Blue Grass Stakes 2025 Odds, Picks And Horse Profiles On The Road To The Kentucky Derby
Racing at Keeneland in Kentucky and the Blue Grass Stakes 2025 race rescheduled for Tuesday, April ... More 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
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.
FanDuel Racing provides promotions, tips and added content for horse racing and the biggest races to help guide you to the winners circle. They provide horse profiles below.
Along with FanDuel Racing, I also turned to the experts at Horse Racing Nation and it's Super Screener big race analysis for their picks and insight on the Blue Grass Stakes. .
Super Screener notes that Chancer McPatrick will be sitting well off the pace and will have ground to make up in the shorter stretch at Keeneland. But he has stamina-rich breeding and the best turn of foot in the field having already won a pair of Grade 1 races as a 2-year-old last fall. He should be rolling fastest towards the wire with Flavien Pratt riding for trainer Chad Brown. A big move in his Form Cycle Analysis is projected having finished 2nd in the Tampa Bay Derby in his first race of the year off a layoff. That race was won by Owen Almighty, who's in this field at the Blue Grass but got a perfect trip on the front end to win the Tampa Bay Derby.
Todd Pletcher-trained River Thames has moved forward in each race and now makes his fourth start after finishing a very close 2nd in the Fountain of Youth behind Sovereignty. Top jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. now takes over and while he has a shot in this race, his breeding suggests he's more of a sprinter and this is about a maximum distance for success and not a Kentucky Derby win contender.
Since FanDuel became an official partner of the Kentucky Derby three years ago, America's biggest race has had between $179 million and $210 million wagered on the Kentucky Derby.
Follow the remaining races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with the points leaderboard changing following this final major prep race as the field of horses becoming finalized for the Run for the Roses on May 3.
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