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Five points to ponder: 2021 Risen Star

February 12, 2021 0

Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds ushers in the Kentucky Derby Championship Series with more points up for grabs. A sign of the trail’s increasing momentum toward the first Saturday in May, the […]

Midnight Bourbon leads throughout in Lecomte

January 16, 2021 0

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon had placed in his two previous scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, both going a one-turn mile, but Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) played to his strengths. The […]

Five points to ponder: 2021 Lecomte Stakes

January 15, 2021 0

Anchoring “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day” at Fair Grounds, Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) pits promising class-climbers against stakes veterans who themselves have something to prove. The 1 1/16-mile affair offers points toward the […]