Three weeks from now KSR will be amongst the people in the middle of the infield at the Kentucky Oaks. Aside from tomorrow’s Lexington Stakes, the Kentucky Derby prep race circuit is complete. Injuries and moves to other races will shape the field in the days to come, but we now have a clearer picture of who will line up in the starting gate on the first Saturday in May.
There are dozens of different ways to handicap this race. As one friend put it recently, “With 20 horses banging into each other, anything can happen.