With April fast approaching, we're entering the heart of Kentucky Derby prep season. The perceived top contenders have run their first races of the year and most are readying for their final pre-Derby tests.
We don't have a clear favorite, and it's healthy to remember that as of April 1, 2018, eventual Triple Crown winner Justify had run exactly two career races, neither of them a graded stakes. So there's plenty we don't know, especially given the interruption of racing at Santa Anita Park, home base for several of the nation's top 3-year-olds, after a rise in horse deaths.
Those caveats aside, the likely top of the field is beginning to come into focus, and with that in mind, here are 10 contenders to keep your eye on between now and the first Saturday in May.
