Oaklawn Park Race 10
6 - Malagacy
The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues with a full field of 11 runners heading to post in the Rebel Stakes. Today we are looking at Malagacy to continue his dominance and successfully make the jump to graded stakes company a winning one. The 3-year-old colt is not only 2-for-2 in his young career, but he won by a total 22 lengths. Malagacy has simply ran the previous fields off their feet and while this won't be as easy today in the Grade II Rebel, it will certainly prove enough to get his picture taken. Regular rider John Castellano remains for trainer Todd Pletcher and with so many runners in today's race a solid trip becomes key. Castellano likes to stay close to the front with this colt, meaning he should get first run on all closers while keeping in the clear. Pletcher believes he has a runner with the class move to a Grade II and so do we as Malagacy is the best bet in the Rebel.