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Which Kentucky Derby Contender Leads the Jan. 31 Best Horses Poll?

Each week, members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.

Find out the 2023 top 3-year-old rankings below in inaugural poll of the Triple Crown season. This poll will continue through the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets in June.

AMERICA’S TOP THOROUGHBREDS FOR JANUARY 31, 2023

2023 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for Jan. 31

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 2023 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a few weeks ago.

2023 Holy Bull Stakes Cheat Sheet

The road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve stops in south Florida Saturday for the $250,000, Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Women Riders Building Winning Culture at Oaklawn Park

Oaklawn Park is one of the prominent meets in the country with multiple talented women in the jockey colony. This season, Kelsi Harr, Chel-c Bailey, Lindsey Hebert, Kylee Jordan, and Mickaelle Michel have brought their tack to the Hot Springs, Ark. oval, and the crew is outgrowing the room designated for female riders.

Kelsi Harr

Stars of Yesterday: Looking Back at the Best Recent Withers Stakes Winners

The New York road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve continues this Saturday, with the 143rd renewal of the $250,000 Grade 3 Withers Stakes. Named after prominent 19th-century owner David Withers, the race was held for the first time in 1874 at Jerome Park.

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