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In recent years, the Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct has produced Kentucky Derby top-three finishers Sierra Leone (second in 2024) and Zandon (third in 2022), a pair of Grade 1 winners trained by Chad Brown.

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 offer qualifying points for the 1 ¼-mile first leg of the Triple Crown May 2, 2026, at Churchill Downs.

Bishops Bay got up just in time to score a gutsy neck win over a determined Mika in the $500,000 Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap Dec. 6 at Aqueduct.

Thanksgiving week delivered not only holiday cheer but also a strong slate of graded stakes action from coast to coast.

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