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Lexington, KY - The last chance for three-year-olds being pointed toward the Kentucky Derby to gain enough earnings will be Saturday at Keeneland with the $325,000 Lexington Stakes. The field of the Run for the Roses on May 6 is limited to 20 horses based on graded stakes earnings.
A victory in the Lexington will be worth $201,500, which should be enough to put the winner in the Kentucky Derby field. Charismatic, the 1999 winner, was the last three-year-old to pull off the Lexington-Kentucky Derby double.
The much talked about but seldom raced Showing Up tops the field in the 1 1/16 race. The colt is owned by Lael Stables, the same owner of Florida Derby winner Barbaro and is trained by Barclay Tagg of Funny Cide fame.
Showing Up has just two starts heading into Saturday, winning both with jockey Javier Castellano. However, Cornelio Velasquez picks up the mount in the Lexington and will start from post two in the ten horse field.
Here’s the complete field:
Prg.#
PP
Horse
Jockey
Trainer
Wt.
Claim $
Equip.
Med.
ML
1
1
Gone Prospecting
Velazquez J R
McLaughlin Kiaran P
117
0
L
15-1
2
2
Showing Up
Velasquez C
Tagg Barclay
117
0
L
3-1
3
3
More Than Regal
Bridgmohan S X
Asmussen Steven M
117
0
L
8-1
4
4
Hemingway’s Key
Bejarano R
Zito Nicholas P
117
0
L
6-1
5
5
Bear Character
Douglas R R
Baker Reade
117
0
L
15-1
6
6
Special Interest
Guidry M
Lukas D Wayne
117
0
L
30-1
7
7
Chin High
Albarado R J
Pessin Neil L
123
0
L
20-1
8
8
Like Now
Jara F
McLaughlin Kiaran P
123
0
L
5-2
9
9
Fast Parade
Ruis M
Padgett Virginia
117
0
L
4-1
10
10
Greeley’s Legacy
Castellano J J
Weaver George
117
0
L
8-1
Meanwhile, the Federico Tesio Stakes over at Pimlico will have 11 starters:
Prg.#
PP
Horse
Jockey
Trainer
Wt.
Claim $
Equip.
Med.
ML
1
1
Roamin Murphy
Rocco J S Jr
Ritchey Tim F
116
0
LA
12-1
2
2
Victory Lake
Santana J Z
Goldberg Alan E
116
0
L
10-1
3
3
Kona Blend
Luzzi M J
Motion H Graham
116
0
LA
20-1
4
4
Ah Day
Fogelsonger R
Leatherbury King T
116
0
LA
3-1
5
5
Scanlon’s Song
Kaenel K
Klanfer Alan
116
0
Blk-On
LA
7-2
6
6
Sharps Island
Jurado E M
Murphy James W
116
0
LA
20-1
7
7
Kellers Church Rd.
Molina V H
Meares Francis
116
0
LA
20-1
8
8
Our Peak
Napravnik A R
Voss Katharine M
120
0
LA
5-1
9
9
Vegas Play
Pino M G
Delp Grover G
120
0
LA
8-1
10
10
Putonyerdancinshuz
Vaz E
Preciado Ramon
116
0
Blk-On
FTL
6-1
11
11
Colby Cat
Garcia Luis
Capuano Dale
116
0
LA
8-1
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Lexington, KY - The last chance for three-year-olds being pointed toward the Kentucky Derby to gain enough earnings will be Saturday at Keeneland with the $325,000 Lexington Stakes. The field of the Run for the Roses on May 6 is limited to 20 horses based on graded stakes earnings.
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