Tales From the Crib

The Season 4 debut of 'Inside the Kentucky Derby' is here. Darren Rogers and Kevin Kerstein take listeners through four action-packed races this weekend on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season.

Nine horses have entered Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs, a Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier worth 20-10-6-4-2 points to the top five finishers.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher holds a strong hand in the Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks events at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday.

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

As a $2,000 yearling purchase turned Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful, Express Kid is the very type of rags-to-riches story that fuels dreams.

Ted Noffey’s withdrawal wasn’t the only drama in the week. We were scheduled to have three Derby preps and two Oaks preps this weekend, but the weather-related cancellations meant we ended up with only one for each.

California’s first Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier of 2026 is Saturday’s $100,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita.

Nearly left a favorable impression in his initial stakes and two-turn start, drawing off to 5 3/4-length win in the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream

Bob Baffert has won the Robert B. Lewis (G3) for seven straight years, and a grand total of 13 times overall. The Hall of Fame trainer is triple-handed in Saturday’s $100,000 renewal at Santa Anita.

Seven re-entered the 1 1/8-mile contest at Aqueduct, worth points on the 20-10-6-4-2 scale to the top five finishers.