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Throughout 2022, Beverly Park faced the starter no less than 30 times. And in 15 of those races, the big bay, a throwback to the iron horses of racing’s heyday, found the winner’s circle, making him the first horse since the invincible Rapid Redux (19 straight wins in 2011) to capture more than 13 races in a season.

“His front legs are just as cold and tight as any young horse,” trainer Norman “Lynn” Cash said.

Godolphin, which campaigned 14 North American graded stakes winners, including four Breeders’ Cup winners, repeated as leading owner by earnings for 2022, and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., established single-season earnings and stakes wins records as the leading jockey according to final statistics released Jan.

Welcome to 2023 Kentucky Derby Prospect Snapshots, 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 from which the racehorses earn points toward qualifying.

The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 6, 2023, at Churchill Downs.

Victory Formation is continuing to live up to his name.

The Tapwrit colt won the third straight race to start his career, ringing in the new year with a no-doubt-about-it, gate-to-wire win in the one-mile, $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park Jan. 1.

As much as Jan. 1 is the birthday for all Thoroughbreds, the day will be even more festive for a few lucky connections thanks to the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

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