It looked grim for much of the race, but Wathnan Stables' Commandment still managed to win the Grade 1 Florida Derby.
Into Mischief
Graded stakes-placed and multiple winner with speed and stamina will stand at Colebrook Farms for the 2026 season.
“I thought it was a perfect start to his three-year-old campaign,” said Todd Pletcher of the colt which won with a smart 92 speed figure.
Over a very sloppy track, Sovereignty, trained by Bill Mott for Godolphin, won the 151st Kentucky Derby over favoured Journalism.
The Alberta farm will offer a graded stakes-placed son of a world-class sire for stud duty in 2024, joining Tour de Force and Malibu Max.
A More Than Ready colt topped the sale at $1.2 million and two Ontario-breds attracted attention from American buyers.
Graded stakes-placed Abarta has been acquired by Thomas Knizet's Tara Horse Farm in Niagara-on-the-Lake for 2022.
