NBS Stable’s Exosome will be nominated to the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) on April 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack, but is more likely to return to the site of his last-out optional-claiming win at Oaklawn Park for the $1.5-million Arkansas Derby (G1) on March 28, according to trainer Kelsey Danner.
Both races are contested at nine-furlongs and offer 100-50-25-15-10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-five finishers, respectively.
“He will be under consideration [for both races], but I have to discuss it with the owners to see which way they want to go. I think they may be leaning towards Arkansas since he won there,” said Danner…