As the Bluegrass Derby field begins to take shape a field of fourteen three year olds has come to Kentucky early for a last crack at making that race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Grade One Corckscrew Stakes is one of two Derby Lock Preps this weekend so the winner will be guaranteed an automatic berth in the big race three weeks hence.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Run for a purse of $750,000 at a mile and one eighth in Eastern Kentucky could send more than one contender on to the big race as several of today\u2019s runners may make the field with a place or show here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Of course much depends on what the fillies do in three weeks with Street Etiquette and possibly Final Exit pointing towards the Derby over the Oaks.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There is one filly in today\u2019s field, Lucas Ranch, and she has tangled with the boys before.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s take a look at the field. #1 Gengis Khani was born to big expectations.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A son of millionaire Carol of the Bells and half-brother to another millionaire, Taylor\u2019s Story, the son of Dalakhani had big shoes to fill.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He showed promise winning his only start as a two year old by over two lengths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So far this season he has two third place stakes finishes, including the Grade Three Dubai 2000 Guineas and an off the board run.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his most recent start he won the Jimmy Two Times Special at a mile and one eighth with a 102sp. #2 Zen Kitty was a grade two winner last season.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was given two months off over the winter to mature and returned in one of the most impressive preps of the season, the Grade Three Good Cow.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that race Zen Kitty ran a neck behind Lyrical Gangster with the top two posting identical 107sps.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Neither has run back to that form in recent starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Zen Kitty was well beaten in two grade ones since that start. #3 Brother Ben took down a big purse when he won the Grade Three Sam\u2019s Town Delta Jackpot, a million dollar race, in his last start at two.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s only had two starts so far this season.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Elusive Quality was well beaten in the Grade Three Giant Slayer Classic but rebounded to finish a solid second in the Grade Two Moises Alou Cap.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran a career best 98sp in that start at a mile and one sixteenth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN> #4 Highway Daydream has also had just two starts this season.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A stakes placed juvenile, he was rested over the winter and returned to the races in February.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Encosta De Lago closed from well back in the Your Palaces Dirt Special field to run second by a nose in the mile and one sixteenth stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last out he tried running a mile and three sixteenths in the Grade One Winter is Coming where again he closed stoutly but could only finish third in the competitive field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He did run a career best 99sp. #5 Arturo Fuente is the son of a five time stakes winning dam and while he has not scored at the stakes level yet it seems only a matter of time before his luck turns.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s lost his last two starts in close photos.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In February he was third by \u00bd length in the Grade Three Risen Star Stakes behind Lookin At Hotrod and then he returned in March to finish second by a head in the Grade Two Felipe Alou Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran a career best 101sp that day and avenged his loss to Lookin At Hotrod who finished third. #6 Dynamic Storm is a son of Dynaformer out of a stakes winner and a half-brother to another stakes winner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is another colt who, with a little luck will also get a stakes win soon.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was beaten \u00be lengths in his final start of last season.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This year he was fifth in the Grade Three Scam at a mile and one eighth and second in the Grade Three Gary Asher Memorial at a mile and one sixteenth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He earned a career best 102sp that day. #7 Haunted Inn enters this race on a three race win streak.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The cleverly named son of Ghostzapper was a stakes placed juvenile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ended his year with an allowance victory and was given two months off before returning in February in another allowance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He earned his first stakes victory in his most recent start, the Captain Jim Dirt Special in which he ran a career best 100sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All of his recent victories have come at one mile and he has never been farther than that distance. #8 Steelshanks has never been off the board in six starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He concluded his two year old season with three straight victories, including a listed stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This year he has two starts and both were solid runs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He began the year by finishing second in the Grade Three Giant Slayer Classic at a mile and one sixteenth behind Ras El Hanout.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He would run into that rival again in his next start, the Grade Two Land\u2019s End at a mile and one eighth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This time he would finish third behind Ras El Hanout and Stevieboy.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran a career best speed number of 100 but as a son of Forestry the question of how far he really wants to run looms large three weeks before the Bluegrass Derby. #9 Stevieboy is another wonderfully consistent runner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s been first or second in seven of nine races including five stakes races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Stephen Got Even was a grade three winner last season.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After a winter freshening he returned to the races this year in the mile and three sixteenths Lass Appeal Dirt Route where he finished second.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was fourth in the Grade One Immense Derby Challenge but it was a solid fourth and his speed improved to a 97, a career best.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most recently he topped that number, running a 100 when second in the Grade Two Land\u2019s End.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The one concern here is that this will be his third start in six weeks, a tall order for a three year old so early in the season. #10 Umphrey\u2019s Mcgee has blossomed as a three year old.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After an average two year old campaign on the turf, the son of Henrythenavigator was given almost three months rest before returning to the races on dirt on March 3rd<\/SUP>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He easily won an allowance by three lengths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Three weeks later he ran second in the Grade Three UFO Stakes at a mile and one sixteenth with a career best 100sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The winner of that race, Lute\u2019s Wish, came back last weekend and ran a strong third in the Grade One California Derby.\u00a0 <\/SPAN> #11 Gogossos is another colt who came alive when switched to the dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Monsun has won three of five starts on the dirt, with one second.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This year he has three starts all at a mile and three sixteenths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won the first two, an allowance and the His Dreams Scare Me Special by open lengths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his most recent start he finished a dull seventh in the Grade One Winter IS Coming.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019ll have to bounce back from that poor effort to factor here. #12 Lucas Ranch is the only filly in the field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The daughter of Flame Thrower hit the board twice in graded races versus males last season.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has not won a stakes of her own but she has placings in four, all graded.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She began this year with an allowance score going one mile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was a strong fourth in the Grade Three Davola Dane South where she ran a career best 97sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last out she was a well beaten eleventh in the Grade One California Oaks. #13 Mystic Fusion is also looking for his first stakes victory.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Giant\u2019s Causeway was second by \u00bc length in the Grade Three Risen Star Stakes in February.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran a career best 98sp that day, finishing ahead of fellow entrant Arturuo Fuente but more importantly beating two year old champion Bolton Valley.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Stretching out an extra furlong to a mile and three sixteenths in the Grade One Winter Is Coming he finished a well beaten eleventh.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If he can run back to his Risen Star form he has a shot here. #14 Candy Shop has only started five times but he\u2019s made his presence felt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Candy Ride won his debut last October and was second in his only other start at two.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This season he has three starts already.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won the first two of those races, both at a mile and one sixteenth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The first was an allowance which he won with an 87sp and the second was the Magical Merlin Dirt Challenge in which he ran an astonishing 104sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was not surprising to see him bounce off that huge performance in his most recent start – he was twelfth in the Grade One Florida Derby.\u00a0 <\/SPAN> Good luck to all. 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