The Triple Crown is ready to start, as the Kentucky Derby has its traditional running on the first Saturday of May. The race from Churchill Downs will be televised at 6:25 PM ET on NBC. TheSportsNotebook has been tracking these races throughout the prep season that began in January and now breaks down all 20 horses in Saturday’s Run For The Roses.
It’s the last big round of prep races for the Kentucky Derby and two horses who are big threats to take the checkered flag at Churchill Downs will be in action…wait a minute, that’s a car racing analogy. They’ll be in position to hoist the Cup…no, that’s not it. Okay forget it, but whatever the analogy, just know that Hansen and Secret Circle are two of the favorites to win the Kentucky Derby and both horses will be in separate races in the Bluegrass Stakes and Arkansas Derby respectively.
The Road To The Triple Crown continues here at TheSportsNotebook this weekend, as hopefuls for the Kentucky Derby show up in sunny Florida at Gulfstream Park for Sunday’s Holy Bull Stakes (4:45 PM ET). Unlike last week’s Lecomte Stakes, which got the road to Churchill Downs started in earnest, the Holy Bull won’t be a […]