Inside Pedigrees: Derby by Pedigree

Back-to-back facile wins in major preps coupled with a special pedigree point the way to favoritism in Eskendereya's next race: The Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). By Giant's Causeway out of the Seattle Slew mare Aldebaran Light, this horse has a 4x4 cross of Northern Dancer via a son, Storm Bird, and a daughter, Stellar Odyssey, netting a double Natalma. Beyond that, things start coming thick and fast.