Triple Crown tracker: Domestic Product leads 7 back in action
The Triple Crown Tracker checks in with the horses who raced in the 2024 Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, keeping up with what they have done since the classics.
2024 Kentucky Derby
Five entrants from the 2024 Kentucky Derby have returned to action in recent weeks. Domestic Product found the winners' circle for the first time since the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby in the Dwyer (G3) on July 6, tracking the pace and drawing off to win by 7 1/2 lengths over Hades.
Stronghold returned for his first race since the Kentucky Derby in the Indiana Derby (G3) on July 6, dealing with a troubled trip and chasing on for second behind wire-to-wire winner Dragoon Guard. Just a Touch was also second in a regional derby on the same day, prompting the pace and being outfinished by a head by Henro in the Iowa Derby. Mugatu, toward the rear early, crossed the wire fifth in the Iowa Derby.
Endlessly, who made his dirt debut in the Kentucky Derby, returned to the lawn for the Belmont Derby (G1) on July 6. He chased at the rear of a compact field but did not kick on in the lane behind a slow pace. He finished fifth and last, 3 1/2 lengths behind winner Trikari.
| Derby | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 3rd Belmont | Worked 4f Sun. at SAR |
| 3 | Forever Young | 3rd Kentucky Derby | No works since last race |
| 4 | Catching Freedom | 4th Ohio Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 5 | T O Password | 5th Kentucky Derby | Out for the rest of the year |
| 6 | Resilience | 10th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 7 | Stronghold | 2nd Indiana Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 8 | Honor Marie | 4th Belmont | Worked 4f Sat. at SAR |
| 9 | Endlessly | 5th Belmont Derby (G1) | No works since last race |
| 10 | Dornoch | 1st Belmont | Worked 4f Sat. at SAR |
| 11 | Track Phantom | 11th Kentucky Derby | No works since last race |
| 12 | West Saratoga | 5th Matt Winn (G3) | No works since last race |
| 13 | Domestic Product | 1st Dwyer (G3) | No works since last race |
| 14 | Epic Ride | 14th Kentucky Derby | No works since last race |
| 15 | Fierceness | 15th Kentucky Derby | Worked 5f Sat. at SAR |
| 16 | Society Man | 1st Matt Winn (G3) | Worked 4f Sat. at SAR |
| 17 | Just Steel | 5th Preakness | Recovering from leg surgery |
| 18 | Grand Mo the First | 18th Kentucky Derby | Worked 4f Sat. at GP |
| 19 | Catalytic | 2nd Carry Back | No works since last race |
| 20 | Just a Touch | 2nd Iowa Derby | No works since last race |
| SCR | Encino | 1st Lexington (G3) | Worked 4f April 27 at CD |
| SCR | Mugatu | 5th Iowa Derby | No works since last race |
2024 Preakness Stakes
Uncle Heavy returned to action June 22 alongside Catching Freedom in the Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown. Uncle Heavy settled at the rear of the field. Perhaps compromised by winner Batten Down being left on an uncontested lead, he never contested and crossed the wire fifth of six, 7 1/4 lengths behind fourth-place Catching Freedom, who was also pace-compromised.
| Preakness | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seize the Grey | 7th Belmont | Worked 5f July 9 at SAR |
| 2 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 3 | Catching Freedom | 4th Ohio Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 4 | Tuscan Gold | 4th Preakness | Worked 4f June 1 at SAR |
| 5 | Just Steel | 5th Preakness | Recovering from leg surgery |
| 6 | Uncle Heavy | 5th Ohio Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 7 | Imagination | 7th Woody Stephens (G1) | No works since last race |
| 8 | Mugatu | 5th Iowa Derby | No works since last race |
2024 Belmont Stakes
Several runners in the Belmont have returned to the work tab, and one has returned to the races. Protective, the lone maiden in the Belmont field, dropped back down to maiden special weight company Sunday at Saratoga. Sent off the odds-on favorite in the 1 1/8-mile dirt race, he tracked the leading duo off a modest pace. In the end he could not reel in Itza Mirrakle and had to settle for second two lengths behind the winner.
| Belmont | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dornoch | 1st Belmont | Worked 4f Sat. at SAR |
| 2 | Mindframe | 2nd Belmont | Worked 4f Sat. at SAR |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 3rd Belmont | Worked 4f Sun. at SAR |
| 4 | Honor Marie | 4th Belmont | Worked 4f Sat. at SAR |
| 5 | Antiquarian | 5th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 6 | Protective | 2nd, MSW (July 14 at SAR) | No works since last race |
| 7 | Seize the Grey | 7th Belmont | Worked 5f July 9 at SAR |
| 8 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 9 | The Wine Steward | 9th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 10 | Resilience | 10th Belmont | No works since last race |