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Gotham Stakes, Raise Cain, Aqueduct, Eclipse Sportswire

2024 Gotham Stakes at a Glance

The Gotham Stakes may not be an ideal Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep race. It is, after all, contested at a one-turn mile in early March. Yet it terms of betting value, it’s hard to top the $300,000 Gotham Saturday at Aqueduct.

San Felipe Stakes, Santa Anita Park, Penelope P. Miller

2024 San Felipe Stakes at a Glance

The $300,000, Grade 2 DK Horse San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park has traditionally been an important prep race on the Southern California road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, but it appears this year will be different.

2024 Santa Anita Handicap, Big Cap, Newgrange, Newgate, Highland Falls

2024 Santa Anita Handicap Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the Horses

The $400,000, Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap Presented by Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel, which was rescheduled from Saturday, March 2, to Sunday, March 3, is an important early-season test at Santa Anita Park for older horses.

Derby Dozen Byron King BloodHorse Kentucky Derby Rebel Stakes Honor Marie Hades Tuscan Sky Mystik Dan Catching Freedom Timberlake Track Phantom Forever Young Sierra Leone Locked Fierceness Dornoch Baffert

Byron King’s Derby Dozen for Feb. 28

BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his Derby Dozen with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 4.

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2024 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at a Glance

The John Battaglia Memorial Stakes may not be contested on dirt, but it could help send a horse to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve.

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