Kentucky Derby 2023 trail: Jerome Stakes odds, free PPs

Arctic Arrogance is the morning-line favorite for the $150,000 Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct on the 2023 Kentucky Derby trail. The race starts at 3:16 p.m. and awards points on a 10-4-3-2-1 basis. No Kentucky derby winner has raced in the Jerome. The Jerome last produced a Derby starter in 2018 thanks to race winner Firenze Fire. Other races on New York’s Derby Trail are the Withers Stake (G3), the Gotham Stages ( G3) and the Wood Memorial (2 G2).

2. Circling the Drain (Brittany Russell and Jevian Toledo) is 12-1.

Valenzan Day is the favourite for the Kentucky Derby 2023.

Andiamo a Firenze is projected to take the early lead under jockey Kendrick Carmouche. Arctic Arrogance is expected to run fourth of eight through the beginning stages. Narciso Dali is 20-1 favorite.

This week on HorseCenter, hosts Brian Zipse and Matt Shifman offer analysis and top picks for two Kentucky Derby trail races, the Jerome Stakes and the Sham Stake (G3) from Santa Anita. Jockey Manny Franco won six races Friday at Aqueduct. He will ride Neural Network in theJerome for trainer Chad Brown. Victory Formation took the right steps toward establishing himself as a major 3-year-old on the Derby Trail with his win in Smarty Jones St. on Sunday.

There are several stakes races taking place on Saturday in the U.S.

Major Dude (8-5) won the Pilgrim Stakes (G2) in October at Aqueduct and finished ninth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. Worthington (3-1) makes his first stakes start after winning a Nov. 26 allowance race at Churchill Downs. French allowance victor Souzak (9-2), who races for the first time in North America, goes for $100,000 Dania Beach Stake at Gulfstream Park.

Prove Right (5-2) returns to stakes flight two starts after running seventh in the Remsen Stakes and off a Laurel Park allowance win Dec. 11. Julio Felix will ride Justify colt (10-time starter in 2022) for trainer James Chapman. Michael McCarthy trains Schifty’s Haloid (3-1), who finished third in a local allowance race Dec 28. Tommy Short-trained Accident (7-3) has raced 12 times and is still seeking his first win.

Le Da Vida has won two of her three starts since arriving in the U.S. Ignacio Correas IV trains and Vincent Cheminaud rides the 6-year-old Gemologist mare. Robertino Diodoro trains Lovely Ride (3-1) and she finished fourth in Mistletoe Stakes. 2022 Pippin Stake heroine Coach (7-2) was second in that race.

6 p.m. – $200,000 California Cup Derby, 3-year-olds, Cal.-bred or Cal-sired, 1 1/16 miles, Santa Anita. Giver Not a Taker (9-5) is a dual stakes victor for trainer Peter Miller. Flavien Prat will ride Danzing Candy gelding Passarando (2-1). Steven Specht trains Thirsty John (4-2).