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Dynamic Sky is a Sky Mesa and Murani colt. He won the Simcoe at Woodbine in September and the Pasco at Tampa Bay Downs in January. In 7 career starts he's only finished out the money once. Trainer Mark Casse has him prepping for the Blue Grass stakes on April 13th in which he'll need a top 3 finish in order to have enough points to qualify for the Kentucky Derby.

Here is the field and post position for the 2013 Santa Anita Derby.

Speak Logistics is a High Cotton and Miss Sabrina colt who's not likely targeting the Derby, so we'll keep this short. He's trained by Edward Plesa Jr. He broke his maiden in his second attempt and won the Florida Stallion In Reality at Calder. That's where the good news ends.

Overanalyze is a Mike Repole owned, Todd Pletcher trained colt. He's sired by Dixie Union and won two Grade 2 stakes, the Belmont Futurity and Remsen, in his five juvenile starts. If the story stopped there you would probably give him a serious look for the Derby. Unfortunately, it doesn't - he ran a very disappointing 5th in the Gotham Stakes (G3).

Super Ninety Nine is a Pulpit and Exogenetic colt trained by Bob Baffert. His most recent race was the Rebel Stakes (G2) where he finished a disappointing fifth despite going off as the 6-5 favorite. He's a long shot pick in the Santa Anita Derby, and much longer shot at making a Run for the Roses.

Power Broker, a Pulpit and Shop Again colt, broke his maiden in the FrontRunner Stakes (G1) in his fourth career start. The expectations were high for this horse but he finished a disappointing 5th in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Two year old's can mature quickly, and Baffert thinks this horse is ready, with plans to run him in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) this upcoming weekend. He's going to need more points to secure a trip to Kentucky on the first weekend in May and the Santa Anita Derby is a good a test as any.

Alpha is a Distorted Humor and Tabarin colt. He broke his maiden in just his second race but finished third in the Sunland Derby (G3) behind Govenor Charlie and Show Some Magic.

9thrace.com is proud to present the return of the 30 Days of April Kentucky Derby Promotion. Bloggers Post Time Pete and Big Daddy No Bucks have teamed up again to write 30 Contenders, 30 Days - An Epic Breakdown of the Kentucky Derby Horses. Starting tomorrow, April 1st, we'll release one new article per day based on a possible contender for the Kentucky Derby.

The Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park is the premier Kentucky Derby prep race in the state of Florida. It's a 100-40-20-10 points race and it happens today - March 30!

Are you ready for another exciting on the way to the Kentucky Derby? This weekend features 3 headline races, the Florida Derby (G1), the UAE Derby (G2), and the Louisiana Derby (G2). The Louisiana Derby is a 100-40-20-10 points race. Here's the post position and breakdown.