The 2023 Blue Grass Stakes Results: Pletcher’s Tapit Trice Wins In A Fine Stretch Duel With Verifying, Who Placed As Blazing Sevens Showed

A masterful piloting job by Luis Saez set up the exhilarating stretch duel between Tapit Trice, who won by a neck, and Verifying, who placed. The victory ups to three the Todd Pletcher-trained horses at the top of the Derby point standings. Here, the race and how the Derby field now looks.