by Xpressbet
April 8, 2021
It’s Arkansas Derby and Lexington Stakes Week, the 3-week outpost until the 2021 Kentucky Derby. This pretty much will be last call for contenders to announce their credentials before the Run for the Roses.
Our resident historians and handicappers with 1/ST BET and Xpressbet check back in with their mid-April Top 10 contenders for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. We’ve included the projected next start for each horse in parentheses (subject to change).
Jeff Siegel | @jsiegelracing
#1 Essential Quality (Kentucky Derby)
#2 Rock Your World (Kentucky Derby)
#3 Concert Tour (Arkansas Derby)
#4 Known Agenda (Kentucky Derby)
#5 Hot Rod Charlie (Kentucky Derby)
#6 Highly Motivated (Kentucky Derby)
#7 Medina Spirit (Kentucky Derby)
#8 Midnight Bourbon (Kentucky Derby)
#9 Helium (Kentucky Derby)
#10 Soup and Sandwich (Kentucky Derby)
Jon White | @PostTimeJon
#1 Essential Quality (Kentucky Derby)
#2 Concert Tour (Arkansas Derby)
#3 Rock Your World (Kentucky Derby)
#4 Hot Rod Charlie (Kentucky Derby)
#5 Known Agenda (Kentucky Derby)
#6 Highly Motivated (Kentucky Derby)
#7 Medina Spirit (Kentucky Derby)
#8 Midnight Bourbon (Kentucky Derby)
#9 Mandaloun (Kentucky Derby)
#10 Helium (Kentucky Derby)
John DeSantis | @XBJohnnyD
#1 Concert Tour (Arkansas Derby)
#2 Essential Quality (Kentucky Derby)
#3 Hot Rod Charlie (Kentucky Derby)
#4 Known Agenda (Kentucky Derby)
#5 Rock Your World (Kentucky Derby)
#6 Highly Motivated (Kentucky Derby)
#7 Medina Spirit (Kentucky Derby)
#8 Midnight Bourbon (Kentucky Derby)
#9 Bourbonic (Kentucky Derby)
#10 Helium (Kentucky Derby)
Jeremy Plonk | @HorsePlayerNow
#1 Essential Quality (Kentucky Derby)
#2 Concert Tour (Arkansas Derby)
#3 Known Agenda (Kentucky Derby)
#4 Highly Motivated (Kentucky Derby)
#5 Medina Spirit (Kentucky Derby)
#6 Rock Your World (Kentucky Derby)
#7 Hot Rod Charlie (Kentucky Derby)
#8 Midnight Bourbon (Kentucky Derby)
#9 Hozier (Arkansas Derby)
#10 Proxy (Lexington Stakes)