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Our experts rank this week's Top 10 Kentucky Derby contenders

Our experts rank this week's Top 10 Kentucky Derby contenders

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Our experts rank this week's Top 10 Kentucky Derby contenders

Giant Finish, third in the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes on March 23, will enter the May 4 Kentucky Derby, trainer Anthony Dutrow confirmed April 30.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas sent Kentucky Derby contenders Oxbow and Will Take Charge through their final pre-race moves April 29 at Churchill Downs, with Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens in the irons on Oxbow, who he will ride in the Derby.

While trainer Todd Pletcher was pleased with the breeze turned in by Alto Racing's Winning Cause Monday, April 29 at Churchill Downs, he will not enter the Coolmore Lexington Stakes winner in the Kentucky Derby.

Florida Derby winner Orb completed his preparations for the Kentucky Derby with an eye-popping four furlong move Monday, April 29, at Churchill Downs that was clocked in :47 4/5.

No matter how you turn the page, none of those generally regarded at the principal threats to win the 139th Kentucky Derby comes into focus.

Three-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert said April 29 he will not have a starter in this year's May 4 classic, noting that none of the contenders he had early in the season would be competitive in the 1 1/4-mile race.

In what he surely hopes is an omen for the Kentucky Derby a week hence, trainer Todd Pletcher's colts Forty Tales and Capo Bastone ran first and second, respectively, in the $201,425 Derby Trial Stakes on the night of April 27 at rainy Churchill Downs.

Vyjack, third behind Verrazano and Normandy Invasion in the Wood Memorial last time out, led a small group of workers for the upcoming Kentucky Derby on the morning of April 26 at Churchill Downs. Also on the tab were Falling Sky and Golden Soul.

In his final breeze for the Kentucky Derby, Santa Anita Derby winner Goldencents breezed six furlongs in 1:16 1/5 April 25 at Santa Anita Park under regular exercise rider Jonny Garcia.

After placing in two Grade 1 stakes races as a juvenile, Capo Bastone will try to nail down the first stakes win of his career when the Street Boss colt faces an expected eight other 3-year-olds in the $175,000 Derby Trial Stakes.

Trainer Bob Baffert has confirmed Super Ninety Nine and Den's Legacy are no longer under consideration for the $2 million Kentucky Derby May 4 at Churchill Downs.

Our experts rank this week's Top 10 Kentucky Derby contenders