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.
Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.
The Stonestreet Lexington Stakes generally offers a last chance for a 3-year-old prospect to move into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. Not this year.
Eight years after they ran McCraken in the Kentucky Derby, jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., trainer Ian Wilkes, and owner Janis Whitham of Whitham Thoroughbreds are Derby-bound again.
The upcoming weekend in horse racing is highlighted by one final Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep race at Keeneland and the scheduled second start of 2025 for Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna at Oa
