Sentence examples for a major prep from inspiring English sources

That would have kept the colt out of next week's Santa Anita Derby, a major prep for the Kentucky Derby.

On Saturday at Aqueduct, Arroyo will try to complete an odd path to the winner's circle in the Wood Memorial, a major prep for the Kentucky Derby.

Macho Again, ridden by Julien Leparoux, was the fifth, and last, of seven starters to hold the lead during the one-and-an-eighth-mile race, which is a major prep race for the Travers on Aug. 23.

The event, one of four in the world rated four-star, serves as the definitive Olympic trial for the United States team that will compete at the Olympics and is also a major prep for the Games.

But when he sends out the talented but inexperienced Tapit tomorrow in the $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, a major prep for the May 1 Kentucky Derby, Dickinson will be battling a perception that even he is trying something impossible, if not ill-advised.

Dreaming of Julia will not be given a chance to join Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980) and Winning Colors (1988) as the only fillies to win the Derby for several reasons, the main one perhaps being that she would have needed to defeat or place second to males in a major prep race to have enough points to qualify for the 20-horse field based on a new system instituted by Churchill Downs.

Churchill Downs and NBC Sports are expected to announce Monday an agreement to broadcast six major prep races leading to the Kentucky Derby as part of a plan to attract casual fans as well as horseplayers.

That is hard to predict after another highly regarded colt turned in an awful performance in his last major prep race.

It was his first win as a 3-year-old in the last major prep race for next month's Kentucky Derby.

Three strong favorites were beaten on Saturday in the four major prep races, further muddling an already muddled picture.

But they came with some confusion when More Than Ready ran a dead heat with Summer Note in the Hutcheson Stakes, the first major prep for the Kentucky Derby in Florida.