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A few days after the third-place finisher in the Remsen Stakes posted an initial stakes victory, the highly regarded winner of that mile-and-an-eighth Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep is taking his first steps toward matching his full brother’s magical accomplishment.

James Culver thought he uncovered the horse of a lifetime when he purchased Mucho Macho Man for $30,000 from breeders Carole and John Rio and the Florida-bred went on to a stellar career that culminated in a victory in the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Mucho Macho Man finished with more than $5.6 million in purse earnings.

Welcome to 2024 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 prep series that offers qualifying points for the first leg of the series. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs.

Now that all of the Eclipse Award ballots have been cast and the results fed to the tabulators, it’s safe to unleash Steve Kornacki into the conversation. Best known as the national election and poll analyst for the family of NBC news programming, Kornacki is revving up for a wild and crazy year, commencing with the Iowa Republican party caucuses of Jan. 15, followed by the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 23.

With a pair of lucrative victories in his final two starts of the season, White Abarrio soared to the top of the North American racing earnings list for 2023.

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