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Caddo River serves notice with a 10 1/4-length victory in the Smarty Jones
Caddo River returned to the track Tuesday morning for the first time since a record-breaking victory in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Friday at Oaklawn. At the same time, his trainer, Brad Cox, was plotting the next move for the speedy colt and his handful of other Kentucky Derby prospects, including probable Eclipse Award winner Essential Quality.
The road to Churchill Downs, at least regarding next-race plans for Caddo River and Essential Quality, will run through Oaklawn s lucrative series of Kentucky Derby points races, with Caddo River, a homebred for Hot Springs lumberman John Ed Anthony s Shortleaf Stable, probably making his next start in the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) at 1 1/16 miles March 13, Cox said.
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Count ’em: 14 new names to consider in Kentucky Derby odds
By Ron Flatter
January 18, 2021 2:36pm
While Nevada bookmakers were keeping up with
the comings and goings of points preps for the
2021 Kentucky Derby, they polarized
the extremes in their futures books.
Life Is Good is no longer the unanimous
favorite or co-favorite. Not after William Hill Nevada shortened Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile winner
Essential Quality to 7-1. He appears to be taking more action
than he is offering lately; his 3-year-old debut not expected until next month.
At the same time, Circa Sports is daring
anyone to take any kind of chance on
Grade 2 Winner Shancelot Retired To Buck Pond Farm Sponsored by:
Shancelot blew away the competition in the Amsterdam to remain undefeated at the time
A history-making sprinter when winning the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes with a 121 Beyer Speed Figure – the highest Beyer by a 3-year-old sprinter in history – Shancelot has been retired to Buck Pond Farm, Crawford Farms Racing announced Jan. 11. He will stand for a fee of $7,500 in 2021.
“We re excited to stand Shancelot in Kentucky where we recently purchased a farm close by,” said Al Crawford of Crawford Farms Racing. “We feel his incredible speed will attract a lot of breeders and we are very actively purchasing mares at the Keeneland January Sale to support him ourselves.”
Don t miss the 8 new horses carrying Kentucky Derby odds
Don t miss the 8 new horses carrying Kentucky Derby odds
By Ron Flatter
January 11, 2021 2:16pm
Only a week removed from Life Is Good’s
winning 3-year-old debut and with Essential Quality still a month away from his, all
was quiet at the top of the Kentucky Derby futures market in the last week.
Bettors and bookmakers appear to be watching
and waiting for new prospects to show whether they will be legitimate
contenders for May 1 at Churchill Downs. Between Circa Sports and William Hill,
eight new horses not yet on the formal road to the Derby have been posted in Nevada since the start of the new year.
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