Post position: 12
Odds: 20-1
Jockey: Manoel Cruz, 37, is a Brazil native who lives in Miami. Was twice leading rider at Calder. This is his first Derby.
Owner: Mount Joy Stables is owned by Brian Burns and his family. Burns, 60, owns Pro Financial Services, an insurer of pro athletes based in Chicago.
Trainer: Bennie Stutts Jr., 70, is a native of New Orleans who lives in Pembroke Pines, Fla. He has been based at Calder since it opened in 1971. This is his 1st Derby.
Breeder(s): Mount Joy Stables
Bloodline: By Smooth Jazz-Air France, by French Deputy
Color and gender: Bay colt
Career record: 7 starts, 3-2-2, $395,500
Road to the Derby: Won Grade 2 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park Jan. 5; Third Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 16; Second in Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream on March 29.
Potential trouble: Has not won beyond seven furlongs.
Meaning of name: A combination of sire Smooth Jazz and dam Air France.
Credits: Photo - Manuel Cruz and Smooth Air, right, won The Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 5, 2008, followed by Silver Edition with Rene Douglas up. | Adam Coglianese, Associated Press/Gulfstream Park; button - Camille Weber, Herald-Leader; profile - Alicia Wincze, Rob Kandt, Erik Miller, Herald-Leader; name - Linda Niemi, Herald-Leader.
