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Lecomte Stakes winner Midnight Bourbon
Steve Asmussen s assistant trainer Scott Blasi reports that Saturday s Lecomte Stakes (G3) winner Midnight Bourbon came out of the race in fine order. Asmussen indicated following the win that the Winchell Thoroughbreds 3-year-old son of Tiznow would be pointed to the $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at 1 1/8 miles on February 13 at Fair Grounds In New Orleans, La. Midnight Bourbon earned 10 Kentucky Derby points for his Lecomte win and is currently third in the standings with 16 points.
According to trainer Chris Block, Lothenbach s Stables Silverbulletday Stakes winner Charlie s Penny also exited her Kentucky Oaks points race is excellent shape.
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One Kentucky Derby qualifying points race was held over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, but there were a couple of other races worth looking at.
The points race was the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes from Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., a 1 1/16-mile contest offering 17 Derby points to the top four finishers (10-4-2-1). While no winners of the Lecomte have gone on to capture the G1 Kentucky Derby, there are some notable successes in the not-too-distant past, including G1 Preakness winners War of Will (2019) and Oxbow (2013). Going back a few more years to 2007, you ll find Derby runner-up Hard Spun on the Lecomte winner s roster.
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Midnight Bourbon leads all the way in Lecomte Jan 17, 2021 by James Scully/TwinSpires.com
Midnight Bourbon made all the running in the $200,000
Lecomte Stakes (G3), leading wire-to-wire for Winchell Thoroughbreds and Steve
Asmussen in the first of three Kentucky Derby qualifiers at Fair Grounds.
Joe Talamo was up on the Tiznow colt, and Midnight
Bourbon is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Girvin, who captured the Louisiana
Derby (G2) and Risen Star S. (G2) at Fair Grounds in 2017.
Previously unbeaten Mandaloun was in position to challenge
in upper stretch but lacked the necessary rally, finishing third as the 3-5 favorite
in his stakes debut.