The final major stakes race to be run at Aqueduct Racetrack before its permanent closing features a large field of 12 possible runners.
Wood Memorial
The California invader was third behind Journalism in the San Felipe (G2) last month and was winning his first stakes race.
The former manager of stallions such as Storm Cat and Deputy Minister is now a co-owner of a Kentucky Derby prospect.
After the dust settles Saturday and the final three stepping-stone races for the Kentucky Derby are run, the picture could become clearer.
Woodbine's leading rider Kazushi Kimura will ride Japanese invader Mandarin Hero in the Santa Anita Derby, a major KY Derby prep
The Uncle Mo colt edged the unbeaten Early Voting to give Todd Pletcher a seventh win in the Wood Memorial while racking up 100 Derby points.
Undefeated sophomores Early Voting and Morello meet the improving Mo Donegal in the prestigious New York stepping-stone to Kentucky.
Champion juvenile of 2020 wins Blue Grass, while Bourbonic upsets Wood Memorial, Rock Your World takes Santa Anita Derby.
Ontario-bred colt seeks another big win in New York in $750,000 stake that leads to the Kentucky Derby on May 1.
The 2005 Wood Memorial winner and Grade 1 sire has been retired from stud duties at 19 and will join other great racehorses at the farm.
