Which prep race has had the most impact on the Kentucky Derby over the past five years? If you guessed the Florida Derby, Arkansas Derby, or any of the other major preps, you would be wrong.
Since 2006, the Tampa Bay Derby has produced two Kentucky Derby winners and a horse that finished third. Street Sense, who won the 2006 Tampa Bay Derby before going on to the Blue Grass Stakes, started the streak. And in 2010, Super Saver finished a close third in Tampa's premier race, moved onto the Arkansas Derby, and then pulled an upset on the first Saturday in May. In 2009, Musket Man won the Tampa Bay Derby and the Illinois Derby then finished third in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.
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