Don’t blink. Before you know it, Steve Buttleman will be bellowing out the Call to the Post on the first Saturday in May at Kentucky Derby 149. Now just a little more than five weeks away, the 20-horse field is taking form.
There are still a few more important prep races for the best 3-year-olds in North America. The Arkansas Derby and Florida Derby will go off this Saturday. Next weekend is the final big testing ground at the Wood Memorial, Santa Anita Derby and Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes.
Like the 2022 prep season, which concluded with Rich Strike winning the Fastest Two Minutes in Sports as an 80-1 long shot, a group of horses has yet to emerge as frontrunners.