Fast and Accurate

FAST AND ACCURATE (c, Hansen–It's Heidi's Dance, by Green Dancer)

O-Kendall E. Hansen. B-John R. Penn (PA). T-Michael J. Maker.

Sales History: $24,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP; $85,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: GSW, 6-3-1-0, $340,362.

Last Start: 1st, GIII JACK Cincinnati Casino Spiral S., TP, Mar. 25

KY Derby Points: 50

Pennsylvania-bred Fast and Accurate, who has never won a dirt race, owns a past performance block that is dotted with tracks like Presque Isle Downs, Parx, and Turfway Park–venues that one doesn't historically see on a Derby participant's resume. Yes, he broke his maiden for a modest $30,000 tag last December, but Fast and Accurate is also riding a three-race win streak into the Derby, including a score in a $60,000 turf stakes at Gulfstream and an upset of the synthetic-track Spiral S at 24-1. That Turfway prep was truly a race of attrition based on a visual read of the race, as there were multiple runners that moved too soon and sputtered out, and the first three horses across the wire (two of them the longest shots on the board) all appeared to be laboring. Because Fast and Accurate had not been previously nominated to the Triple Crown, a steep $200,000 supplement is required to start. The colt's connections have indicated a willingness to pay, and trainer Maker on Sunday opted to give the mount to Channing Hill, who rode Fast and Accurate to victory in his maiden win (Spiral-winning jockey Tyler Gaffalione is riding Patch for Todd Pletcher).

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