Instant Coffee jumped to No. 2 on the "Road to the Kentucky Derby" standings with a weekend victory at Fair Grounds, doing nothing to help trainer Brad Cox sort out nearly a dozen Derby contenders in his care.
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Don Alberto Stable’s Forza Di Oro gets the honors of morning line favorite at 7-2 in the $100,000 Tenacious Stakes Monday at Fair Grounds, but last year’s Tenacious exacta returns in the form of Estate of James J. Coleman Jr.’s Chess Chief and Lothenbach’s Happy American, who is cross-entered in the $100,000 Buddy Diliberto three races earlier on the card.
This Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs may not be a qualifying race for the Breeders’ Cup Classic five weeks from Saturday, but it certainly has implications because the top three contenders may be running in that race depending on their efforts in this one.