all in Triple Crown

The first big weekend on the North American horse racing calendar is coming up, and the sport will get an hour and a half of national television coverage to showcase what has become a winter-season staple: the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Jan. 25.

Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule that distributes qualifying points for the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.

The Arkansas Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve continues with the Southwest Stakes and gives 3-year-olds a million reasons to chase their Triple Crown dreams — just like Mystik Dan did last year when he won the Southwest en route to his run for the roses triumph.

Outsprinted early and fanned exceptionally wide entering the long Fair Grounds stretch, Disco Time found his groove and rallied from 10th in a field of 13 to outkick Gun Runner Stakes winner Built by a neck to win the $250,000 Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan.

Prep season for the 151st Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is well underway, and there’ll be little letup over the next three-plus months until the first leg of the Triple Crown is run May 3 at Churchill Downs.

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