Canada’s Top Jock Kimura Picks up KY Derby Ride on ‘Password’

you're listening to an article from canadian thoroughbred.com. canada’s top jock kimura picks up ky derby ride on ‘password’ by: jennifer morrison |. woodbine’s leading jockey for the last three years, kazushi kimura, is set to ride in his second consecutive kentucky derby (g1) as he has picked up the mount on t o password from japan. t o password (copano rickey – t o rachel by king kamehameha) earned an automatic berth for the 150th derby when he earned the most points through the four-race japan road to the kentucky derby, picking up 40 points for his win in the fukuyru stakes on march 23 at nakayama racecourse. according to a news item posted on ‘x’ from @sponichikeiba, trainer daishi takayanagi noted the riding assignment and said about t o password, “he has been in the stable since the last race and is doing well. he will go into quarantine on [april] 16th and is scheduled to depart from narita on the 23rd.”. kimura rode mandarin hero (12th place) in the kentucky derby last year. advertisement scroll to continue with content t o password is owned by tomoya ozsasa and debuted jan. 6, defeating 15 rivals by two lengths in a 1 1/8-mile newcomers’ race at kyoto racecourse. in the fukuryu stakes, t o password was a 14-1 long shot but was able to get the early lead and took the field gate-to-wire. his time for 1 1/8 miles was 1:54.10. t o password is by group 1 winner copano rickey, son of champion and leading sire gold allure (sunday silence). t o password’s dam, t o rachel, is a grey mare foaled in japan and a daughter of kentucky-bred mare nike favor who is herself a daughter of horse of the year favorite trick and the saratoga six mare sixy chic. 3yo 1800m fukryu stakes at nakayama, a "japan road to the kentucky derby" race:. wired by 3c 10. t o password (copano rickey) under katsuma sameshi. fell in to beat 3c 4. arare tabashiru (cape blanco). 40-20-12-8-4 points for the kentucky derby 🇺🇸#jra pic.twitter.com/hfrsryqs1c. — graham pavey (@longballtonoone) march 23, 2024.