Saturday guide: Winter stakes & a Kentucky Derby prep

There's a grab bag of stakes action Saturday, with a Kentucky Derby prep mixed in.

Gulfstream Park presents the Tropical Park Derby, a 1 1/16-mile stakes on turf for 3-year-olds. A full field of 12, plus one also-eligible, has entered the race. The Tropical Park Derby is race 11, post time 5:17 p.m. EST.

The Los Alamitos Futurity offers 10-5-3-2-1 points to the top five finishers, but with only six entries, there's a chance it may lose a few points should there be a scratch. Bob Baffert has three of the field, topped by Breeders' Cup Juvenile fourth-place finisher Litmus Test. Post time for the Los Al Futurity is 5 p.m. EST.

Fair Grounds hosts Louisiana Champions day, a full slate of stakes exclusively for LA-breds.

Coverage of this weekend's stakes will be on FanDuel TV.  

Free past performances for this weekend's stakes are courtesy of Brisnet. 

HRN Handicappers

Super Screener zooms in on Saturday's Kentucky Derby points race. See how to play the Los Alamitos Futurity here. 

HorseCenter's Brian Zipse and Matt Shifman go through their top 10 horses to watch for 2026. 

On the Ron Flatter Racing Pod, former California racing board member David Israel joins for a talk about the sport's past and future as well as memories of the 1984 "Miracle on Ice". Kenny Mayne also dials in to finish his epic story on the Palio de Siena. Listen here. 

2025 Los Alamitos Futurity G2

2025 Tropical Park Derby LS