Gotham winner Haikal<\/a> is the second choice at 7-2. He runs from the fourth gate. Both he and Tacitus already have enough points to run in the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\nAnother horse to keep an eye on is Tax. Trained by Danny Gargan, the gelding drew the inside gate and has 9-2 morning line odds. He won his last race, a graded stakes race, two months ago and has finished in the money in all four career starts.<\/p>\n
Blue Grass Stakes<\/h2>\n
Vekoma leads the field of 14 at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. None of the entrants in the Grade II Toyota Blue Grass Stakes currently have their spots secured for the Derby.<\/p>\n
Trained by George Weaver, Vekoma won both of his starts as a 2-year-old. He came off a four-month layoff to run in the Fountain of Youth Stakes a month ago at Gulfstream, where he finished third. He will start from the second gate with morning line odds of 9-5.<\/p>\n
Win Win Win, coming off a third-place finish in the Tampa Bay Derby, is the second choice at 7-2. Under trainer Michael Trombetta, the colt has won three of his five starts, but none of those wins have come in graded stakes competition.<\/p>\n
Signalman finished seventh in the Fountain of Youth, his 3-year-old debut. Last year, trainer Kenny McPeek’s colt finished third in the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile and won the Kentucky Jockey Club. He\u2019ll start from the third gate, with morning line odds of 5-1.<\/p>\n
The Wood Memorial runs at 6 pm ET, with post time at the Blue Grass set for 6:23 pm ET. The Santa Anita Derby will run at 7:14 pm ET. All races will be shown on NBC Sports Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The biggest day on the Road to the Kentucky Derby has arrived. Saturday features 1-1\/8-mile prep races in California, Kentucky, and New York worth 100 points each to the winners, and Game Winner gets a chance to cement his status as the favorite in next month\u2019s Run for the Roses. Game Winner, a Bob Baffert-trained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":102257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Game Winner at Santa Anita Highlights Big Day of Kentucky Derby Preps<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n