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The horses are approaching the starting gate for the rescheduled Blue Grass Stakes 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby race. Weather and heavy rain delayed the opening of the Keeneland meet along with the final major championship series prep race for 3-year-olds on the Kentucky Derby Trail.
The Tuesday, April 8 Blue Grass Stakes provides the final opportunity for horses to received qualifying points (100-50-25-15-10) for a top-5 finish and earn their way into the May 3 Kentucky Derby and the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.
FanDuel Racing has a Blue Grass Stakes preview with horse profiles of the top contenders in the field of seven for the 1 1/8 mile race at Keeneland Race Course in Kentucky.
You can watch and wager on the $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes on FanDuel Racing and FanDuelTV with post time for Race 10 at 5:52 p.m. ET.
Blue Grass Stakes Top Horses
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River Thames (5/2): In three starts, he has hardly set a hoof wrong: he got close to the pace in all three starts, won his first two, and missed by a neck to Sovereignty in the Fountain of Youth, his stakes debut. Being mired on the rail may not be a great place, as he is down inside of a couple of speedy runners like Owen Almighty and East Avenue. But, if he can be mature enough to let those two go and find a way to switch out, not impossible in a field of just seven, he and Irad Ortiz might be able to work a trip that gives them first run.
Render Judgement (20/1): Finished 2nd in the Virginia Derby last month as a longshot following an 8th place finish in the Risen Star Stakes.
Burnham Square (9/2): He found his way over the winter, breaking his maiden at Gulfstream in late December and following up with a score in the Holy Bull (G3) on February 1. However, he regressed just a little bit as the favorite in the Fountain of Youth, chasing on to finish fourth by three lengths. That said, it wasn’t a huge step back from his Holy Bull effort, and leaves open a chance for him to get back on track for this, especially since he can get a less wide trip this time around.
Owen Almighty (3/1): He came into his own at Tampa through the winter, though good races at Churchill Downs and Ellis suggest that he doesn’t need the unique Tampa Bay Downs footing in order to run well. He’ll probably have to handle another contested pace scenario, with East Avenue doing his best on the lead (and adding blinkers), and even the inside-drawn River Thames possible to join the fray. But, he handled contested paces at Tampa Bay Downs well. The strangest part is the rider: Irad Ortiz rode him the last four times, but he decamps to River Thames, raising some questions.
East Avenue (3/1): The good news is, he is a Grade 1 winner over this course. The bad news is, he took advantage of a cozy lone-speed scenario that day, and he’s not going to get that setup this time around. Even with upside to improve second off the lay, he still has yet to prove that he’s any more than a need-the-lead sort, and the likes of Owen Almighty and even perhaps River Thames make it such that he won’t get the trip he needs.
Chancer McPatrick (7/2): His second-place finish behind Owen Almighty in the Tampa Bay Derby wasn’t bad, all things considered: new blinkers got him closer to the pace, as was likely hoped, and he chased on for second behind a frontrunning horse for the course, a course where more forward runners tend to have an advantage anyway. The short stretch at Keeneland doesn’t do closers favors, but he keeps the blinkers and should be tactically placed behind a faster pace than he had last out. That all makes him a serious threat for trainer Chad Brown and Flavien Prat, some of the best big-race connections in the game.
Admiral Dennis (20/1): Finished 6th in the Rebel Stakes as a longshot behind five other horses who will run in the Kentucky Derby.
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