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Racing Is On At Oaklawn

Sleepingonfreedom as seen at Keeneland's auction.
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Sleepingonfreedom as seen at Keeneland's auction.
Sleepingonfreedom, as seen at Keeneland’s auction.

I am ever excited about The Road To The Kentucky Derby and this year is a little extra special for me. One of my pinhook partnership’s former horses is on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. He runs again this Saturday in one of the four Kentucky Derby preps of this week’s end. Racing is on at Oaklawn!

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Southwest Stakes Summarized

Patch Adams started his career racing at Keeneland. He enters his first stakes hoping to earn Kentucky Derby prep points.
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Patch Adams started his career racing at Keeneland. He enters his first stakes hoping to earn Kentucky Derby prep points.
Patch Adams started his career racing at Keeneland. He enters his first stakes hoping to earn Kentucky Derby prep points.

Will the Southwest Stakes winner finish first in the Kentucky Derby again? Mystik Dan swept both stakes in 2024. Ten thoroughbreds are taking on the $ 1 million dollar Southwest Stakes on Saturday!

Render Judgement first races at Keeneland. He is On The Road To The Kentucky Derby with points from the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.
Render Judgement first races at Keeneland. He is On The Road To The Kentucky Derby with points from the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas will host the Southwest Stakes on 1/26/25. This Grade III dirt race of 1 and 1/16 miles has ten Kentucky bred 3 year-old colts entered, Race 10 on a card of 12 offers 20-10-6-4-2 Kentucky Derby prep points to the first five winners in respective order. The Southwest Stakes dates back to 1968. Watch the 2025 KY Derby field hopefuls compete in the Southwest at 5:10 PM ET.

Render Judgement wants to earn Kentucky Derby points in the Southwest Stakes.
Render Judgement wants to earn Kentucky Derby points in the Southwest Stakes.

Furthermore, the Southwest Stakes field is as follows by post/horse/jockey/trainer/owner/morning-line odds/and KY Derby prep points earned as applicable:

  1. Gaming/Juan Hernandez/Bob Baffert/Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram and Paul Weitman/2-1/fourth on the leaderboard with 18 points (Breeders’ Cup Juvenile 2nd and Los Alamitos Futurity 3td)
  2. Publisher/Erik Asmussen/Steve Asmussen/Gus King and Estate of Brereton C. Jones/12-1/
  3. Monet’s Magic/Francisco Arrieta/Ben Colebrook/Midway Racing 2023, LLC./15-1
  4. Tiztastic/Keith Asmussen/Steve Asmussen/Winchell Thoroughbreds, LLC., Mrs. John Magnier, Micheal B. Tabor and Derrick Smith/10-1/fifteenth on the leaderboard with 8 points (Street Sense 2nd, Ky Jockey Club 3rd)
  5. Render Judgement/Emmanuel Esquivel/Kenny McPeek/Baccari Racing Stable, LLC., Dream Walkin Farms,, Inc. and Rocket Ship Racing/15-1/28th place with 4 points (Kentucky Jockey Club 5th and Gun Runner 3rd)
  6. Sandman/Cristian Torres/Mark Casse.D.J. Stables, LLC., St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and CJ Stables/5-1/45th with 1 point (Iroquois 5th)
  7. Patch Adams/Flavien Prat/Brad Cox/CHC, Inc. and WinStar Farm, LLC./5-2
  8. American Promise/Tyler Bacon/D. Wayne Lukas/BC Stables, LLC./6-2
  9. Bon Temps/Nik Juarez/D. Wayne Lukas/Calumet Farms/30-1/41st place with 2 points (Smarty Jones 4th)
  10. Speed King/Rafael Bejarano/Ron Moquett/Triton Thoroughbreds, LLC./15-1/21st place with 5 points (Remington Springboard Mile 2nd)
Patch Adams is showing great speed ahead of his Southwest Stakes entry.
Patch Adams is showing great speed ahead of his Southwest Stakes entry.

The Southwest Stakes is super suspenseful. It will be a surprise to see the shake up on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. Be sure to catch all of the great races on Pegasus World Cup Day at Gulfstream this Saturday too. Thank you for reading and check back with Thoroughbred U soon.

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Run FOUR The Roses

Just Steel and Awesome Road competed in the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland. They face off again in the Southwest Stakes! They may get a change in the 150th Kentucky Derby...
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Just Steel raced in the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland. He is hoping to earn Kentucky Derby points in the Southwest Stakes.
Just Steel raced in the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland. He is hoping to earn Kentucky Derby points in the Southwest Stakes.

FOUR the love of horse racing, do not miss the four Kentucky Derby prep races this Saturday! Before The Run For The Roses there are many races on The Road to the Kentucky Derby. February 3rd, 2024 is action packed with four stakes races awarding 20 horses a chance to qualify for the 20 posts positions of the 150th Kentucky Derby. Check out these four stakes races!

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Three For the Road: Kentucky Derby

Hard Rye Guy will compete for Kentucky Derby points in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on 2/26/2021!
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Hard Rye Guy will compete for Kentucky Derby points in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on 2/26/2021!
Hard Rye Guy will compete for Kentucky Derby points in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes on 2/26/2021!

It’s three for the road to the Kentucky Derby as this weekend and month wraps! Rebounding from some bitter winter storms and with Spring on the mind, anticipation of the 2021 Kentucky Derby is building. The prep races that began awarding points as far back as September are racing towards the roads end. The preps end the second week in April and the first Saturday in May, the world watches. Take time to enjoy each critical race. There are many points up for grabs over this weekends three KY Derby prep races!

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