The $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes frequently serves as a race for owners and trainers making a last-ditch effort to squeak into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. This year’s edition Saturday at Keeneland is atypical in that none of the entrants has more than six Derby qualifying points and thus none has a realistic shot to compete in the first jewel of the Triple Crown.
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Which Apple Blossom Challenger Has the Potential to Upset Thorpedo Anna?
The Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap Saturday at Oaklawn Park drew a field of seven older females with all eyes on 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna, who made short work of her competition when winning the Grade 2 Azeri Stakes last month.
2025 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for April 9
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they previously were.
Power Rankings: Kentucky Derby Preps Are Done and Journalism is No. 1
Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.
