Triple Crown Tracker: 9 alumni compete in recent stakes
The Triple Crown Tracker checks in with the horses who raced in the most recent Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, following what they do after the Triple Crown season ends.
2022 Kentucky Derby
Five runners from the 2022 Kentucky Derby competed in the Breeders' Cup on Nov. 5.
Though Breeders' Cup Classic winner Flightline was a 4-year-old who did not compete in the Kentucky Derby, the third- and fourth-place finishers in the Classic both were present in this year's Run for the Roses. Taiba tracked well behind the leading pair and chased on to finish third, 8 3/4 lengths behind the winner but only half a length behind second-place Olympiad. Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike employed his usual late-running style, getting up for fourth in the end. Epicenter, second in the Kentucky Derby, was pulled up on the backstretch with a condylar fracture and is recovering after surgery to repair it.
Two other Kentucky Derby contenders competed in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Cyberknife made an early move and led on the far turn but was caught late by favored Cody's Wish, who won by a head. Simplification, relegated to mid-pack after a rough start, flattened out to finish seventh, 13 lengths behind the winner.
Rattle N Roll also was in action at Keeneland during Breeders' Cup weekend. He stretched out and faced older horses in the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G2), where he was sent off the favorite but finished fourth, thirteen lengths behind strong wire-to-wire winner Next.
In Japan, Crown Pride also tried older horses in the JBC Classic, a race that has Grade 1 status in Japan but only listed status internationally. He finished second behind T O Keynes, a 5-year-old who won the Champions Cup (G1) in 2021.
| Derby | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich Strike | 4th, Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) | No works since last race |
| 2 | Epicenter | DNF, Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) | Condylar surgery Nov. 6 |
| 3 | Zandon | 2nd, Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Worked 4f Friday at BEL |
| 4 | Simplification | 7th, Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) | No works since last race |
| 5 | Mo Donegal | 1st, Belmont (G1) | Retired to stud at Spendthrift |
| 6 | Barber Road | 7th, Belmont (G1) | Worked 4f Nov. 6 at TTC |
| 7 | Tawny Port | 10th, Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | No works since last race |
| 8 | Smile Happy | 8th, Kentucky Derby (G1) | No works since last race |
| 9 | Tiz the Bomb | 4th, NMR Hall of Fame (G2) | No works since last race |
| 10 | Zozos | 10th, Kentucky Derby (G1) | Worked 4f Friday at CD |
| 11 | Classic Causeway | 6th, Bryan Station | No works since last race |
| 12 | Taiba | 3rd, Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) | No works since last race |
| 13 | Crown Pride (JPN) | 2nd, JBC Classic | No works since last race |
| 14 | Happy Jack | 6th, H. Allen Jerkens (G1) | No works since last race |
| 15 | Messier | 11th, alw OC (Nov. 5 at KEE) | No works since last race |
| 16 | White Abarrio | 5th, Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Worked 5f Friday at GP |
| 17 | Charge It | 1st, Dwyer (G3) | Worked 4f Sept. 27 at BEL |
| 18 | Cyberknife | 2nd, Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) | No works since last race |
| 19 | Pioneer of Medina | 8th, alw OC (Thursday at KEE) | Worked 4f Wednesday at CD |
| 20 | Summer Is Tomorrow | 20th, Kentucky Derby (G1) | No works since last race |
| SCR | Ethereal Road | 5th, alw OC (Nov. 4 at KEE) | No works since last race |
| SCR | Rattle N Roll | 4th, T'bred Aftercare Alliance (G2) | No works since last race |
2022 Preakness Stakes
Aside from the horses who also ran in the Kentucky Derby, the only other Preakness entrant who also raced in the Breeders' Cup is Secret Oath. In her first start against older horses, she made an early move and was in range to the furlong mark, but flattened to finish fifth, 5 1/2 lengths behind Malathaat.
| Preakness | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early Voting | 8th, Travers (G1) | Retired to stud at Ashford |
| 2 | Epicenter | DNF, Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) | Condylar surgery Nov. 6 |
| 3 | Creative Minister | 6th, alw OC (Oct. 20 at KEE) | Worked 4f Nov. 4 at CD |
| 4 | Secret Oath | 5th, Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) | No works since last race |
| 5 | Skippylongstocking | 9th, Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Worked 3f Nov. 5 at PMM |
| 6 | Simplification | 7th, Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) | No works since last race |
| 7 | Armagnac | 5th, Shared Belief | No works since last race |
| 8 | Happy Jack | 6th, H. Allen Jerkens (G1) | No works since last race |
| 9 | Fenwick | 6th, alw OC (Oct. 30 at WO) | No works since last race |
2022 Belmont Stakes
Other than Rich Strike, the only Belmont Stakes horse who raced in the Breeders' Cup was Nest, who made her second start against older fillies and mares in the Breeders' Cup Distaff on Nov. 5. Sent off the 7-5 favorite against her elders, she turned for home in close range but could not keep pace with the battle between Malathaat, Blue Stripe and Clairiere late. She crossed the wire fourth, 3 1/4 lengths behind the battling line.
| Belmont | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mo Donegal | 1st, Belmont (G1) | Retired to stud at Spendthrift |
| 2 | Nest | 4th, Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) | No works since last race |
| 3 | Skippylongstocking | 9th, Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | Worked 3f Nov. 5 at PMM |
| 4 | We the People | 8th, Pennsylvania Derby (G1) | No works since last race |
| 5 | Creative Minister | 6th, alw OC (Oct. 20 at KEE) | Worked 4f Nov. 4 at CD |
| 6 | Rich Strike | 4th, Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) | No works since last race |
| 7 | Barber Road | 7th, Belmont (G1) | Worked 4f Nov. 6 at TTC |
| 8 | Golden Glider | 6th, Curlin | Worked 4f Nov. 2 at CAA |