In this week's On Racing: More than any other major race, blind luck plays a disproportionate role in the outcome of the Kentucky Derby. Rarely does a rider on a horse with a solid chance going in emerge from a heartbreaking loss claiming no excuse.
Slay the Day takes the April 10 Limestone Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland, setting a new stakes record for trainer Brian Lynch and owner Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing.
A dozen juveniles breezed a furlong in :09 4/5 during the April 10 fifth session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, among them a Jack Christopher colt consigned as Hip 822.
Paul Townend will partner the Willie Mullins-trained favorite I Am Maximus, who has been declared in cheekpieces for the April 11 Grand National Steeplechase Handicap (NH-3).