Turfway Park’s Lane’s End Stakes Draws 112 Nominations
Turfway Park Racing Secretary Richard S. Leigh announced that the 38th renewal of the $500,000 Lane’s End Stakes (gr. II) has drawn nominations from 112 Kentucky Derby hopefuls.
Going 1 1/8 miles for 3-year-olds, the Lane’s End Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, March 21, and is one of the 2009 Kentucky Derby prep races. Traditionally is run 6 weeks before the Kentucky Derby, its purse virtually guarantees the Lane’s End Stakes winner a spot in the Kentucky Derby field should more than 20 seek to enter.
The winners of both local preps run to date are nominated to the Lane’s End. Loch Dubh, trained by Jeff Talley for Texas Toyco, won the Turfway Prevue sprint in January, and Parade Clown, trained by Katherine Ball for Donamire Farm, was nominated on the strength of his win in the WEBN Stakes. (The third local prep, the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes, will run February 28.)
Also nominated to the Lane’s End is West Side Bernie, who won the 2008 Kentucky Cup Juvenile (gr. III) at Turfway for race horse trainer Kelly Breen and owners Lori and George Hall before finishing sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I).
Three nominated horses have connections to Lane’s End, the Versailles, Kentucky, farm that has sponsored the race since 2002. Coffee Bar is owned by Will Farish, who founded Lane’s End, and Active Duty and Shafted are owned by Woodford Racing, the nom de course of Farish’s son, Bill. All three are trained by Mark Casse.
Graham Motion, who won last year’s Lane’s End Stakes with Adriano, has nominated Smart Bid for Augustin Stable. Last year’s winning owner, Courtlandt Farms, is represented by Gresham and Stratos, both trained by James Baker.
Race horse trainer Todd Pletcher’s national stable leads the nominations with 13. Pletcher has won the race twice, in 2005 with Flower Alley and in 2001 with Balto Star. The equally deep and wide stable of Steve Asmussen is represented by 12 nominees.
The Lane’s End Stakes undercard features the Bourbonette Oaks (gr. III), a 1-mile race for 3-year-old fillies leading to the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I); the 1 1/16-mile Rushaway Stakes (listed) for 3-year-olds, also one of the Kentucky Derby prep races; the 6-furlong Queen Stakes for older fillies and mares; and the 6-furlong Hansel Stakes for 3-year-olds.
All race horses nominated to the Lane’s End Stakes are also automatically nominated to the John Battaglia Memorial, the Rushaway, and the Hansel.
Horse racing news edited from www.turfway.com.
Tags: , Active Duty, Coffee Bar, Gresham, Loch Dubh, Parade Clown, Shafted, Smart Bid, Stratos, West Side Bernie
"Turfway Park’s Lane’s End Stakes Draws 112 Nominations" was posted on 23 February 2009 10:06 PM under Horse Racing News, Horses, Race Tracks, Stakes Races, Triple Crown
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