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Zedan Racing Stables’ Medina Spirit currently sits in eighth place on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series with 74 points. The dark bay colt has finished first or second in each of his five lifetime efforts to date for conditioner...

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Gary Barber’s Get Her Number ranks 20th with 20 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard. The Grade 1 winner boasts a lifetime line of 5-2-0-0, $275,667 for conditioner Peter Miller....

Godolphin’s homebred Essential Quality earned 100 more points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby following a game neck triumph in the $800,000 Blue Grass S. (G2) at Keeneland on April 3. Piloted by regular rider Luis Saez, the colt...

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby concludes with Saturday’s Fukuryu S. at Nakayama. None of the three previous winners in the series will line up, so the about 1 1/8-mile test will produce a new leader with its 40-16-8-4 points structure.
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A full field of 12 will aim to receive qualifying points in the $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park on Saturday. The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series event will reward the top-four finishers with points on a 100-40-20-10...

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Saturday will arguably be one of the most action-packed days thus far on the Road to Kentucky Derby 147 with a quartet...

Roadrunner Racing, Boat Racing, and William Strauss’ Hot Rod Charlie picked up 100 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby series following his two-length victory in the $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds on March...

Davona Dale S. (G2) runner-up Crazy Beautiful has been established as a slight 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $200,000 Gulfstream Parks Oaks (G2). She will meet six rivals in the 1 1/16-mile race.
A major qualifier for the Kentucky Oaks...

Winner of the Fountain of Youth S. (G2) and Holy Bull S. (G3), Greatest Honour will receive his final Kentucky Derby tune-up in Saturday’s $750,000 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park. The 6-5 morning line favorite will face 10 rivals from post...