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In less than three weeks the week long Kentucky Derby festival, the pride of Southern hospitality, takes over the Blue Grass horse country of
But first there is the final
As of today here are the money winnings of the top 25
. | 1 | Hansen | $1,400,000 |
. | 2 | Daddy Long Legs | $1,294,030 |
. | 3 | Union Rags | $1,170,000 |
. | 4 | Creative Cause | $836,000 |
. | 5 | Wrote (IRE) | $756,630 |
. | 6 | Gemologist | $703,855 |
. | 7 | Take Charge Indy | $698,400 |
. | 8 | Hero Of Order* | $615,500 |
. | 9 | Sabercat | $601,429 |
. | 10 | I'll Have Another | $601,000 |
. | 11 | Daddy Nose Best | $545,558 |
. | 12 | Secret Circle | $470,000 |
. | 13 | Yang Tse Kiang (FR) | $422,211 |
. | 14 | Dullahan | $405,000 |
. | 15 | Liaison | $393,000 |
. | 16 | Alpha | $380,000 |
. | 17 | Prospective | $365,452 |
. | 18 | Trinniberg | $324,500 |
. | 19 | Done Talking | $310,000 |
. | 20 | Drill | $300,000 |
. | 21 | Went The Day Well | $282,000 |
. | 22 | Rousing Sermon | $269,000 |
. | 23 | Mark Valeski | $260,000 |
. | 24 | El Padrino | $250,000 |
. | 25 | Excaper | $240,736 |
Three thoroughbreds are already millionaires and we haven't started the triple crown races.
Hansen - $1,400,000
Daddy Long Legs - $1,294,000 Union Rags - $1,170,000 |
Headed by champion Hansen and Tampa Bay Derby (gr. II) winner Prospective, there are 11 probable starters for the April 14 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland, according to racing secretary Ben Huffman April 2.
The Blue Grass will be run at 1 1/8 miles on the Polytrack surface at Keeneland.
Dr. Kendall Hansen and Skychai Racing’s Hansen, who has won four of five career starts, would become the first reigning champion 2-year-old male to contest the Blue Grass since Street Sense used the race as his final prep for victory in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).
Among the 10 that could face Hansen is John Oxley’s Prospective, who worked five furlongs in 1:01 1/5 on a fast track April 2 at Churchill Downs.
Another graded-stakes winner being pointed toward the Blue Grass is Donegal Racing’s Dullahan, winner of the Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity (gr. I) as a 2-year-old in 2011 and a half brother to 2009
Also under consideration for the Toyota Blue Grass are Adirondack King, Drill, Ever So Lucky, Gung Ho, Holy Candy, Howe Great, Politicallycorrect, and Raconteur.