The local prep for the March 12 Tampa Bay Derby is Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile Sam F. Davis, a Grade 3 that tops a four-stakes card. Let’s see if I can help you cash a few tickets.
Right now, it’s all Todd: front and center. He bagged three graded stakes on Pegasus Day, including the $3 million World Cup (G1) Invitational with Life Is Good and the $1 million World Cup Turf with Colonel Liam.
This weekend more than two dozen 3-year-olds will be competing for Derby points in the 10-4-2-1 range in three preps – at Aqueduct and Gulfstream Park on Saturday, and at Santa Anita on Sunday.
Saturday’s card at Gulfstream Park should provide some hints in five 3-year-old stakes, headlined by the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull (G3), an early prep for the 1 1/8-mile Florida Derby (G1) on April 2
Both top Pegasus contenders are blessed with dazzling early speed. It should be a full-tilt fight, right from the break. The Pegasus will be the first start for both Life Is Good and Knicks Go since the Breeders’ Cup.