Down the Stretch for April 8, 2024

With less than a month until the 150th Kentucky Derby, we have 3 prep races – The Wood Memorial from Aqueduct, the Blue Grass at Keeneland and the Santa Anita Derby. Multiple stories from Santa Anita – 53-year-old Frankie Dettori won 6 in a row on Derby day and we chat with Kazushi Kimura who spent his winter winning races in California before coming north for his 3rd Sovereign Award as Outstanding Jockey. And we have a strange race from Santa Anita that was declared no contest with the field going down the backstretch. Trainer Bob Tiller knows which of 3 categories his sprinter, Patches O’Houlihan is a Sovereign cinch. Aussie racing journalist, Rik Chapman reports on the impending sale of the first off-spring of the super horse, Minx, and harness driver Phil Hudon tells us how he’s recovering since a race incident literally knocked him on his ass.