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Date: 04/11/2002

Harlan's Holiday, winner of the Florida Derby will be the favorite in the Blue Grass Stakes
Results

This weekend we have the big three prep races with the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, and the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn. This is pretty much the last stop on the Triple Crown trail for many of the contenders and is a make or break day for them. In the Wood Memorial you will have Saarland, Sunday Break and Medaglia d'Oro trying to prove they deserve a trip to Kentucky. At Keeneland, Harlan's Holiday has a chance to cement himself as the Derby favorite with a win in the Blue Grass. The Arkansas Derby came up a bit light this year with no major contenders, but several second tier horses will be trying to move up the ladder including Windward Passage and It'sallinthechase.

ESPN will show the Wood Memorial from 3:30-4:30pm EDT while NBC will have the Blue Grass and a Derby Preview from 4:30-6:00pm EDT. You can also watch or listen online at the links provided below. Past performances for all the races will be available free online from DRF and Equibase with links after the entries below. Here are the fields for each race with morning line odds where available and links to useful info for each.

Wood Memorial (G1)

Purse: $750,000 Distance: 1 1/8 miles Post Time: 4:15pm EDT

Prog.
# Weight Horse Trainer Jockey M/L
Odds

1 123 Buddha Bond Day 4-1

2 123 Nokoma Pletcher Smith 12-1

3 123 Sunday Break Drysdale Stevens 9-2

4 123 Medaglia d'Oro Frankel Pincay 5-2

5 123 Iwin Zito Desormeaux 20-1

6 123 Laissezaller Perrett Migliore 20-1

7 123 Saarland McGaughey Velazquez 3-1

8 123 Blue Burner Mott Bailey 9-2

Free past performances from DRF
Free past performances and analysis from Equibase
Glenners' Picks
Live Audio
Results chart Race 8
More Aqueduct info

Blue Grass Stakes (G1)

Purse: $750,000 Distance: 1 1/8 miles Post Time: 5:15pm EDT

Prog.
# Weight Horse Trainer Jockey M/L
Odds

1 123 Ocean Sound Cassidy Delahoussaye 12-1

2 123 Straight Gin Zito Albarado 10-1

3 123 Harlan's Holiday McPeek Prado 6-5

4 123 Bob's Image Stewart Meche 8-1

5 123 Azillion Hess Nakatani 3-1

6 123 Booklet Ward Chavez 5-2

Free past performances from DRF
Free past performances and analysis from Equibase
Glenners' Picks
Live Video
Results chart Race 9
More Keeneland info

Arkansas Derby (G2)

Purse: $500,000 Distance: 1 1/8 miles Post Time: 4:56pm CDT

Prog.
# Weight Horse Trainer Jockey M/L
Odds

1 118 Holdthehelm Assinesi Valenzuela 10-1

2 122 Outstander Jenkins Johnston 15-1

3 118 Gold Dollar Lukas Santos 15-1

4 122 Dusty Spike Lee Berry 8-1

5 122 It'sallinthechase Brown Melancon 10-1

6 118 Wild Horses Pletcher Douglas 8-1

7 118 Guppie's Secret Whiting Borel 30-1

8 122 Windward Passage Asmussen McCarron 4-1

9 118 Bay Monster Wren Lovato 20-1

10 122 Mr. Mellon Walden Melancon 3-1

11 122 Private Emblem Asmussen Meche 9-2

Free past performances from DRF
Glenners' Picks
Live Video
Results chart Race 9
More Oaklawn info

Triple Crown quick links:

Kentucky Derby Contenders - lots of info about the latest hot prospects
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool Three - wagering is closed and odds for all 3 pools are posted
Triple Crown Nominees - 405 horses were nominated in the early round this year. Check out the full list sorted by horse, sire, owner, and trainer
Road to the Roses Fantasy Challenge - Pick your stable and win prizes in Churchill Downs' Road to the Roses Fantasy Challenge.
Derby Tickets and Seats - how to get them
Derby Ticket Requests - what really happens once you send one in to Churchill Downs
Triple Crown Trail (updated weekly)
Experimental Free Handicap
Past Performances - for just about every conceivable prospect from BRIS
Past Performances - for the top 50 prospects from Blood Horse and TSN
Injury Report - who is off the trail?
Countdown to the Crown from Daily Racing Form
Road to the Triple Crown from Thoroughbred Times
Triple Crown Mania from the Blood Horse
Triple Crown Index - the master list with even more info

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