OLDSMAR, Fla. – Sierra Leone may be the leader of trainer Chad Brown’s roster of Kentucky Derby contenders, but Domestic Product, based on his effort in last month’s Holy Bull Stakes, is not far behind. Saturday, Domestic Product will look to continue his progression to Louisville and the 150th Kentucky Derby when he faces Sam F. Davis winner No More Time and eight others in the Grade 3, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby, the highlight of a 12-race card that offers five other stakes. First post is 11:55 a.m. and the forecast calls for pleasant conditions. The Tampa Derby, run at 1 1/16 miles, offers its top five finishers qualifying points (50-25-15-10-5) to the May 4 Kentucky Derby. Domestic Product, a son of Practical Joke, came out of a seventh-place finish in the Remsen Stakes last December to finish a solid second to Hades in the Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 23. The top three finishers from the Remsen, including runner-up Sierra Leone (Risen Star) and winner Dornoch (Fountain of Youth), won stakes in their next starts. In the Holy Bull, with blinkers off, Domestic Product was still tugging due to the slow pace, but came with a run, finishing 1 1/2 lengths clear of 2-year-old champion Fierceness. :: KENTUCKY DERBY 2024: Derby Watch, point standings, prep schedule, news, and more “I really feel the race moved him forward,” said Chad Brown, who trains Domestic Product for Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables. “He got a lot out of it and he’s come back and he’s breezed particularly well. He’s always impressed me, but he’s taken that next step in his works where he belongs in that group of point-chasers, we’ll call them.” Domestic Product, who has been training with Sierra Leone, has just 10 Derby points. Good Money, also trained by Brown, is coming off a one-length maiden win at Tampa going seven furlongs on Jan. 26. “He’s a [son of] Good Magic that looks like he wants to run a little farther anyway,” Brown said. “Big jump, but he likes the track.” Irad Ortiz Jr. rides Good Money from post 4, one spot inside of Domestic Product, who will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione. No More Time has 20 Derby points after his front-running score as the somewhat surprising 3-1 favorite in the Sam. F. Davis here on Feb. 10. This will be the first time No More Time is coming back to race just four weeks after his previous start, but trainer Jose Francisco D’Angelo believes his horse has improved since the Sam Davis. “He’s more focused, he knows he’s going to run, that matters,” said D’Angelo, who shipped No More Time to Tampa on Wednesday. Though No More Time won the Sam Davis on the lead, D’Angelo said his horse doesn’t have to be there Saturday, especially with a horse like Everdoit in the field. “We have to break from the gate, see what the other horses are going to do,” said D’Angelo, who has replaced Paco Lopez with Javier Castellano. “The horse is very versatile. We can be on the lead, be second or third. I love the post position [7]. We don’t have pressure to do anything at the break.” Todd Pletcher is a six-time winner of the Tampa Bay Derby. He sends out Heartened, a son of Street Boss. Heartened, on the Feb. 10 Sam Davis undercard, won a mile and 40-yard maiden race by 4 1/2 lengths from a forward position. “I thought he won with something left in the tank,” Pletcher said. “It makes sense to take him back and take a shot.” Jose Ortiz rides Heartened from the rail. Crazy Mason won a mile and 40-yard allowance race here on Jan. 14 but then finished sixth in the Sam Davis with some trouble. Trainer Gregg Sacco is putting blinkers back on Crazy Mason, equipment he won with in Saratoga last July but that he has not worn in his last four starts. Sacco said Crazy Mason got bumped by Patriot Spirit in the Sam Davis, “and we had to check and lost all position.” “Then he idled a little bit. Hoping the blinkers keep him more focused. We’ll see what happens when the running starts.” :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  Everdoit lost his rider shortly after the start of the Sam Davis, but was unharmed and has trained forwardly, according to trainer Kevin Rice. Grand Mo the First finished third in the Swale for trainer Victor Barboza Jr. Catire Vizcaya won a restricted maiden race at Saratoga for Juan Avila but has been soundly beaten in two starts since. There are two maidens in the Tampa Bay Derby. Sturdy, trained by George Weaver for Mike Repole, is winless in three starts but was second to Domestic Product going 1 1/8 miles last October. Give Me Liberty, a son of Constitution, finished second to Common Defense in a mile maiden race on Jan. 13. Common Defense came back to run second in the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.