HorseCenter: Fountain of Youth and Davona Dale top picks

By Brian Zipse and Matt Shifman
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This week on HorseCenter, your hosts Brian Zipse and Matt Shifman head to Gulfstream Park on Saturday for analysis and top selections on the road to the Kentucky Derby 2024 in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth and the Kentucky Oaks with the Davona Dale (G2).

Dornoch and Locked, both of whom have a win on the Derby trail already, will make their first starts of the year in the Fountain of Youth. With increased qualifying points on the line, the first- and second-place finishers will have an excellent chance of earning a spot in the run for the roses.

The division champion and Breeders’ Juvenile Fillies winner Just F Y I makes her 2024 debut against a field of eight in the Davona Dale. Just F Y I, who is unbeaten in three career starts, will face Leslie’s Rose and Into Champagne, who also have perfect records in two starts.

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