Champion Forte Tops 23 Nominations To Florida Derby
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Forte and Irad Ortiz Jr. en route to winning the G2 Fountain of Youth html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd" Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Forte, the 2022 juvenile champion who made an auspicious 2023 debut in the Feb. 4 Fountain of Youth (G2), is prominent on a list of 23 3-year-olds nominated to the $1-million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill 'n' Dale Farms at Xalapa April 1 at Gulfstream Park. The 72nd running of the Florida Derby, a history-rich 1 1/8-mile Triple Crown prep, will be featured on a program with 10 stakes, including five graded stakes.