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Horse trainer Steve Asmussen’s Z Fortune showed that he can be a legitimate contender for the Triple Crown races as he won the $100,000 LeComte Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds on Saturday, January 12.
The Lecomte Stakes is the first Kentucky Derby prep race at Fair Grounds. The next race in the Fair Grounds Kentucky Derby prep series is the Risen Star Stakes on February 9.
Maintaining a 3-for-3 lifetime record, Z Fortune, ridden by jockey Shaun Bridgemohan covered a mile in 1:37.79 and paid $12, $5.60 and $4. Blackberry Road rallied to finish second under jockey Calvin Borel and returned $4.20 and $2.80. Mad Flatter with jockey James Graham paid $6 to show.
“He’s a very good 3-year-old who shipped from New York,” said Steve Asmussen, who cinched earlier stakes on the card with Jolie the Cat and Silver Lord. “My job is to try to figure out how to win the (Kentucky) Derby with him. We’ll try to map out a plan. He’s a good horse.”
Steve Asmussen also saddled possible canditate for 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin to victory in the Preakness Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic last year.
Horses that also ran in the $100,000 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds are: He’s Eze, The Darp, Macho Again, Texas Fever and Star Defender. Star Guitar was scratched.
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