The top two finishers in in Sunday's Grade 3, $500,000 Sunland Derby are both expected to target the 2022 Triple Crown series.
Reddam Racing's homebred Slow Down Andy, the half-length winner, picked up 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The 3-year-old son of trainer Doug O'Neill's Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist is now headed to Keeneland, where he will prepare for the target beneath the Twin Spires.
“He's on a van heading to Keeneland,” O'Neill told DRF on Tuesday. “He'll train out of Keeneland and May 7 is our target date – the Kentucky Derby. We're so excited.”
The Sunland Derby runner-up, B-4 Farms' Bye Bye Bobby, was made a late nominee to the Triple Crown with a $6,000 payment on Monday. His second-place finish earned 20 points toward the Run for the Roses.
Trainer Todd Fincher confirmed the nomination when speaking with DRF on Tuesday, and said the son of Quality Road would also head to Keeneland for a start in the Grade 3, $400,000 Lexington, a 1 1/16-mile race on April 16 which offers the top four finishers Derby points on a scale of 20-8-4-2.
The current Kentucky Derby points standings are available here: 20220327 Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard.
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