Sunday night’s $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) nearly produced a triple dead-heat, as the 44-1 How Did He Do That just lasted from his Steve Asmussen stablemate Red Route One and Tumbarumba in a finish determined by inches.

Tapit Trice was bet down to 1-2 favoritism in Saturday’s Tampa Bay Derby (G2), a fans’ vote of confidence that the highly-regarded blueblood would punch his ticket to the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Pedigree suggested that Litigate would thrive over a route of ground, and the son of Blame duly obliged in his stakes and two-turn debut in Saturday’s Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs.