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Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Arkansas Derby, Second Division

Oaklawn Park: The GI, $500,000 Arkansas Derby (second division) at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 100-40-20-10) by Brian Nadeau Brian handicaps at Capital OTB and Horseplayer Now, and he’ll offer analysis and selections of Derby points races, hoping to make us all a little money as we head to the Belmont Stakes. Follow him on Twitter here.…

May 2, 2020 in Kentucky Derby 2020.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Arkansas Derby, First Division

Oaklawn Park: The GI, $500,000 Arkansas Derby (first division) at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 100-40-20-10) by Brian Nadeau Brian handicaps at Capital OTB and Horseplayer Now, and he’ll offer analysis and selections of Derby points races, hoping to make us all a little money as we head to the Belmont Stakes. Follow him on Twitter here.…

May 1, 2020 in Kentucky Derby 2020.

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

Oaklawn Park: The GII, $1 million Rebel at 1 1/16 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 50-20-10-5) by Brian Nadeau Brian handicaps at Capital OTB and Horseplayer Now, and he’ll offer analysis and selections of Derby points races, hoping to make us all a little money as we head to the Belmont Stakes. Follow him on Twitter here. #1 Nadal…

March 13, 2020 in Kentucky Derby 2020.

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

Oaklawn Park: The GIII, $750,000 Southwest at 1 1/16 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points 10-4-2-1) by Brian Nadeau Brian handicaps at Capital OTB and Horseplayer Now, and he’ll offer analysis and selections of Derby points races, hoping to make us all a little money as we head to the Belmont Stakes. Follow him on Twitter here. Oaklawn Park…

February 16, 2020 in Kentucky Derby 2020.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Smarty Jones

I couldn’t be happier that Brian Nadeau is back at Brooklyn Backstretch for year 11 to take us through this year’s road to the Triple Crown. In a few weeks, we’ll kick off our annual contest to raise money for racing non-profits. Stay tuned… Brian handicaps at Capital OTB and Horseplayer Now, and he’ll offer…

January 23, 2020 in Kentucky Derby 2020.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown 2019: The Arkansas Derby

Oaklawn Park: The GI, $1 million Arkansas Derby at 1 1/8 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 100-40-20-10) #1 Improbable (8-5): The favorite was run down late by fellow rival Long Range Toddy in his return in the slower (by only .07) split division of the local prep, the GII Rebel last month, and will be…

April 12, 2019 in Kentucky Derby 2019.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown 2019: The Rebel Stakes, Division 2

Oaklawn Park: The $750,000,000 GII Rebel (Division 2) at 1 1/16 (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: (37.5-15-7.5-4) #1 Market King (30-1): Lukas speedster figures to take these as far as he can on the engine, as he stretches out off a close third in a local 6F optional-claimer, and a race removed from pressing and holding…

March 15, 2019 in Kentucky Derby 2019.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown 2019: The Rebel Stakes, Division 1

Oaklawn Park: The $750,000,000 GII Rebel (Division 1) at 1 1/16 (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: (37.5-15-7.5-4) by Brian Nadeau #1 Extra Hope (6-1): The first of four Santa Anita invaders impressed in his seasonal debut, when he pressed a hot pace in an optional-claimer over a sloppy track and kicked clear late, in what was…

March 15, 2019 in Kentucky Derby 2019.

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

Oaklawn Park: The $500,000 Southwest at 1 1/16 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points 10-4-2-1) Oaklawn’s path to the Arkansas Derby begins with the pricey Southwest, which figures to be a key launching pad to the local GII Rebel next month. A potentially aggressive pace should aid the chances of California invader #7 SUENO (7-2), a…

February 17, 2019 in Kentucky Derby 2019.

Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Smarty Jones

Oaklawn Park: The $150,000 Smarty Jones at 1-mile (Kentucky Derby qualifying points 10-4-2-1) by Brian Nadeau Oaklawn Park opens, as does the path to the Arkansas Derby, though this year’s Smarty Jones looks more like a sorting out process than a major Kentucky Derby prep. Two turns is a question mark for #3 SUPER STEED…

January 25, 2019 in Kentucky Derby 2019.

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