2. McCraken
Derby Points/Rank: 10 – 9th
Race Record: (3) 3-0-0
Earnings: $190,848
Breeding: Ghostzapper – Ivory Empress
Owner: Whitham Thoroughbreds, LLC
Trainer: Ian Wilkes
Last Race: Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Down, Finished 1st
Analysis: A clear number two for me right now as he hasn’t ran as fast as Classic Empire, but horses he has beaten have come back to win Kentucky Derby preps. Uncontested was a dominating winner of the Smarty Jones which McCraken defeated in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, and Guest Suite won the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds after losing to McCraken in Street Sense Stakes. McCraken is targeting the Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs for his next start.
