This weekend’s lone stateside Derby qualifier is the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park. The race honors John Battaglia, former general manager at Latonia (now Turfway) and other tracks. His son, oddsmaker and retired announcer Mike Battaglia, called the Kentucky Derby from 1978-1996. Inaugurated in 1982, the John Battaglia Memorial was added to the Road to the Kentucky Derby series in 2021, and the 1 … Continue reading The John Battaglia Stakes