UAE Derby: Winner Lands Spot in Kentucky Derby

Over 7,000 miles and a few major bodies of water separate Dubai and Churchill Downs but that traveling that distance will be well worth it for the horse that wins the UAE Derby (G2) on Saturday, April 5th. The only 100 point race in the Euro/MidEast Road to the Kentucky Derby, the UAE Derby is about a 1 3/16 mile race with nine horses competing for the coveted 100 Derby qualifying points. The winner would have plenty of qualifying points to race in the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

While the UAE Derby has yet to produce a Kentucky Derby winner, Forever Young finished in third in last year's Run for the Roses after competing in the Dubai race. This year's UAE Derby is more than a week later than its usual race date but shouldn't be too problematic for the contestant looking to make the trek to Kentucky in a few weeks.

UAE Derby Odds, Trainer, Jockey

Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Odds
Admire Daytona	Yukihiro Kato	Christophe Lemaire	12-1
Don in the Mood	Teiichi Konno	Ryusei Sakai	10-1
Dragon	Mikio Matsunaga	Yutaka Take	11-1
Flood Zone	Brad Cox	Florent Geroux	9-5
Galactic Star	Bhupat Seemar	Tadhg O’Shea	4-1
Heart of Honor	Jamie Osborne	Saffie Osborne	4-1
Rafid	Doug Watson	John Velazquez	41-1

Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.

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