When one door closes, another opens.  Originally billed as a rematch between McKinzie and Bolt d’Oro, McKinzie has bowed out of the Santa Anita Derby — but his stablemate in the Bob Baffert barn, Justify, will be entered instead.  So, the race will be a showdown between Bolt d’Oro, so proven at two, and the promising Justify, making his stakes debut.

Head over to Picks and Ponderings, read my preview of the Santa Anita Derby and the Santa Anita Oaks, and let me know your thoughts in the comments!