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Equibase Analysis: Regular Guy With Fancy Pedigree Ready To Excel In Lecomte Sponsored by:
Carpe Diem winning the 2015 Blue Grass. His half brother Regular Guy (by Bernardini) is a contender in the Lecomte
A field of 11 is entered to run in the Grade 3, $200,000 Lecomte Stakes, the stepping stone to the Risen Star Stakes and to the Louisiana Derby, all run at Fair Grounds on the “Road to the Kentucky Derby.” As is usually the case for newly turned 3-year-olds in early Kentucky Derby prep races, few have run in stakes at this point in their careers. Of those with stakes credentials, Midnight Bourbon might be most notable as he finished second in the Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes last September then third in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes in October. Game Day Play won the Clever Trevor Stakes in October and is trying two turns for the first time. Red N Wild missed by a head in the Clever Trevor then two races later was third, beaten nine lengths, in the Remington Springboard M
Spielberg Snatches Victory From Jaws Of Defeat, Gives Baffert Seventh Consecutive Los Alamitos Futurity Sponsored by:
Spielberg nails The Great One on the wire in the Los Alamitos Futurity
Trainer Bob Baffert ran his winning streak to seven in the Los Alamitos Futurity on Saturday, but it wasn t easy.
Spielberg, a $1-million yearling purchase by Union Rags, needed every inch of the 1 1/16 miles of the Grade 2 race at the Cypress, Calif., track to catch the front-running 30-1 long shot The Great One, but jockey Flavien Prat got him up in the final jump. The victory was the 13th in the Futurity for the Hall of Fame trainer since Real Quiet won in 1997, when the race was run at Hollywood Park. The Inglewood, Calif., track ran its last race in 2013 and is now the site of an NFL football stadium. Baffert horses have won every running since the race moved to Los Alamitos in 2014.