Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule of races that offers qualifying points for the 1 ¼-mile Derby May 2, 2026, at Churchill Downs.
Plutarch is still a work in progress, but the royally-bred colt took a huge step forward on Feb. 7 by winning the one-mile Grade 3 $100,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on the dirt at Santa Anita Park.
Recent times have been difficult for trainer Rudy Rodriguez, but there was a much different feeling Feb. 6 as he watched the stretch run of the $200,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct.
