Secret Oath will try to stamp her ticket to the Kentucky Derby in Saturday's $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) as she faces a field of eight male rivals. TVG will be live from Oaklawn Park with expanded coverage as well as on-site for the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) from Gulfstream Park and the $600,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) from Turfway Park as part of the Road to the Triple Crown presented by Spendthrift.
At Oaklawn Park, Mike Joyce, Gabby Gaudet, Caton Bredar and Matt Carothers will be trackside with full coverage of the card which features four stakes races culminating in the Arkansas Derby (G1), a top-tier Kentucky Derby prep with 100-40-20-10 qualifying points available to the top four finishers.
There will also be a special feature on Secret Oath and trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Lukas has won two prior editions of the Arkansas Derby and saddled the filly Althea to win the race in 1984. Coverage of the Oaklawn Park meet is presented by WinStar Farm.
Gulfstream Park, with coverage presented by Runhappy, will host one of their premier days of racing of the season on Saturday and TVG's Larry Collmus, Todd Schrupp, Britney Eurton, Simon Bray, Dave Weaver and Andie Biancone will be live with exclusive insights, analysis and interviews. There will also be additional, innovative technology to enhance the broadcast including a Drone Camera and two jockey cameras throughout the races in addition to a feature on jockey Tyler Gaffalione.
The fourteen-race card from Gulfstream features ten stakes races with the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) as the main event with 100-40-20-10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points available. Simplification has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in the field of eleven Triple Crown hopefuls for trainer Antonio Sano. The Florida-bred son of Not This Time won the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) and will have Jose Ortiz aboard. His rivals include Holy Bull Stakes (G3) winner White Abarrio and Tampa Bay Derby (G2) victor Classic Causeway.
Road to the Triple Crown presented by Spendthrift continues at Turfway Park on Saturday night with the $600,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3). There will be 100-40-20-10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points up for grabs to the top four finishers and TVG's Caleb Keller will be live throughout the card. The race has drawn an overflow field of thirteen including Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) winner Tiz the Bomb. Trained by Ken McPeek, the bay son of Hit It a Bomb was last seen winning the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes and will have regular rider Brian Hernandez, Jr. in the irons.
All three Kentucky Derby prep races will be designated as TVG Money Back Special races.
In addition to racing from Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn and Turfway, TVG will be featuring racing from Santa Anita, Aqueduct and more. Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices.
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