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2025 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Los Alamitos Futurity Winner Journalism

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 grants qualifying points to the first jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.

2024 Los Alamitos Futurity, Journalism, Michael McCarthy, Umberto Rispoli

Journalism Beats Baffert Trio to Win Los Alamitos Futurity

Journalism conquered a very strong Bob Baffert trio in the Grade 2 $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity on Dec.

2024 Remington Park Springboard Mile, Coal Battle

Coal Battle Rallies to Win Remington Park Springboard Mile

Coal Battle won the war against 2-1 favorite Speed King down the stretch by a half-length to win the $300,000 Springboard Mile Stakes, the marquee race for 2-year-olds at Remington Park on the track's final night of the 2024 season.

Regret: The Filly Who Made the Kentucky Derby

Martin J. “Matt” Winn rarely took no for an answer.

In 1902, the Churchill Downs racing facility was in serious financial trouble and in danger of closing. Winn assembled a group of local investors, bought the track, and the right to the name the Kentucky Derby.

Myriad Love, Atsuya Nishimura, 2024 Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun, Kawasaki Racecourse, Katsumi Saito

Filly Myriad Love Strikes in Japan’s Second Qualifying Race for 2025 Kentucky Derby

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby took a sideways turn Dec. 11 as a filly, Myriad Love, scored her third win without loss in the series’ second leg, the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun, at Kawasaki Racecourse.

Myriad Love earned 20 points to jump to the top of the leaderboard. Natural Rise, winner of the first race, finished fourth in the Zen-Nippon, adding four points to his previous 10 to stand in second place.

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