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A field of nine was entered for the $100,000 Lecomte Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds on Saturday, January 12. The 7-2 morning-line choice is Dogwood Stable’s Blackberry Road, making his first start as a sophomore after finishing second by a half-length in Churchill Downs’ Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) last November 24.
Coming to New Orleans to ride Blackberry Road in the Lecomte Stakes is Louisiana native jockey Calvin Borel, who will be making his first appearance at Fair Grounds since piloting Street Sense to victory in last year’s Kentucky Derby. Calvin Borel, born in St. Martinville, has referred to Blackberry Road as “Little Street.”
The Lecomte Stakes has been a significant starting point for 3-year-olds in recent years. Last year’s Lecomte winner, Hard Spun, went on to finish second in the 2007 Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic. In 2002, War Emblem finished fifth in the Lecomte Stakes but went on to capture the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.
Prior to his runner-up effort in the Kentucky Jockey Club, Blackberry Road ran third in Turfway Park’s Kentucky Cup Juvenile (gr. III) on September 29.
Winning that Turfway Park outing run over a Polytrack course was Texas Fever, the 4-1 early second choice, but a horse who has never run over a traditional dirt surface. The Stonerside homebred went on to finish sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf over yielding going at Monmouth Park on October 26 following his win in northern Kentucky.
Macho Again, from the barn of Dallas Stewart, is the 9-2 third choice in the Lecomte Stakes. He has attracted the services of jockey Julien Leparoux.
The $100,000 Lecomte Stakes field lines up as follows from the rail out:
The Darp ridden by jockey Robby Albarado, 116 lbs, 8-1
He’s Eze ridden by jockey Jose Rivera II, 122 lbs, 12-1
Star Guitar ridden by jockey Curt Bourque, 122 lbs, 8-1
Z Fortune ridden by jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, 120 lbs, 6-1
Blackberry Road ridden by jockey Calvin Borel, 116 lbs, 7-2
Mad Flatter ridden by jockey James Graham, 118 lbs, 6-1
Macho Again ridden by jockey Julien Leparoux, 118 lbs, 9-2
Star Defender ridden by jockey Miguel Mena, 116 lbs, 12-1
Post time for the Lecomte Stakes is scheduled for 4:28 p.m. CST. It is the ninth race on an 11-race card that includes five other $100,000 stakes: the Tiffany Lass for 3-year-old fillies, the Col. E. R. Bradley Handicap (gr. III) for older horses on turf, the Louisiana Handicap for older horses, the F.W. Gaudin Memorial for sprinters and the Dr. A. B. Leggio Memorial for distaff sprinters on turf.
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