Lexington Stakes Draws 10 Contenders

keeneland.gifLexington, 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

"Lexington Stakes Draws 10 Contenders" was posted on 20 April 2006 8:30 PM under Kentucky Derby, Race Tracks, Stakes Races

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