King of the Roxy

Trainer Todd Pletcher's King of the Roxy broke his maiden on his second try at Hollywood Park, placed second in the $200,000 Saratoga Special Breeders' Cup (G2) and won the $250,000 Futurity Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park. However, the only time he tried to go farther than 7 1/2 furlongs was at the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), where he finished a distant eighth.

In his first start of the year, was an impressive winner of the 7 1/2-furlong $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Led past the eighth pole but was overhauled by Tiago just before to wire in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) on April 7.

King of the Roxy placed sixth in this year's Preakness Stakes.

Marrakesh, the dam of King of the Roxy, is a daughter of the 1976 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Bold Forbes.