THE most interesting race of the weekend in America may not be the Grade 1s. Forte, the 2022 champion two-year-old and favourite for the Kentucky Derby until a last-minute injury scare forced his withdrawal, takes on the Derby third Angel Of Empire in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy, the Saratoga prep for the highlight Grade 1, the Travers Stakes at the track next month.

Though he was been absent for 71 days from April 1st to the June 11th Belmont, Forte was fit and ready for the Derby in early May and it was a confusing run.