It’s last call for the Kentucky Derby points preps in Saturday’s Grade 3 $400,000 Lexington Stakes, but the 11 entrants figure to have more potential Preakness impact than the first Saturday in May, based on current totals. Gosger won this race a year ago before nearly upsetting Journalism in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. The 1-1/16 miles Lexington is co-featured on a Keeneland program that includes the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley in the preceding race.

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Let’s meet the contenders for the Lexington Stakes (Race 10):

#1-CORONA DE ORO: Fourth-start maiden winner at Fair Grounds on March 7 makes his stakes debut for trainer Dallas Stewart. Son of Bolt d’Oro finished third to Lexington return rival Confessional in a maiden sprint here during the 2025 Fall Meet. Brian Hernandez Jr. rode the Lexington winner in 2021 (King Fury).

#2-EXHIBITION ONLY: Gotham Stakes fourth-place finisher has 1 win from 6 starts, all in New York. Gotham third-place finisher Right to Party returned to finish second last week in the Wood Memorial. Trainer Rudy Rodriguez got this Complexity colt to break his maiden Feb. 5 at Aqueduct in his only start with Lasix. Regular rider Ruben Silvera has the call. Both trainer and jockey seek their first Keeneland wins.

#3-DECISIVE WIN: Most lightly raced member of the cast debuted fourth March 7 at Santa Anita in a 6-1/2 furlong sprint. Winner that day, Crude Velocity, returned to sharply win an allowance on Saturday on the west cast for Bob Baffert. This $600,000 son of Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (at Keeneland) winner Nyquist campaigns for the sire’s trainer, 2-time Derby winner Doug O’Neill. Antonio Fresu will ride.

#4-ENFORCED AGENDA: Third in the Jan. 3 Jerome Stakes, trainer George Weaver brings this Liam’s Map colt back from a 3-month hiatus. His only prior start was a debut mile victory at Aqueduct in November. The Lexington will be his first 2-turn race. Jockey Javier Castellano won the Lexington in 2005 and 2016.

#5-MISTER T: Indiana-bred was 3-for-3 on dirt vs. fellow state-breds last year and makes his first start in 5 months and first start on the road. Regular rider Mitchell Murrill will be aboard for trainer Climaco Galindo-Torres, who has yet to win in 2026. Son of Sahara Sky is 2-for-2 around 2 turns, including the Indiana Futurity.

#6-RAMBLIN: $30,000 claim in January has won 1 of 9 starts, including a maiden claiming Fair Grounds score after moving to the barn of veteran Bobby Barnett. Ghostzapper colt got his first stakes taste last out when a no-threat fifth of 7 in the Black Gold. His last 8 starts all have come on grass, including a third-place maiden bid at Keeneland during the Fall Meet. Mario Gutierrez rides for the first time on Saturday.

#7-THE HELL WE DID: Half-brother to international star Senor Buscador seeks his first stakes win. Todd Fincher brings the colt by Kentucky Derby winner Authentic from his New Mexico base after cruising to a 13-length allowance win his 3-year-old debut. He broke his amdien at Remington Park in October and was second in the Zia Park Juvenile. Jockey Luis Saez won this race 2 years ago aboard First Mission.

#8-TRENDSETTER: Ben Colebrook trainee has run on dirt, turf and synthetic surfaces. Colebrook looks to add to his Grade 1 Ashland victory on opening day last Friday with Percy’s Hope. Won his first 2 at Colonial Downs last summer and has been cashing minor stakes checks since, including the March 21 Rushaway third at Turfway. Gelding ran fifth in last Fall Meet’s Indian Summer while turf sprinting. Son of Modernist will be ridden by Kazushi Kimura once again.

#9-EZUM: First of 2 Brad Cox trainees in the field as he looks to follow up last week’s Blue Grass score in this division with Further Ado. Cox won the Lexington in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 but was absent a year ago and missed a potential four-peat. Ezum is a $485K son of Essential Quality coming off a 19-1/2 length victory in a Colonial Downs maiden mile. The Lexington will be his third career start and first around 2 turns. Flavien Prat has the return mount.

#10-CONFESSIONAL: Virginia Derby third-place finisher debuted a winner here during the Fall Meet and has kept strong company lines since – facing the likes of Renegade, The Puma, Nearly and Incredibolt. Irad Ortiz Jr. – who won Saturday’s Blue Grass aboard Further Ado – seeks back-to-back wins in this race after Gosger a season ago. Tainer Brad Cox seeks a fifth Lexington win and his fourth straight in which he’s had a starter.

#11-I DID I DID: Son of Curlin has won 1 of 7 and exits a narrow second in allowance company at Colonial Downs. He’s 0-for-3 in stakes and steps back up in class off a good effort. Trainer Mike Maker saddled 2011 Lexington winner Derby Kitten in the Polytrack era. Top west coast rider Juan Hernandez is in town to ride while Santa Anita is between racing meets this week.