Reincarnate jockey, trainer, owners: What you need to know about Kentucky Derby 2023 horse
Reincarnate is one of 20 horses expected to enter the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs.
Spots for the Kentucky Derby are earned by gaining points through a series of prep races that began in September.
The post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby is set for Monday, May 1. Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 6.
Reincarnate will enter the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on April 1 at Oaklawn Park. He currently ranks 18th on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 45.
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Reincarnate
Color: Gray/roan
Bred in: Kentucky
Sire: Good Magic
Dam: Allanah, by Scat Daddy
Price tag: $775,000 at 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale
Owners: SF Racing LLC (Gavin Murphy), Starlight Racing (Jack Wolf), Madaket Stables (Sol Kumin and Jason Monteleone), Robert Masterson, Stonestreet Stables (Barbara Banke), Jay Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital (Gregg Slager) and Catherine Donovan. Starlight and Madaket were co-owners of 2020 winner Authentic. Starlight and Kumin were co-owners of 2018 winner Justify. All but Stonestreet were co-owners of Messier, who finished 15th in 2022.
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Trainer: Tim Yakteen, 0 for 2 in Derby. Best finish was 12th with Taiba in 2022.
Jockey: John Velazquez, 3 for 24 in Derby. Won with Animal Kingdom (2011), Always Dreaming (2017) and Authentic (2020).
Record: 2-3-2 in seven starts
Career earnings: $345,650
Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 45 (No. 17)
Last race: Third in Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on April 1 at Oaklawn Park
Running style: Near the front early
Notes: After winning the Grade 3 Sham on Jan. 8 at Santa Anita Park, Reincarnate was transferred from trainer Bob Baffert to Yakteen. Reincarnate was ineligible to earn Kentucky Derby qualifying points with Baffert, who is serving a suspension at Churchill Downs through this year’s spring meet. Reincarnate has two third-place finishes under Yakteen at Oaklawn — the Grade 2 Rebel on Feb. 25 and the Arkansas Derby. … Reincarnate opened his career with three straight runner-up finishes before finally breaking his maiden Nov. 25 at Del Mar. … Reincarnate is one of two sons of Good Magic expected to run in the Kentucky Derby, joining Mage. A third, Blazing Sevens, dropped out Sunday. Good Magic was the runner-up to Justify in the 2018 Derby.
What they’re saying: “It looks like he’s going to be completely out of it and he’s flattening out, and then all of a sudden he starts finding that second gear,” Yakteen said. “He’s a continuously developing individual. We learned a lot from his original race at Oaklawn to his most recent race at Oaklawn. … He definitely has the raw talent to do it.”
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @KentuckyDerbyCJ.
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