Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Like the King Apr 22, 2021 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com (Coady Photography/Turfway Park)
M Racing Group’s Like the King picked up 100 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following a one-length tally in the $240,040 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park on March 27. The winner endured nine panels on the Tapeta surface in 1:50.22 beneath Drayden Van Dyke, recording his first graded stakes triumph.
Like the King has won or placed in each of his six career races, and moved his lifetime line to 6-3-2-1, $200,680. He debuted at Belterra Park in a five-furlong dash on July 29 and finished second-best. Stretching out and moving to the lawn second out, the son of Palace Malice led from gate-to-wire in posting a 7 1/2-length win. The chestnut colt came home third in an allowance test at Keeneland, prior to capping his solid two-year-old season with an allowance tally at Turfway. He was runner-up in the John Battaglia Memori
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Study Guide: 2021 John Battaglia Memorial Feb 23, 2021 J. Keeler Johnson
The $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park has long served as a local steppingstone toward the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3), Turfway s signature race. But Friday s renewal of the John Battaglia is the most significant to date for the first time, the 1 1/16-mile race serves as a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep event awarding qualification points to the top four finishers on a 10-4-2-1 basis.
Gretzky the Great
Wins: 3
Sire: Nyquist
Jockey: Gerardo Corrales
A son of 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, Gretzky the Great is easily the most accomplished runner in the John Battaglia field. A two-time stakes winner, Gretzky the Great used his pace-tracking speed to dominate the Summer (G1) at Woodbine last fall by 3 1/4 lengths. Although he hasn t run since finishing sixth against a tough field in the Nov. 6 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf (G1), Gretzky the Great has been training forwardly for his retu