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Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita: The $1 million GI Santa Anita Derby at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 100-40-20-10) by Brian Nadeau You can also check out Brian’s analysis of the Wood Memorial and the Blue Grass. #1 Instilled Regard (5-1): Fair Grounds’ GIII Lecomte winner was exposed a bit in their GII Risen Star when…

April 7, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Blue Grass

Keeneland: The $1 million GII Blue Grass at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 10-40-20-10) by Brian Nadeau You can also check out Brian’s analysis of the Wood Memorial and the Santa Anita Derby. #1 Zing Zang (30-1): Deep, deep closer heads north in a last-chance effort to make the Kentucky Derby after failing…

April 6, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Wood Memorial

Aqueduct: The $750,000 GII Wood Memorial at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 100-40-20-10) by Brian Nadeau Also check out Brian’s analysis of the Blue Grass and the Santa Anita Derby. #1 Heartfullofstars (20-1): Santa Anita invader was all-out to win a restricted MSW last time after dueling on the lead through fast fractions…

April 6, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The UAE Derby

Meydan: The $2 million GII UAE Derby at about 1 3/16 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 10-40-20-10) Like it or not, a race some 7,393 miles away from Churchill Downs could very likely send two horses to the Kentucky Derby, and with Coolmore’s #4 MENDELSSOHN and Godolphin’s #5 GOLD TOWN (GB) having designs on the…

March 30, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Florida Derby

Gulfstream Park: The $1 million GI Florida Derby at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 10-40-20-10) #1 Strike Power (4-1): The expected inside speed got caught napping a bit when second in last month’s local prep, the GII Fountain of Youth, when fellow rival Promises Fulfilled broke sharply, was able to get over and…

March 30, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Sunland Derby

Sunland Park: The Grade II, $800,000 Sunland Derby at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 50-20-10-5) by Brian Nadeau While this year’s Sunland Derby doesn’t figure to have a lasting impact on the Kentucky Derby, it is an automatic qualifier of sorts, as the winner will be all but guaranteed a spot in the…

March 25, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Louisiana Derby

Fair Grounds: The $1 million GII Louisiana Derby at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 10-40-20-10) by Brian Nadeau #1 Bravazo (7-2): Streaking Calumet homebred has turned into a different horse this year for Lukas, as he’s 2-for-2 and enters off an upset win last month in the local prep, the GII Risen Star,…

March 23, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Rebel Stakes

Oaklawn Park: The Grade II, $900,000 Rebel at 1 1/16 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points 50-20-10-5 by Brian Nadeau #1 Title Ready (8-1): Price player is the first of three for Asmussen and really impressed in his 3-year-old debut, when he added blinkers and walloped a N1X crew over the track and distance, while far…

March 16, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: the Jeff Ruby Steaks

Turfway Park: The $200,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks at 1 1/8 miles (20-8-4-2) by Brian Nadeau While the Polytrack Era has died down in a big way, and the synthetic/turf specialists here probably won’t have a direct impact on this year’s Kentucky Derby, there is an outside chance the winner will qualify with the 20 points…

March 16, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The San Felipe

Santa Anita: The Grade II, $400,000 San Felipe at 1 1/16 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points 50-20-10-5) #1 Bolt d’Oro (2-1): The long awaited 3-year-old debut is at hand for this son of Medaglia d’Oro, who was a deserving odds-on favorite when last seen in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Del Mar in November but…

March 9, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018.

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