Arkansas Derby Draw. The Grade I Arkansas Derby is the final major prep race for the Kentucky Derby. Grade 1 winner Improbable completed major preparations for the 600000 Oaklawn Handicap G2 for older horses at 1 18 miles May 2 with a 5-furlong workout over a fast track Sunday morning at Oaklawn for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.
Road to the Kentucky Derby. By Richard Rosenblatt. Baffert colt draws rail 3-5 Arkansas Derby nod by Bob Wisener April 11 2019 at 400 am.
The fields were set post-positions drawn and rider assignments confirmed on April 26 and a day later the all-important morning-line odds were posted for each of the two divisions of the Arkansas Derby G1.
The race is Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs. Later in the. Post positions for the Grade 1 1 million Arkansas Derby will be drawn on Wednesday and Oaklawn racing secretary Pat Pope was working with a potential list of 11 runners as of Friday. Shooters Shoot 61 came down with a fever and caught a virus which will keep him out of the first division along with Wrecking Crew 201.
