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The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby features points-paying preps Saturday in both Florida and California. Tampa Bay Downs hosts the Grade 3, $250000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, while the $100000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate. Both races award Derby points on a 10-4-2-1 basis. This is the last Saturday until April 16 that does not feature a Kentucky…

At first glance, Saturday's El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields might not seem like the most important race. It's not a graded stakes, and the purse is only $100000. But there's a lot more riding on the outcome of the El Camino Real Derby than first meets the eye. The 1 1/8-mile race happens to be a Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by…