Ready Or Not?

The final two major Kentucky Derby prep races—the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park—will be run this Saturday. Here are the top contenders in each.

BLUE GRASS STAKES

Street Sense (right)
Last year's 2-year-old champion bids to become first Breeders' Cup Juvenile victor to win Kentucky Derby.

Great Hunter
California's best 3-year-old was easy winner his last time out on March 3; in eight starts he hasn't finished worse than third.

Zanjero
Common sense says he isn't accomplished enough to win; that was the thinking about Tiago before he won Santa Anita Derby.

ARKANSAS DERBY

Curlin
Runaway winner of Oaklawn's Rebel Stakes will be making only third start, which Derby history suggests won't be enough.

Ketchikan
Owner B. Wayne Hughes, the Public Storage billionaire, still seeking first Kentucky Derby win after two fourth-place finishes.

Deadly Dealer
If colt runs well enough here, trainer Todd Pletcher is likely to have at least five starters at Churchill Downs.