America's Day at the Races to broadcast Kentucky Derby prep races from three tracks on Saturday

by Brian Bohl

Free Equibase past performances available for all races that are part of broadcast

America's Day at the Races will feature stakes action - bolstered by three Kentucky Derby prep races - from Aqueduct Racetrack, Santa Anita Park and Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. The acclaimed national racing show will broadcast from 5:30-7 p.m. Eastern on FS2 and will also be shown from 5:30-6:30 on MSG+.

Free Equibase-provided past performances are available for races that are part of the broadcast and can be accessed at www.nyra.com/aqueduct/racing/tv-schedule.

Produced by NYRA, America's Day at the Races is presented by America's Best Racing, Runhappy and Claiborne Farm. Stakes action will start with the Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby from Tampa Bay Downs, with 50-20-10-5 qualifying points to the top-four finishers towards the Kentucky Derby on the line. Post time for the 1 1/16-mile route, whose field includes Sam F. Davis-winner Sole Volante and Chance It, along with a trio of Todd Pletcher-trained contenders in Texas Swing, Market Analysis and Unrighteous, is slated for 5:34 p.m.

The Big A will then take center stage for the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham at 5:42 p.m. as part of the finale on the day's 10-race card. The 68th running of the one-mile Gotham will also offer 50-20-10-5 Derby points, with the 11-horse field highlighted by graded stakes-winner Mischevious Alex.

Oaklawn Park will host the $150,000 Hot Springs at 5:50 p.m. featuring a six-horse field of 4-year-olds and up going six furlongs.

The West Coast will look to shine when Santa Anita Park hosts the Grade 2, $400,000 San Felipe for 3-year-olds at 6:01 p.m. Eastern. Seven horses will compete for the 50-20-10-5 point distribution, including a pair of entrants for Hall of Fame Trainer Bob Baffert in Authentic and Thousand Words.

Coverage will then shift back to Oaklawn for the Grade 3, $300,000 Honeybee at 6:24 p.m. The 1 1/16-mile route for sophomore fillies will offer 50-20-10-5 qualifying points to the Kentucky Oaks.

Non-stakes action at Santa Anita, with a 6:32 p.m. post, and Oaklawn, off at 6:54 p.m., will close the broadcast.

America's Day at the Races will be hosted from California by Greg Wolf and handicapper Jonathon Kinchen with Michelle Yu reporting from Santa Anita. Andy Serling and Maggie Wolfendale will provide analysis from Aqueduct with Nancy Holthus reporting from Oaklawn.