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The 150th Kentucky Derby headlines 9 big stakes races including four Grade 1s Saturday, May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Horse race odds, analysis and best bets.

Arabian Lion came from just off the pace under John Velazquez to win his first graded stakes in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens at Belmont Park.

General Jim will look to win his third straight graded stakes in Saturday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Woody Stephens

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Blue Grass (G1), Santa Anita Derby (G1), and Wood Memorial (G2).

It was quite the late birthday celebration for trainer Brad Cox, who, two days after turning 43, saddled three stakes winners Saturday at Oaklawn, including Angel of Empire in the $1.25-million Arkansas Derby (G1), a result that stamped the colt one of the Kentucky Derby (G1) favorites.

Lest the home city think itself overlooked on the local racing schedule, the Hot Springs Stakes is back at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. And on this April 1, that is no joke.

Saturday’s Cross County Pick 5 to feature racing action from Aqueduct, G1 Arkansas Derby card at Oaklawn Park

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Confidence Game won the $1 million Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park by one length in an upset on Saturday and earned 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by James Graham, Confidence Game ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.21 on a sloppy track.

Trainer Brad Cox won a Kentucky Derby prep race last weekend, and hes vying for another with two entries in the Rebel Stakes

A colt from a family bred for success shuffled the deck on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail when Don’t Tell My Wife Stables’ Confidence Game swept to victory in Saturday’s $1-million Rebel Stakes (G2) before a crowd of 42,000 at Oaklawn.