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Last year, Woodford Reserve Bourbon Stakes runner-up Nownownow went on to win the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Monmouth Park. This year’s Breeders’ Cup races will be run on October 24-25 at Santa Anita Park.
Keeneland’s Woodford Reserve Bourbon field of race horses with jockeys, weight and morning line odds from the rail out:
Bittel Road ridden by jockey John Velazquez carries 121 lbs. with morning line odds of 6-5
Giant Oak ridden by jockey Edgar Prado, 117 lbs., 3-1
Har D Boy ridden by jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, 117 lbs., 10-1
Dynamic Force ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, 117 lbs., 12-1
Ninth Client ridden by jockey Julien Leparoux, 117 lbs., 12-1
Ghost Five ridden by jockey Carlos Marquez, Jr., 117 lbs., 15-1
Appalachian Trail ridden by jockey Jamie Theriot II, 117 lbs., 12-1
Vaquero ridden by jockey Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr., 117 lbs., 20-1
Just Like Biscuit ridden by jockey Calvin Borel, 117 lbs., 15-1
Albin ridden by jockey Rene Douglas, 117 lbs., 30-1
Jack Spratt ridden by jockey Miguel Mena, 117 lbs., 20-1
Assigned top weight of 121 pounds is James T. Scatuorchio and John Iracan’s Bittel Road, who is unbeaten in 2 starts. The Stormy Atlantic colt won the With Anticipation, a 1 1/16-mile stakes at Saratoga, on August 29 in his most recent start.
Jockey John Velazquez will ride Bittel Road for race horse trainer Todd Pletcher, who sent out Twilight Meteor to win the race in 2006. Bittel Road was sold for $340,000 at the 2007 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
The Woodford Reserve Bourbon Stakes is the 7th race in Keeneland’s October 5 horse racing program. Woodford Reserve Bourbon post time is 4:10 pm.
Horse racing news edited from www.keeneland.com.
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