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Arrogate's death increased news focus on trainer Bob Baffert. [52] Arrogate's first wins as a sire came on 7 September 2021 when Adversity broke her maiden at Saratoga. [53] Less than an hour later, Affable Monarch won a maiden race. [54] In 2023, Arcangelo, from Arrogate's penultimate crop, won the Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes. [55]
The Kentucky Derby is only open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds, [9] thus entrants in the 2021 race were foaled in 2018, as part of the North American foal crop of 21,181. [10] [a] The field is limited to twenty horses who qualify based on points earned in the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of designated races that was first introduced in 2013.
The 2023 Kentucky Derby (branded as the 149th Running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for sponsorship reasons) [1] was the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby.
Viewed as one of the most competitive fields in years, there was no clear cut standout going into the race. Brother Derek, winner of four straight including the Santa Anita Derby, was made the morning line favorite at odds of 3:1 but drifted out to nearly 8:1 by post time.
The operation was a success with a full recovery by War Emblem at the age of 17 in 2016. [24] War Emblem was found dead in his paddock at Old Friends Equine on March 11, 2020, at the age of 21. [28] The cause of death was later found to be a ruptured small intestine. [29]
The field was considered evenly matched, especially after the scratch of Buddha, who had won the Wood Memorial.The favorite was Harlan's Holiday, who had won both the Florida Derby and Blue Grass Stakes.
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At the time of his death, Scat Daddy was responsible for 69 stakes winners and was having his best year yet, ranking #9 on the 2015 North American General Sire List. He had 36 stakes winners in 2015 including Acapulco, a group II winner at Royal Ascot, North America stakes winners El Kabeir, Pretty N Cool, Dacita, Nickname, Azar, and Almasty ...