Correll’s Corner: Derby In’s & Out’s

Ron Correll
Senior columnist
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TRINITY, Fla. – With about two weeks left until the 149th Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., these are the colts that are currently in the 20-horse field and the six that are on the outside looking in.

Disarm, who is ranked 18th, finished third in the Stonestreet Lexington at Keeneland picking up six points to leapfrog past Jace’s Road, Skinner and Cyclone Mischief. If none of the top 20 colts drop out before entries are taken, Jace’s Road and Skinner will be the two alternate entries.

Forte (sire: Violence) 190 points. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Last race: Won Florida Derby.

Practical Move (Practical Joke) 160. Tim Yakteen. Won Santa Anita Derby.

Angel of Empire (Classic Empire) 154. Brad Cox. Won Arkansas Derby.

Tapit Trice (Tapit) 150. Pletcher. Won Blue Grass Stakes.

Two Phils (Hard Spun) 123. Larry Rivelli. Won Jeff Ruby Stakes.

Lord Miles (Curlin) 105. Saffie Josephs Jr. Won Wood Memorial.

Derma Sotogake (Mine Your Biscuits) 100. Otonashi Hidetaka. Won UAE Derby.

Kingsbarns (Uncle Mo) 100. Pletcher. Won Louisiana Derby.

Raise Cain (Violence) 64. Ben Colebrook. Fifth in Blue Grass.

Hit Show (Candy Ride) 60. Cox. Second in Wood Memorial.

Rocket Can (Into Mischief) 60. Bill Mott. Fourth in Arkansas Derby.

Confidence Game (Candy Ride) 57. Kent Desormeaux. Won Rebel Stakes.

Verifying (Justify) 54. Cox. Second in Blue Grass.

Sun Thunder (Into Mischief) 54. Ken McPeek. Fourth in Blue Grass.

Wild on Ice (Tapizar) 50. Joel Marr. Won Sunland Derby.

Mage (Good Magic) 50. Gustavo Delgado. Second in Florida Derby.

Blazing Sevens (Good Magic) 46. Chad Brown. Third in Blue Grass.

Disarm (Gun Runner) 46. Steve Assmussen. Third in Stonestreet Lexington.

Reincarnate (Good Magic) 45. Yakteen. Third in Arkansas Derby

Continuar (Drefong, a son of Gio Ponti) Yahagi Yoshito. Leads the Japanese Road to the Derby list.

First six out:

Jace’s Road (Quality Road) 45. Cox. Third in Louisiana Derby.

Skinner (Curlin) 45. John Shirreffs. Third in Santa Anita Derby

Cyclone Mischief (Into Mischief) 45. Dale Romans. Third in Florida Derby.

Major Dude (Bolt d’Oro) 40. Pletcher. Second in Jeff Ruby Stakes

Mandarin Hero (Shanghi Bobby) 40. Terunobu Fujita. Second in Santa Anita Derby.

King Russell (Creative Cause) 40. Ron Moquett. Second in Arkansas Derby.