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2025 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Jerome Stakes Winner Cyclone State

Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule that offers qualifying points to the first race in the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.

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2025 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for Jan. 9

This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they previously were.

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2025 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Smarty Jones Stakes Winner Coal Battle

Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule that offers qualifying points to the first jewel of the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.

Coal Battle Sharp in Smarty Jones Stakes Victory at Oaklawn Park

Coal Battle soundly defeated Mo Quality to capture the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes on Jan. 4 at Oaklawn Park.

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Cyclone State Blows Away Competition in Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct

The first of four 2025 run for roses prep races at Aqueduct Racetrack turned into a lopsided rout as Cyclone State clobbered six 3-year-old rivals to take the Jan. 4 $150,000 Jerome Stakes in his third straight victory at the Big A, all at a one-turn mile distance.

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