The long and winding road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, which opened last fall, comes to an end Saturday with the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.
The history of horse racing dates back to the U.K. during the reign of King James I. Since then, plenty of adjustments have been made to make the sport more accessible and fun for the general audience, including the switch to online gambling websites. Horse betting is now a staple in British sports culture, but it wouldn’t be what it is today without a few key moments.
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 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a week or two ago.
In this edition, the focus is the previous week of prep races. With the action on the Derby trail heating up, this column will now appear regularly to analyze to biggest movers approaching the first leg of the Triple Crown.
BloodHorse associate editor Byron King presents his latest Derby Dozen presented by Spendthrift Farm with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 1.
Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park is the last prep race on the road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve that offers 170 total qualifying points to the top four finishers, distributed on a 100-40-20-10 scale. The 1 1/8-mile, Grade 1 race is headl
