Guide to Saturday s two 2021 Kentucky Derby preps
Guide to Saturday s two 2021 Kentucky Derby preps Photo:
Liz Lamont / Eclipse Sportswire
Moments after
Greatest Honour drew off Jan. 30 to win the Holy Bull Stakes (G3), trainer Shug McGaughey remarked that “the pressure begins now.”
That pressure continues Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where Greatest Honour leads a field of 10 into the $300,000
Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2). Post time for the 1 1/16-mile event is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. EST. He ran awfully well, he’s trained well since then, so this is just another step, McGaughey told Carolyn Greer this week in
The Fountain of Youth pays its winner 50 Kentucky Derby points, enough to essentially clinch a spot in the starting gates for the First Saturday in May. McGaughey is no stranger to using the race as a springboard to Churchill Downs.
The end is near for Arlington Park after Churchill Downs Inc. announced that it will go through with plans to sell the land where it is built in suburban Chicago.
Aiming for Upsets in the Fountain of Youth and Southwest
Aiming for Upsets in the Fountain of Youth and Southwest
26 February, 2021 12:49 AM
By J. Keeler Johnson ( Keelerman ) Twitter: @J Keelerman
The Road to the Kentucky
Derby continues on Saturday with a pair of major prep races at Gulfstream Park
and Oaklawn.
Gulfstream s
$300,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) is
theoretically the most important of the pair, awarding 50 qualification points
to the winner. But the
$750,000
Southwest (G3) has attracted a stronger field, even though the winner will
earn just 10 points.
Let s dig in and review both
races:
Fountain of Youth (G2)
Held over 1 1/16 miles with
Horse Race of the Week: Fountain of Youth Stakes Odds & Betting Plays
SI Gambling insider Frankie Taddeo handicaps the Fountain of Youth Stakes, including the latest odds and his best bets.
Author:
Ryan Thompson/Louisville Courier Journal
SI Gambling insider Frankie Taddeo handicaps the Fountain of Youth Stakes, including the latest odds and his best bets.
Over the course of 2020 and into 2021, our Senior Gambling Analyst and Vegas Insider- Frankie Taddeo - has shared his horse racing handicapping formula which has correctly predicted the following winners at
SI Gambling
On Saturday,
SI Gambling’s “Race of the Week” takes us to the action from Gulfstream Park. Among the 14 races on the card is the $300,000 Fountain of Youth stakes which has drawn a field of 10 that offers an attractive betting opportunity. The prestigious race is a Kentucky Derby prep race, with the winner receiving 50 Kentucky Derby qualifying points. The second-place finisher will receive 20 points,
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