Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top racehorses on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top 3-year-Old Poll. Now that the Kentucky Derby 143 dust has settled, find the latest top 3-year-old rankings below.
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Award-winning BloodHorse senior correspondent Steve Haskin presents his final Derby Dozen, offering concluding opinions on his leading contenders for the 143rd Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands on May 6.
A lot of factors affect the outcome of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, and the post position draw is one of the most impactful, wreaking havoc on the nerves of owners, trainers and jockeys of Derby hopefuls. Post positions are assigned randomly, but their effect on a horse’s chance at wearing the roses seems to be far from arbitrary.
June will mark 20 years since Javier Castellano arrived in the U.S. from his native Venezuela at age 19, and his trophy collection is ever expanding, topped off by the last four Eclipse Awards as outstanding jockey. He is closing in on 5,000 career victories, including many of the most important races in America.
