Kentucky Derby winner skipped the Preakness Stakes and will hope to have some pace to run at in the third Belmont Stakes to be run at Saratoga.
Renegade
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The Derby favourite's name sounds noble for a top-class horse and many have had the Renegade moniker in the past.
All the Derby horses looked sharp and ready as they came onto the Churchill Downs track on Monday, just days before the big race.
The Kentucky Derby will be run on May 2 and a big field has many top colts including Renegade, Further Ado, and Commandment.
The fields for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks are almost set and Commandment and Meaning are the leaders by points.
Robert and Lawana Low of Missouri sold their homebred for $975,000 as a yearling, but bought half of him back from Mike Repole after the sale.
Kentucky breeders Robert and Lawana Low sold Renegade as a yearling for $975,000, but bought half of him back.
“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.
