Santa Anita Derby draws 8 nominees

Top-ranked American 3-year-old Journalism and 2024 2-year-old champion Citizen Bull head nominations for the Saturday, April 5 Santa Anita Derby.

Four trainers have all of the eight horses nominated for the $500,000, Grade I race for Kentucky Derby prospects: Michael McCarthy with Journalism and Bullard, Bob Baffert with Citizen Bull, Barnes and Rodriguez, John Shirreffs with Baeza and Westwood, and Karen Headley with Smooth Cruisein.

The field will be set Monday.

Saturday at Santa Anita...