Frosted win Wood Memorial at Big A , Kentucky Derby up next

In a photo provided by the New York Racing Association, Frosted, left, with Joel Rosario, captures the $1 million Wood Memorial horse race at Aqueduct on Saturday, April 4, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/New York Racing Association) In a photo provided by the New York Racing Association, Frosted, left, with Joel Rosario, captures the $1 million Wood Memorial horse race at Aqueduct on Saturday, April 4, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/New York Racing Association)

By Associated Press April 4, 2015 3 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – It’s been 12 years since a horse who ran in the Wood Memorial went on to win the Kentucky Derby. The last time a Wood winner did it was 15 years ago.

That could change in four weeks. Frosted won the $1 million Wood at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday, and tops a possible five-horse entourage heading from New York to Louisville on May 2.

Frosted took the lead from 21-1 long shot Tencendur in midstretch and won New York’s major prep for the Derby by two lengths on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Both 3-year-olds are on their way to the Derby, as well as third-place finisher El Kabeir, based on Derby qualifying points. Fourth- and fifth-place finishers Daredevil and Tiz Shea D are on the bubble.

Winning trainer Kiaran McLaughlin says Frosted will have no trouble with the 1 ¼-mile Derby distance after his performance in the 1 1/8-mile Wood.