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FOUR a good time, catch these next four Kentucky Derby prep races! This weekend is packed with opportunity and talent. These stakes will play a big part in the field for the 150th Kentucky Derby. Who will score these KY Derby prep points?
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The 4th features four fine Kentucky Derby prep races. A quartet of stakes are to be raced March, 4, 2023, The Gotham, The San Felipe, The Fountain of Youth, and the John Battaglia Memorial will all post this Saturday.
First, the $300,000 GIII Gotham Stakes is at Aqueduct in Ozone Park, NY. Race nine has a total of fifteen entries. The stakes will post at 4:56 PM ET. The 1 mile race, inaugurated in 1953, awards 50-20-15-10-5 KY Derby prep points, respectively.
Then, Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, CA will host the $400,000 GII San Felipe Stakes, inaugurated in 1935. At a distance of 1 and 1/16 miles this race offers 50-20-15-10-5 points. Eleven are entered for the sixth race, posting at 5:27 PM ET.
Next, the $400,000 GII Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, FL dates back to 1945. The first five finishers of the 1 and 1/16 mile race will receive 50-20-15-10-5 points. Race fourteen posts at 5:43 PM ET. Forte will face off with nine contenders.
Finally, the $150,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes will be held at Turfway Park in Florence, KY. This 1 and 1/16 mile race offers 20-8-6-4-2 points. Fourteen thoroughbreds are entered in this edition of The John Battaglia Memorial Stakes, created in 1982. The all weather track will host race eight at 9:25 PM ET.
Photo caption: Forte was fantastic this Fall at Keeneland. Forte picked up Kentucky Derby prep points there, winning both the Breeders’ Futurity and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Stakes.
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Saturday, the sixth of March, serves up three more Kentucky Derby Prep races! 255 points are up for grabs in this trio and that is going to shake rank up on the KY Derby leaderboard. Greatest Honour holds the top spot with 60 points, following two wins in preps. He is trailed by Mandaloun with 52 points, from a win and a show on The Road. Third rank is held by Essential Quality, with 40 points from three winning preps. Each of this Saturdays races grant 50 points to the winner. Therefore, this Saturday’s winners will rise to the top 5 rank and even higher, if the talented thoroughbreds have prior points. Currently ranked horses need to watch out for this treble of trouble to transform the top of the Kentucky Derby leaderboard.
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With Kentucky Derby points up for grabs, who will grasp them in the Gotham? The Gotham Stakes, won by greats like Secretariat, takes place once again tomorrow. Ten thoroughbreds will face off to try to arrive at the top of the leaderboard on the road to the KY Derby.
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