There is plenty of reason to be excited about Saturday’s running of the Grade 2 Rebel from OP. It offers fifty points for its winner in the TC standings, but also features one of the largest purses that you will see on the road to the KYD to the tune of $1,250.000.

The Risen Star Stakes is the first 50-point KYD prep race on the schedule, but that didn’t stop Mother Nature from wanting to have her say on things. A steady rain all day at FG made the track muddy/soft. There were twelve horses scheduled to go in the Risen Star, but three of them would scratch out.

As the KYD gets closer, the prep races start to carry a little more weight, and this weekend we will have our first 50-point Derby prep. It’s the Risen Star Stakes from FG, a Grade 2 that has seen some great horses end up in its winner circle, including Fusion, Moment Of Madness, Beach Dandy, and Howl Of The Hound.

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The Inside Information looked like a race that was pretty evenly matched, and that’s exactly how it would play out on Saturday. In a tight finish, Devils Bride would prevail at the wire, earning her second win since running in the BC last November.