here<\/a>.<\/p>\nSecond Derby Prep at Turfway<\/h2>\n
Another Derby prep will take place at Turfway Park, although the Grade III Jeff Ruby Stakes doesn\u2019t feature nearly the quality Derby candidates as the Rebel.<\/p>\n
A field of 11 will run Saturday evening, and the best horses appear to be on the outside. The winner will get 20 Derby qualifying points.<\/p>\n
Invader will make his graded stakes debut and has won his last two races, both of which came at the northern Kentucky track. That includes a six-and-a-quarter length win in the John Battaglia Stakes on Feb. 14. Albin Jimenez gets the mount on the Wesley Ward-trained colt.<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll break from the 10th gate and is the morning-line favorite at 3-1.<\/p>\n
To his outside is Field Pass, a Michael Maker-trained colt who has graded stakes experience but just two wins and two seconds in seven starts. He is, though, coming off a win in the Feb. 1 Dania Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park. He was two lengths back in fifth at the top of the stretch before rallying at the wire to win by a neck.<\/p>\n
Irad Ortiz Jr. gets the call on Field Pass, who has morning-line odds of 7-2.<\/p>\n
The full field and odds can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A week after Bob Baffert scored a big victory with Authentic in the San Felipe Stakes, the legendary trainer rolls out another one of his big Kentucky Derby contenders Saturday at Oaklawn Racing and Gaming. Nadal is the 5-2 favorite for the Grade II Rebel Stakes, which will award 50 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":129892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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