This week in horse racing: Another super Saturday of Derby preps

There are three Derby prep races on Saturday. Santa Anita Derby features the fast Forbidden Kingdom and Messier. Blue Grass features Epicenter’s Louisiana pursuers Smile Happy and Zandon. Wood Memorial features winter stakes winners Early Voting and Morello against Florida snowbird Mo Donegal.

This week in horse racing, the Derby is on Saturday. Stakes favorites have 49.0% wins, 86.3% top 3.

This week in horse racing, the average winning stake payout was $8.24.

Flavien Prat, Victor Espinoza, Juan Hernandez and John Velazquez are the top jockeys this week.

Eddie Olczyk has his Santa Anita Derby video preview available on VSiN.com. It's northern exposure week as horses from Gulfstream Park’s winter championship meet head up the coast to Aqueduct or divert to Keeneland. Trainer Bob Baffert began his 90-day suspension Monday. Flavien Prat moves his tack to the West Coast and then he's onto Churchill Downs in the summer.

Jorge Delgado won five races at Gulfstream Park last April after the meet changeover. In Friday's Race 2, he has No. 3 King Cairo shrewdly positioned after being claimed March 2. Delgado won 33% first time after claiming.

Harry Hernandez won the Turf Paradise race. Kevin Roman won Golden Gate Fields. Jareth Loveberry won Hawthorne. Kendrick Carmouche won Aqueduct.

Bart Hone, Cipriano Contreras, Isai Gonzalez, George Weaver and Anthony Farrior are America's hot trainers last week.

There are several horse racing handicapping tournaments taking place at Xpressbet.com. The Santa Anita Feeder tournament is on Friday. On Saturday there is a $1,500 entry Santa. Anita Derby Challenge. There is also a Sunday $500 Santa Santa Ana Challenge on Sunday.

This week in horse racing there is another Saturday of Derby preps.