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 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a week or two ago.
Welcome to 2022 Kentucky Derby Prospect Snapshots, 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 from which the race horses earn points toward qualifying.
The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 7, 2022, at Churchill Downs.
It is a timeless moment captured in grainy black-and-white. Almost 50 years later, the photo of a jubilant Penny Chenery, her arms out-flung as if in full flight, has become one of racing’s most iconic images. By the gods’ good grace, I was at Belmont that magnificent day in 1973, standing two tiers above the Chenery box, and vividly recall a small figure in a pale dress waving in exaltation to the world at large.
The Belmont Stakes – the third and final jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple crown – is on the move. Fox Sports has reached a deal to broadcast the Belmont Stakes beginning in 2023 in an agreement announced Jan. 5 and first reported by John Ourand of Sports Business Journal.
During December and on New Year’s Day, a handful of prospects pointing to the 2022 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and other Triple Crown races gained attention by earning qualifying points in stakes around the country or by winning maiden and allowance races all across the country.
