In the third and most recent Kentucky Derby future pool, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Forte was the leader among individual horses with odds of 7-1.
The second Kentucky Derby futures pool closed with “All others” the 4-5 favorite and Breeders’ Cup juvenile winner Forte the second choice.
The second of six Kentucky Derby futures pools kicks off this coming Thursday and runs through Sunday with 38 individual horses plus the field.
In today’s BackTracks, Maryland-bred Challedon became the first two-time horse of the year after dominating 1939 and 1940.
Before Rachel Alexandra and Swiss Skydiver won the Preakness, these four fillies made a major impact on the Middle Jewel without winning it.
Rich Strike’s defection from the Preakness is one more argument for changing the series’ configuration to acknowledge changes in horsemanship.
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante shares snippets of more than 50 years of Kentucky Derby memories, from heartwarming stories to impossible upsets.
After winning the Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike tried to take a bite out of a pony, prompting a forceful outrider response – and a bit of a firestorm.
Lovable longshot Rich Strike was the kind of out-of-the-clouds head-scratcher of a winner the Kentucky Derby produces. How do they fare in the Preakness?
Rich Strike, who barely got into the Kentucky Derby field and was 80-1 at post time, scored an upset for the ages, and for the little guy and gal.