Kentucky Derby Horses: Winning Impression

2020 Kentucky Derby Contender Profiles

He’s 0-for-6 this year, beaten by an average of 11 lengths in three stakes, and 0-for-7 on fast tracks.

So, why is he running in the country’s most prestigious race? Well, Dallas Stewart ran second with back-to-back long shots in the Derby — Golden Soul (34-1, 2013) and Commanding Curve (37-1, 2014) — but if this struggling gelding did that, it would be a miracle.

Won’t happen.

He ran seventh in his two most recent starts, the Indiana Derby (G3) on July 8 and the Ellis Park Derby on Aug. 9. At least he had a decent workout — 4 furlongs in 48.40 seconds at Churchill Downs on Aug 21 – sixth fastest of 46 at the distance.

Profiles will be updated with morning-line odds and post position after the field is drawn on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Odds: TBD

Post position: TBD

Jockey: Joe Rocco, Jr.

Trainer: Dallas Stewart

Owner: West Point Thoroughbreds, Pearl Racing

Career record: 9-1-1-2

Career earnings: $98,552

Top Equibase speed figure: 92

Kentucky Derby points: 20 (18^th)

Pedigree: Paynter-Unbridled Sonya, by Unbridled’s Song

Color: Gray/roan

Running style: Closer

Winning Impression – Courtesy of Coady Photography

Notes: Joe Rocco, Jr., rode in one Derby previously, finishing 17^th aboard Vinceremos in 2014; Dallas Stewart returns with a Derby starter for the sixth time, his first Derby starter was Kimberlite Pipe (sixth) in 1999, and his most recent starter was Tom’s Ready (12^th) in 2016.

(US Racing’s Kentucky Derby coverage will include profiles of the horses listed as probable for the race on Saturday, Sept. 5. Each day until the post-position draw on Tuesday, Sept. 1, US Racing will publish selected profiles of the contenders.)