Expert picks

A well-matched field of nine three-year-old horses with hopes of making it to Louisville for the first Saturday in May will contest the lucrative, $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds on Saturday.

A well-matched field of 10 three-year-olds with hopes of making it to Louisville in early May will contest the $500,000 Virginia Derby on Saturday.

A fine field of seven three-year-olds with an eye on the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in May will compete in the $200,000 San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita on Saturday.

A total of 105 qualifying points (50-25-15-10-5) on the 2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby are up for grabs at Gulfstream Park on Saturday in the $425,000 Fountain of Youth (G2).

A total of 13 three-year-olds have been entered for Saturday’s $175,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. at Turfway Park.

A total of eight three-year-olds will run 1 1/8 miles on the dirt at Fair Grounds on Saturday in the $500,000 Risen Star (G2).

A talented group of seven sophomores will travel one mile on the Santa Anita dirt in Saturday’s $100,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3).

A talented field of seven sophomores will travel 1 1/16 miles on the Gulfstream Park main strip in Saturday’s $275,000 Holy Bull (G3).

An overflow field of 13 has been entered for Saturday’s lucrative, $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park.

A smart and well-matched cast of 11 three-year-olds will run 1 1/16 miles on the dirt at Fair Grounds in Saturday’s $250,000 Lecomte (G3).