The Kentucky Derby Championship Series, the qualifying process for horses on the road to Churchill Downs on May 3, has a good race going in Arkansas on Saturday. The Rebel Stakes has a number of contenders, and a possible Derby favorite.
It’s the final week of the college basketball regular season for the power conferences, and the last call for the championship push in three significant leagues. Nowhere is it more dramatic than the Mountain West, where a winner-take-all battle highlights the weekend sports docket.
The Kentucky Derby Championship Series resumes Saturday with the Gotham Stakes at Aqeuduct in New York. It’s a pretty tame race, with no one ranking high in the qualifying standings, at least not yet.
The biggest races of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series, leading up to the Run For Roses on May 3, begin on Saturday. The point value of these qualifying races is about to multiply five-fold and three of the most successful horses of the prep season’s early phase are going to be in Louisiana for the Risen Star Stakes.