Road to the Kentucky Derby: Risen Star Starts Stretch of Key Prep Races
Smile Happy will look to go 3-for-3 and is the morning-line favorite in a field of 10 horses in the Kentucky Derby prep race.
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Smile Happy will look to go 3-for-3 and is the morning-line favorite in a field of 10 horses in the Kentucky Derby prep race.
Handicappers Andie Biancone and Jeremy Pond deliver their best bets, plus their favorite long shots, for Saturday's Grade III Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds.
Grade 1 winner Hog Creek Hustle has been retired from racing, and he will enter stud at Buck Pond Farm in Lexington, Ky., during the 2022 breeding season for an advertised fee of $5,000.
Both top Pegasus contenders are blessed with dazzling early speed. It should be a full-tilt fight, right from the break. The Pegasus will be the first start for both Life Is Good and Knicks Go since the Breeders’ Cup.