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Now that the Pegasus World Cup races are in the books, attention turns more squarely to the 2021 Kentucky Derby trail, and two preps for the race are on the schedule for this weekend along with two for the Kentucky Oaks.
Also, King Guillermo is slated to make his West Coast debut in the Grade 2 San Pascual at Santa Anita.
Here s an early look at the likely fields for this weekend s graded stakes, including the Derby and Oaks preps, each of which offers points on a 10-4-2-1 basis.
Kentucky Derby preps
Holy Bull (G3), Gulfstream, 1 1/16 miles, 3-year-olds
With Goat In Tow, North County Guy Ships To Santa Anita, Captures Unusual Heat Turf Classic Sponsored by:
North County Guy scores a hard-fought neck victory over Heck Yeah under Mario Gutierrez
Content to sit well off the early pace, North County Guy wheeled four-wide at the top of the stretch en route to a hard-earned neck victory in Saturday s $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Trained by Richard Baltas and ridden by Mario Gutierrez, North County Guy, a 6-year-old gelding by The Pamplemousse, got a mile and one eighth in 1:46.34 on firm turf.
Presented by City National Bank, the Unusual Heat Turf Classic is part of the CTBA s lucrative Golden State Series for eligible California-bred or sired horses.
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