The last horse to run a faster Equibase figure in the Florida Derby was Monarchos two decades ago. For Three-Year-Olds, With An Entry Fee Of $25,000 Each And A … Daily Double / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta / Pick 3 (Races 12-13-14) Super Hi-5 . “He’s such a talented colt. Owner: Roadrunner Racing (Greg Helm), Boat Racing, LLC (Patrick O'Neill) and William Strauss Breeder: Edward A. Cox Jr. (KY) Trainer: Leandro Mora Jockey: Joel Rosario Information provided by Equibase at time of entry. Purse $3,000,000. The Kentucky Derby, held Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, is shaping up to be a 3-horse race between Essential Quality, Rock Your World and Hot Rod Charlie. Hot Rod Charlie's frontrunning victory in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 20 was enough to elevate the son of Oxbow in this week's National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll. Hot Rod Charlie has been consistently very good throughout his career, but on March 20 at Fair Grounds he took the step forward you look for in a 3-year-old on the Kentucky Derby trail when he led from start to finish under Joel Rosario to win the Grade 2 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby by two lengths. The rest of the field, with their best representative Equibase® Speed Figures, is Midnight Bourbon (99), O Besos (94), Proxy (97), Rightandjust (90) and Starrininmydreams (88). Whether that best effort is good enough to beat the improving Run Classic and Hot Rod Charlie is the reason why this race will be a great one to watch and wager on. The Kentucky-bred colt has been a steady performer, placing in the top three in five of his seven career starts. 9 Kentucky Derby 2021 Odds: HOT ROD CHARLIE. Hot Rod Charlie, dk b/br, 3/c Oxbow — Indian Miss, by Indian Charlie. By Lynne Snierson. Hot Rod Charlie gets another run at Essential Quality in a … RUNNING STYLE: Pace Presser . Welcome to Equibase.com, your official source for horse racing results, mobile racing data, statistics as well as all other horse racing and thoroughbred racing information. I have my eye on Hot Rod Charlie if the price is right, who went gate-to-wire and didn’t need the whip in the stretch to win the Louisiana Derby; however, Rock Your World should be the favorite. Then there's Hot Rod Charlie. Churchill Downs STAKES . Hot Rod Charlie, Essential Quality and Rock Your World are the horses to watch for the Kentucky Derby, which will be run on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Hot Rod Charlie. He pulled away for an impressive win and strong 112 Equibase Speed Figure. Trainer Doug O'Neill, who won the Kentucky Derby with I’ll Have Another (2012) and Nyquist (2016), is back in 2021 with Hot Rod Charlie. He really impressed me in the Santa Anita Derby. TOP EQUIBASE SPEED FIGURE: 100. 1. Hot Rod Charlie is coming in hot to Kentucky but this time he won’t be flying under the radar in America’s greatest race as he did as a 2-year-old by running second to Essential Quality in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland at 94-1 odds.