DERBY SHOCKER LEAVES RACING BREATHLESS NEIGE BLANCHE EYES SANTA BARBARA REPEAT RICH STRIKE EARNS 101 BEYER IN DERBY WIN HERNANDEZ & D’AMATO TEAM FOR SENORITA WIN GRADE I WINNER HIT THE ROAD BACK AT SANTA ANITA KENTUCKY DERBY PRODUCES RICH STRIKE INDEED That whoosh in the air is merely exhaling from the lungs of deflated fans who did not give Rich Strike a modicum of a chance to win the Kentucky Derby Saturday.

STREAKING EDA ODDS-ON IN THE ANGEL’S FLIGHT QUEEN OFTHE TEMPLE IS SET FOR STAKES DEBUT SANTA ANITA SIMO LINEUP ALTERED DERBY WEEKEND OWNER RED BARON’S BARN TAKES THREE RACES BRAVO, CEDILLO & CURATOLO SCORE DOUBLES EDA SOLID CHOICE FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT STAKES WIN Eda, streaking winner of four straight stakes including the Grade I Starlet last Dec. 4 at Los Alamitos, steps down a notch in Sunday’s $75,000 Angel’s Flight for three-year-old fillies at seven furlongs, but that aligns with her program as trainer Sean McCarthy has bigger things in mind down the road.

CLOCKER SCOUTS LOCALS IN KENTUCKY DERBY POWELL HOPES FOR BETTER LUCK IN SENORITA HERNANDEZ IS CLOSING IN ON DEPARTED PRAT TYLER BAZE OFF MOUNTS RETURNING FROM KY TAIBA A ‘SMART’ CHOICE IN RUN FOR THE ROSES If either Taiba, Messier or Happy Jack wins the 148th running of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, it will mark the 20th time a horse that ran in the Runhappy Santa Anita Derby went on to officially win the Run for the Roses.

O’NEILL EYES 3RD DERBY WIN WITH HAPPY JACK POWELL SETTLES ON KEYFLOWER IN WILSHIRE D’AMATO EYES SENORITA FOR ISLAND OF LOVE HERNANDEZ TRIPLES, SIX BACK OF PRAT BAZE THIRD IN RIDER STANDINGS WITH HAT TRICK STILLETO BOY EARNS 108 BEYER IN CALIFORNIAN WIN FLIGHTLINE HAS ‘EASY’ BREEZE FOR MET MILE CURATOLO GETS 200TH NORTH AMERICAN