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The defection earlier this week of Grade 1 winner Locked from Saturday's $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs leaves the 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby prep with no clear-cut favorite.

Although the $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs has yet to produce a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, it’s churned out 26 Kentucky Derby starters in the last two decades, including at least one in 16 out of those 20 years.

Track Phantom, the leading three-year-old based at Fair Grounds, will square off against shippers from the Todd Pletcher and Chad Brown barns in Saturday’s TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (G2).