Keeneland: Confessional leads 11 in final Derby points race

Confessional, third in the recent Virginia Derby, tops a field of 11 3-year-olds entered Saturday for the 44th running of the Grade 3, $400,000 Lexington for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on the main track.

The Lexington will go as the 10th race Saturday, April 11 on the 11-race program with a 5:48 p.m. EDT post time. First post is 1 p.m. EDT.

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The final stop on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, the Stonestreet Lexington offers 42 qualifying points to the Run for the Roses on a 20-10-6-4-2 scale for the first- through fifth-place finishers. The Derby is limited to the top 20 point earners and invitees that pass the entry box April 25.

Going into this afternoon’s three Kentucky Derby preps, the cut line stands at 36 points. Confessional, trained by Brad Cox for owner Steve Landers Racing, is the top entrant in the Lexington with 15 points.

Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount from post 10.