 2025 edition is sure to be a big deal too. The dirt race is 1 and 1/16 miles. The Fountain of Youth posts as lucky race 13 on a card of 14 at 5:44 P.M. ET. This stakes race carries a purse of $415,000. Eight 3 year-old colts are entered with Burnham Square being gelded. 105 Kentucky Derby prep points will be divided among the first five to finish in respective order as 50-25-15-10-5 points.
Furthermore, the Fountain of Youth entries are as follows by post/horse/jockey/trainer/owner/morning-line odds/and Kentucky Derby prep points as applicable:
- Gate to Wire/Dylan Davis/Todd Pletcher/Donegal Racing/6-1
- Sovereignty/Junior Alvarado/Bill Mott/Godolphin/3-1/ten points from winning the Street Sense
- Burnham Square/Edgar Zayas/Ian Wilkes/Whitham Thoroughbreds, LLC./5-2/twenty points from winning the Holy Bull
- McKellen/Tyler Gaffalione/Jose Francisco D’Angelo/Leon King Stable Corp./30-1
- Solid Left/Luis Saez/Brian Lynch/Susan and Jim Hill/20-1
- River Thames/John Velazquez/Todd Pletcher/WinStar Farm, LLC. and CHC Inc./2-1
- NeoequosIrad Ortiz, Jr./Saffie Joseph, Jr./Ian Parsard, Shining Stables, LLC. and Stefania Farms, LLC./10-1
- Keep It Easy/Corey Lanerie/Dale Romans/St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and CJ Thoroughbreds/8-1
Finally, enjoy all three Ky Derby prep races this weekend. Watch them from 2 to 6 P.M. ET on FS2 and 5 to 7 P.M. ET on CNBC or all day on FanDuel TV. The Gotham is at 4:18 P.M. ET, The Fountain of Youth at 5:44 P.M. ET and The Dark Horse San Felipe at 6:43 P.M. ET. Thanks for focusing on the Fountain of Youth with Thoroughbred U and return for more racing soon.
