Verifying exits a commendable second in the Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland, missing by a neck to Tapit Trice, and his speed adds to the appeal. The 2023 Kentucky Derby lacks confirmed early types, and with a favorable start, Verifying is a candidate to be setting pace under a leading rider at Churchill Downs.

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Former jockey Rosie Napravnik talks about the harmonious partnership between #KyDerby contender VERIFYING and his exercise rider: pic.twitter.com/pxqR6v06PL

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