Derby Bill picks the Triple Crown preps * The Racing Biz

DERBY BILL PICKS THE TRIPLE CROWN PREPS

*Essential Quality won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Photo by Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup/CSM*

Derby Bill Watson
April 3, 2021

Three major Kentucky Derby preps take place Saturday around the country, with the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, Blue Grass at Keeneland, and Santa Anita Derby all offering 100 points to the winner.

Derby Bill’s thoughts:

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RACE	DERBY BILL PICKS	DERBY BILL SAYS…
Wood Memorial	Weyburn on top, Chad Brown trainees Risk Taking (the favorite) and Crowded Trade underneath	“This is where you make your money today.”
Blue Grass	Singling Essential Quality, the 3-5 morning line favorite	“Godolphin has a stacked barn for the Kentucky Derby. This one could have won all three of the races today.”
Santa Anita Derby	Medina Spirit and Defunded	“I think it’s a Baffert exacta there.”