The Arkansas Derby at oaklawn and The Lexington Stakes at Keeneland

The last two derby prep races will be run on Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas and Keeneland in Kentucky.

The Arkansas Derby is a $1,000,000 race ad winning it will give you enough points to enter the Kentucky Derby.

Many really good horses have run and won the Arkansas Derby, and gone on to win the Kentucky Derby.  The first Arkansas Derby was run in 1936.  Two of the biggest names in horse racing ran in the Arkansas Derby and deserve special mention: American Pharoah who went on the be the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years and Curlin who was a two time Horse of the Year in 2007 and 2008 after winning the Preakness Stakes, the Breeder's Cup Classic in 2007 and the Dubai World Cup in 2008.


The 2018 Arkansas Derby will feature the top three finishers in the Rebel Stakes: Magnum Moon, Solomini, and Combatant and the winner of the Tampa Bay Derby Quip.  The winner will most likely come out of that group.

The Lexington Stakes is a $200,000 race worth 20 points to the winner.  My Boy Jack is the morning line favorite and will need a win to go on to Louisville.  My Boy Jack won the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn earlier in the meet and has been knocking heads with the best since the Breeder's Cup Juvenile in 2017.

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