The road to the Kentucky Derby got a little tighter last weekend with Georgie Boy’s win at the $200,000 San Felipe Stakes. Before Georgie Boy’s win, the contender race for the Kentucky Derby was a one-horse show. Before last week War Pass was the heavy favorite, but his last-place finish at the Tampa Bay Derby has vaulted Georgie Boy into the favorite position for the Running of the Roses in May.

Georgie Boy ran down Gayego and Bob Black Jack to prevail by three-quarters of a length in the Grade II, 1 1/16-mile event. There have been a couple of San Felipe Stakes winner that have gone on the win the Kentucky Derby. Sunday Silence did it in 1989 and Fusaichi Pegasus did it in 2000. Georgie Boy has a three-race winning streak going into the Kentucky Derby dating back to September at the Del Mar Futurity.