The points leaders, and thus the field, for the 150th Kentucky Derby are essentially set with just one points race, next Saturday’s LEXINGTON STAKES (G3), remaining. And should Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) winner HADES bounce back from a drab outing in the Florida Derby (G1) and win the Lexington, he would earn 20 points and bounce into the top 20.

SIERRA LEONE rumbled to victory in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1) on April 6 and zoomed to the top of the points leaders’ heap while RESILIENCE popped up in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.

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