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Unbridled's Song progeny will vie for Kentucky Derby honors on Saturday. General Quarters turned back Hold Me Back in the Blue Grass. Dunkirk went second in Florida.

In January, Friesan Fire and The Pamplemousse got an early start on prepping for the Kentucky Derby, winning the Lecomte Stakes and the San Rafael, respectively.

I Want Revenge, Musket Man, Pioneerof The Nile, General Quarters, and Papa Clem captured Derby prep races in New York, Illinois, California, Kentucky, and Arkansas.

Four Thoroughbreds won their second Kentucky Derby prep race in February, including Friesan Fire, Haynesfield, The Pamplemousse, and Chocolate Candy.

In the Florida Derby, Quality Road added credentials to his race to participate in the Kentucky Derby. Pioneerof The Nile and Friesan Fire also got big March prep wins.

Square Eddie, Pioneerof The Nile, and Friesan Fire have top graded stakes earning eligibility for the Kentucky Derby. Only twenty horses can Run for the Roses.

In the short lineage outlook, Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Chocolate Candy has a winning Kentucky Derby pedigree. Trained by Jeff Mullins, I Want Revenge has steady genes.

There are no fewer than thirteen graded stakes scheduled across the country, a handicapper's paradise.

History and stastistics make up Kentucky Derby lore, but there's also the personality of the horses themselves. There have been stalkers, closers, and front runners.

Alysheba, son of Alydar, did inherit his father's heart and will to win. He demonstrated that in Kentucky Derby 1987 after surgery corrected his breathing problem.

When trainer Barclay Tagg first laid eyes on Nobiz Like Shobiz, he told owner Elizabeth Valando that the colt was a potential Triple Crowner. Now he's a turf star.

Bundles of champions like Northern Dancer, Secretariat, Buckpasser, and Bold Ruler show up in the pedigrees of Kentucky Derby contenders Hold Me Back and Friesan Fire.

Scat Daddy won a big Derby prep at Gulfstream Park March 3 over Nobiz Like Shobiz, a Triple Crown favorite. Daddy's second victory against Shobiz vaulted him to No.2.

Saturday's Fountain of Youth, followed by the Florida Derby and Kentucky Derby, provides perfect opportunity to prep some of the best colts in the nation.