Tales From the Crib

A total of 21 qualifying points on 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series are on the line in Saturday’s $250,000 Remsen S. (G2) at Aqueduct.

Godolphin homebred First Resort picked up 10 points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series following his 2 1/4-length tally in the $381,250 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) at Churchill Downs on November 30.

The Remsen (G2) has produced a Kentucky Derby (G1) top-four finisher in seven of the last 14 years, including 2024 runner-up Sierra Leone.

The seven two-year-old colts entered in the $250,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday have some big shoes to fill.

First Resort comfortably won Saturday’s 98th running of the Kentucky Jockey Club (Grade II) at Churchill Downs by 2 1/4 lengths over 4-5 favorite Jonathan’s Way.

Godolphin’s promising homebred 2-year-old filly Good Cheer remained unbeaten in four starts in Saturday’s 81st running of the Golden Rod (Grade II) at Churchill Downs

A strong field of 10 will travel 1 1/8 miles on the Churchill Downs dirt in Friday’s $600,000 Clark S. (G2).

A 10-horse field has assembled for Saturday’s $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs, a prominent stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues Saturday at Churchill Downs with the Kentucky Jockey Club.

Hiroyuki Yoshioka’s Natural Rise emerged as the early leader on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby by capturing Saturday’s Cattleya S. at Tokyo.