Of all the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep races held so far in 2021, Saturday’s $750,000, Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Race Course is surely among the most befuddling.
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.
In this edition, the focus is the previous week of prep races. With the action on the Derby trail heating up, this column will now appear regularly to analyze to biggest movers approaching the first leg of the Triple Crown.
Tom Pedulla is interviewing prominent owners, trainers, and jockeys for America’s Best Racing as they travel the Road to the 147th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on May 1 at Churchill Downs.
The road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve stops at picturesque Keeneland Race Course Saturday for the $800,000, Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.
The final stop on the New York Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by Resorts World Casino this Saturday at Aqueduct.
