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It is never too early to be thinking about the #KyDerby, but the official kick-off of points races begins Saturday right where it will all end - beneath the twin spires.
The Road to @KentuckyDerby 153 begins Saturday with the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3).
Here’s the field:
Caribbean Life
Blessed Flyer
Bearamour
Admiral’s Order
Real Goodbar
Antivenom
Salahudin
He Is No Lie
Real Gone
#Hipismo #RecordarEsVivir El 30/08/1970 BILL HARTACK 🇺🇸 fue otra estrella del látigo que visitó #LaRinconada y aunque no pudo ganar, se llevó los aplausos de nuestra noble afición. #HallOfFame (1959) Ganó 4.272 carreras, incluyendo 9 de la #TripleCorona y 5 #KYDerby
(1932-2007)
#Hipismo Desde 1976 hubo 11 ganadores del #BelmontStakes que luego ganaron el #TraversStakes Pero solo THUNDER GULCH (1995) y SOVEREIGNTY (2025) en los últimos 50 años han podido ganar el #KYDerby #Belmont y #Travers
¿Se unirá GOLDEN TEMPO (Foto) a esta selecta lista el sábado?
#ThrowbackThursday: Honor A. P. trains the day before the September 2020 #KyDerby. He's now the sire of a pair of entrants in Saturday's G1 Alabama at #Saratoga, including favored Counting Stars. More to follow ... https://t.co/Ia3DcRHStD #TBT
Hip 543 at @fasigtiptonco #NYBred Sale 🍎
• Filly from the #FirstCrop of #KYDerby winner MAGE 🌹
• 21 blacktype horses on her page incl. SW Soleil Volant who has increased earnings to over $327K since the catalogue
• A++ TrueNick
🌳https://t.co/hWmP2ZRDKu
Hip 547 at @fasigtiptonco #NYBred Sale 🍎
• Colt from the #FirstCrop of GUNITE
• First foal out of a half sister to GSW/G1P Disruptor
• Family of Multi-millionaire / #KYDerby 🌹winner Strike the Gold
• Similar crosses have produced G1Ws Always a Runner, Further Ado, Locked, Society, Taiba, & Sierra Leone
🌳https://t.co/lRR0PY1a6W
#Hipismo #InMemoriam El 10/08/1958 falleció PONDER 🇺🇲 Crianza y propiedad del #CalumetFarm Campeón de 3 años. #KYDerby #JockeyClubGC #AmericanDerby Padre de NEEDLES, Campeón de 2 y 3 años. Abuelo de NEEDLES N PENS, líder semental en Venezuela.
HIP 228 at @fasigtiptonco Saratoga ✨
• Big, beautiful daughter of GUN RUNNER
• Out of a Justify Half sister to G1Ws MINE THAT BIRD (#KYDerby 🌹) and Dullahan (record-setter)
• This is also the immediate family of G1W Bolo
📄https://t.co/hEwmlLVkxo
#Hipismo #InMemoriam El 09/08/2000 falleció BOLD FORBES 🇺🇲🇵🇷 #ElRollsRoyceDePuertoRico Héroe de la hípica boricua después de CAMARERO. Doble Coronado #KYDerby #Belmont (1976) Campeón de 2 y 3 años. Padre de los ganadores clásicos TIFFANY LASS, BOLD APPAREL y AIR FORBES WON.
#RIP
HIP 165 at @fasigtiptonco Saratoga ✨
• Gorgeous 😍 colt by hot, young sire CORNICHE – already a SW in his first crop!
• Out of a Curlin mare that has produced 💯% winners
• Family of #KYDerby winner Always Dreaming, as well as G1Ws Hot Dixie Chick, Pauline’s Pearl, etc.
📄https://t.co/9Vr93lvdYU
Robby Albarado and 2024 #KyDerby winner Mystik Dan headed to the track to gallop #Preakness week, with the media and Sonny looking on.
A moment of silence for Albarado will be held in the #Saratoga winner's circle after R4 today.
People acting like the Triple Crown is suddenly “dead” haven’t been paying attention.
5 of the last 7 #KyDerby winners skipped the Preakness.
