As March draws near the anticipation for the 2024 Kentucky Derby is ramping up. That said, Saturday the focus will be on Oaklawn Park for the 64th running of the Rebel Stakes.
The 1 1/16-mile Rebel is the third of four prep races for the Kentucky Derby held at Oaklawn and offers, along with a hefty $1.25 million dollar purse, a total of 105 qualifying points for the May 4th Derby distributed to the top five finishers on a 50-25-15-10-5 scale.
The 2024 Rebel shapes up as a great betting race with 13 horses entered, with all but one of them coming into the race off of preps at Oaklawn. Several of these starters will very likely use this race as a tune-up for one final Kentucky Derby prep at Oaklawn, the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby on March 30th.
Here is a look at the field:
1. CARBONE [ML 15-1] Jockey: Isaac Castillo. Trainer: Steve Asmussen.
2. NORTHERN FLAME [ML 5-1] Jockey: Julien Leparoux. Trainer: Ken McPeek.
3. COMMON DEFENSE [ML 30-1] Jockey: Brian Hernandez Jr. Trainer: Ken McPeek.
4. TEJON PASS [ML 30-1] Jockey: Chris Landeros. Trainer: Peter Miller.
5. MAGIC GRANT [ML 50-1] Jockey: Harry Hernandez. Trainer: Eddie Milligan Jr.
6. DIMATIC [ML 8-1] Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione. Trainer: Steve Asmussen.
7. TIMBERLAKE [ML 6-5] Jockey: Cristian Torres. Trainer: Brad Cox.
8. NEXT LEVEL [ML 30-1] Jockey: Jose Riquelme. Trainer: Keith Desormeaux.
9. LAGYNOS [ML 20-1] Jockey: Keith Asmussen. Trainer: Steve Asmussen.
10. MENA [ML 15-1] Jockey: Francisco Arrieta. Trainer: Steve Hobby.
11. JUST STEEL [ML 7-2] Jockey: Ramon Vazquez. Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas.
12. WOODCOURT [ML 20-1] Jockey: Emmanuel Esquivel. Trainer: Cipriano Contreras.
13. TIME FOR TRUTH [ML 15-1] Jockey: Rafael Bejarano. Trainer: Ron Moquett.
The Rebel Stakes is slated as race 11 on a card of 12 with a scheduled Post Time of 6:25.
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