Kentucky Derby preps from across the country will be live on TVG this weekend featuring the Road to the Triple Crown presented by Spendthrift Farm with the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) from Tampa Bay Downs and the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby from Golden Gate.
TVG's Matt Carothers will be live trackside at Tampa Bay Downs for the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) with 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Derby points up for grabs to the top four finishers. The race will serve as a prep race for the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) on March 12. The race has drawn an overflow field of thirteen Triple Crown hopefuls including three contenders for trainer Mark Casse – Golden Glider, God of Love and Volcanic. Canadian-bred God of Love will be making his sophomore debut and was last seen winning the Grey Stakes (G3) at Woodbine in November.
The path to the Kentucky Derby will continue to Golden Gate and Caleb Keller will be on-site with coverage of the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby. The 1 1/8 mile prep race, contested over the all-weather track, will offer 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers has drawn a field of eleven including Blackladder for trainer Bob Baffert. A $620,000 purchase at Keeneland as a yearling, the son of Quality Road is fresh off of a maiden victory at Santa Anita.
Larry Collmus and Andie Biancone will be live from Gulfstream Park with coverage presented by Runhappy throughout Saturday's twelve-race card which will feature two stakes races. The featured event is the $100,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes (G3) and the five-furlong contest has attracted a field of seven. Trainer George “Rusty” Arnold, II will saddle Gear Jockey, a homebred for Calumet Farm. The five-year-old son of Twirling Candy was last seen finishing sixth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) and will be ridden by Luis Saez.
At Santa Anita, Todd Schrupp, Simon Bray, Christina Blacker, Britney Eurton and Joaquin Jaime will be reporting live with exclusive insights, interviews and analysis throughout the nine-race card. The final and featured race is the $100,000 Sweet Life Stakes (G3) to be run at six and a half furlongs on the turf. The race has drawn a field of ten three-year-old fillies including Ouraika (FR), an East Coast invader for trainer Graham Motion with Juan Hernandez named to ride as she makes her graded stakes debut.
There will also be coverage of the card at Oaklawn Park featuring a pair of stakes races – the $250,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) and the $600,000 Razorback Handicap (G3). The Razorback Handicap (G3) has drawn a contentious field of nine with Lone Rock installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite for Robertino Diodoro. A fourteen-time winner, the 7-year-old gelding is going for his third straight victory and will have Ramon Vasquez in the irons.
In addition to racing from Tampa Bay Downs, Gulfstream and Santa Anita, TVG will be featuring racing from Oaklawn, 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.
