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Arkansas Derby 2017 Results: Classic Empire Overtakes Conquest Mo Money to Win

Published by Bleacher Report on Sun, 16 Apr 2017


Classic Empiretook home a title at Saturday's Arkansas Derby on the famed track at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to punch a ticket to the 2017 Kentucky Derby.Conquest Mo Money and Lookin At Leerounded out the top three finishers on a day when 170 total Kentucky Derby qualifying points were up for grabs. One hundred points were awarded to Classic Empire, while the second-, third- and fourth-place finishers received a 40-20-10 split of the share.You can find a breakdown of the payouts from Saturday's race below:Classic Empire would have qualified for the Kentucky Derby with a finish anywhere in the top four, but the three-year-old colt put on a show down the stretch and burst through traffic to take home a win that will assuredly turn heads.Although theMark E. Casse-trained horse had previously battled a foot injury and took home third place at his only prior race (Holy Bull Stakes) this year, the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Champion flashed form that has his Kentucky Derby hopes looking up, as theNew York Times' Melissa Hoppert opined:Elsewhere, Lookin At Leewho entered the day with 15-1 odds, according to theCourier-Journal's Jason Frakesput forth a strong showing despite failing to find a path past Classic Empire at the end.Dating back to July 2016, theSteve Asmussen trainee has now recordedsix top-three finishes in eight attempts. As a result,Daily Racing Form's Marcus Hersh sees him as a potential sleeper in a few weeks:And now that the curtain has drawn on the Arkansas Derby, prep races for the year's first Triple Crown race have officially concluded.That means all attention should shift to the impending action at Churchill Downs as preparations get underway for the May 6 Run for the Roses.
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