When: Post time is 6:42 p.m. EDT Saturday.

Purse: $1 million.

Field (with jockey, trainer and morning-line odds):

— 1: Frankie’s Empire — Miguel Vasquez, Michael Yates, 12-1

— 2: Hades — Paco Lopez, Joe Orseno, 7-2

— 3: Bail Us Out — Irad Ortiz Jr., Todd Pletcher, 15-1

— 4: Grand Mo the First — Emisael Jaramillo, Victor Barboza Jr., 15-1

— 5: Real Macho — Javier Castellano, Rohan Crichton, 20-1

— 6: Le Dom Bro — Edwin Gonzalez, Eniel Cordero, 15-1

— 7: Catalytic — Julien Leparoux, Saffie Joseph Jr., 20-1

— 8: Seminole Chief — Joel Rosario, Jack Sisterson, 30-1

— 9: Conquest Warrior — Jose Ortiz, Shug McGaughey, 3-1

— 10: Fierceness — John Velazquez, Todd Pletcher, 8-5

— 11: Iris’s Dream — Jorge Ruiz, Cheryl Winebaugh, 30-1

What to know: After winning November’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Park in impressive fashion, Fierceness regressed with a third-place showing at Gulfstream Park last month in the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes. The winner of that race, Hades, is also in the Florida Derby field. Conquest Warrior is a perfect 2 for 2 at Gulfstream Park this year, with wins in a maiden special weight race in January and in an allowance optional claiming race in March.

Last year’s Kentucky Derby winner, Mage, ran second in the Florida Derby behind Forte, the Kentucky Derby favorite who was scratched the morning of the Run for the Roses.

UAE Derby

Where: Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

When: Post time is 9:50 a.m. EDT Saturday.

Purse: $1 million.

Field (with jockey and trainer):

— 1: Auto Bahn — Mickael Barzalona, Julio Olascoaga

— 2: Oasis Boy — Christophe Soumillon, Julio Olascoaga

— 3: Rock Walk — Joao Moreira, Julio Olascoaga

— 4: Ballon D’Or — Norihirio Yokoyama, Mikio Matsunaga

— 5: Forever Young — Ryusei Sakai, Yoshito Yahagi

— 6: George Tesoro — Yuga Kawada, Takayuki Kato

— 7: Guns And Glory — Jamie Spencer, Bhupat Seemar

— 8: Henry Adams — Ryan Moore, Aidan O’Brien

— 9: Killer Collect — Tadhg O’Shea, Bhupat Seemar

— 10: Mendelssohn Bay — Patrick Cosgrave, Bhupat Seemar

— 11: Navy Seal — Wayne Lordan, Aidan O’Brien

— 12: Pandagate — Dylan Davis, Christophe Clement

— 13: Satono Phoenix — Oisin Murphy, Masato Nishizono

What to know: Forever Young (Japan) has had an active few months, going a perfect 4 for 4 since making his racing debut in October. This includes winning a race that was part of the Japanese road to the Kentucky Derby (the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun) and winning the Grade 3 Saudi Derby. He’s the horse to beat in the UAE Derby.

Pandagate is the only American horse in the field. The New York-bred won his last time out in a stakes race last month at Aqueduct.

The UAE Derby has existed since 2000, and no winner of the race has gone on to win the Kentucky Derby. Furthermore, UAE Derby participants are 0 for 19 all time in the Kentucky Derby. The best finish in the Kentucky Derby by a UAE Derby runner was fifth in 2011 by Master of Hounds.

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