The Triple Crown has been losing steam for years. This new Championship Series didn’t kill it, it’s just another symptom of where the sport is heading. 🧵
The Triple Crown isn’t “dead.”
As @stoolpresidente said, what is $5M to the owners of high-end horses? Not much.
What is the glory of saying you owned a Triple Crown winner?
Eternal fame and notoriety.
Those owners will still exist. They may be few and far between, but there will always be someone who wants that glory.
Nobody is saying these horses CAN’T run in the Preakness. And if a horse wins the Derby, Preakness and #Belmont, they’re still a #TripleCrown winner.
But the reality is that modern trainers aren’t typically training their best horses to run back in 2-3 weeks.
They’d much rather have 4-5 weeks between starts.
That’s a big reason the Preakness/Triple Crown has slowly lost some of its steam.
Moving the Preakness back one week wasn’t suddenly going to bring a bunch of Derby horses back. For modern trainers, 2 weeks vs. 3 weeks isn’t a massive difference.
This new Championship Series takes another notch away from the Preakness, but it still doesn’t eliminate the Triple Crown.
And we’ve already seen the rules expanded for the new series. Horses have to compete in 4 of the 6 races to qualify for the $5M prize pool.
Personally, I DO think the Championship Series should be for 4+ year-olds.
3-year-olds already get plenty of attention from casual fans during Triple Crown season.
But with all that said…
I actually like seeing the industry try something different.
Yes, @ChurchillDowns and @TheNYRA putting this together around their own races obviously hurts some other tracks.
But realistically, the races they’re targeting are the biggest 3-year-old races in America outside of the #Preakness and #Haskell.
The BIGGEST question is how the industry promotes this.
If this series can create legitimate hype, put these horses in front of more eyeballs and give casual fans another reason to follow racing beyond the Derby and Triple Crown…
That’s a win.
The Triple Crown isn’t dead.
Horse racing is just changing.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
I've taken a lot of pictures of reflections in @jose93_ortiz's goggles over the years, but the pricked ears of his #KYDerby/#BelmontStakes winner might take the cake. Especially since he's THIS horse from THAT family for THESE people.
#Hipismo ¡ERA DE ESPERARSE! Ayer @TomRyanKY informó que CORNUCOPIAN fue descartado del #Preakness tras su muy gris reaparición el pasado sábado en #Aqueduct Tomará un descanso obligado. Lo que le hizo BOB BAFFERT (Arkansas Derby) al hijo de INTO MISCHIEF no tiene perdón de DIOS.
Emerging Market, 10th in the #KyDerby and fifth in the Belmont, entered in an allowance (race 6) Saturday at Saratoga.
Hip 55 at Fasig July is a colt from the first crop of #KyDerby winner Mage, offered by @AirdrieStud, where the classic winner stands. Colt is half to SW Hurricane Nelson and others, from family of champion Orientate.
Hear from winning owner Ron Winchell, trainer Steve Asmussen & jockey @jose93_ortiz after @DubaiWorldCup winner Magnitude holds off Baeza to take $2M, G1 Stephen Foster, w 2025 #KyDerby winner & HOY Sovereignty 3rd. We also speak with Bill Mott (Baeza, Sovereignty).
https://t.co/ixxMocSzJg
Watch @Godolphin's 2025 #KyDerby winner & Horse of the Year Sovereignty & his G1-winning stablemate Baeza train this AM at @ChurchillDowns for Saturday's $2M, G1 Stephen Foster. @JuniorandKellyA @OaklawnRacing @RobertYates1982 @RadioLouie @thepressboxlts @CBredar @NBCSports
https://t.co/KwHYGhmYe2
Last year's #KyDerby winner & Hirse of the Year Sovereignty on track @ChurchillDowns to train for G1 $2M Stephen Foster. @Godolphin
Kenny is that rare person who everybody loves & respects, love & respect that was earned. While he's best known for @GoCards sports, he's been an important & professional presence for years in the #KyDerby pressbox, assisting the media. Kind, unflappable, knowledgeable, great storyteller. The GOAT of SIDs. We are praying for Kenny & his family. @DerbyMedia @HorseRacingKK @NTWAB
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