I Am Maximus heads Grand National field
I Am Maximus - the 2024 winner - heads the field for Saturday's Grand National at Aintree, with last year's champion Nick Rockett a non-runner.
Mike Curry offers takeaways from a frenetic weekend of Longines Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying races from coast to coast.
As a son of champion sprinter Runhappy, So Happy wasn't supposed to be able to get the 1 1/8-mile distance of the Grade 1 $500,000 Santa Anita Derby, but he did, winning the race by 2 3/4 lengths.