LEXINGTON, Ky. — Keeneland’s Grade 1 Kentucky Derby prep race hits the dirt on Saturday when 11 colts head to the post for the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes.
The winner earns 100 Derby qualifying points, followed by 40 for second, 30 for third, 20 for fourth and 10 for fifth. Street Sense was the last Derby winner to prep via the Blue Grass. That was 2007. The 2022 Blue Grass winner Zandon ran third in the 2022 Kentucky Derby.
Here are five questions to be answered in this year’s Blue Grass, which has a 5:15 p.m. post time and will be televised by NBC.
