Wide Open Field of Ten Set for $150,000 Lexington Stakes

Wide Open Field of Ten Set for $150,000 Lexington Stakes

Category : News - Thu 14/04/2016 - 22:22 EDT

On Saturday at Keeneland, the stakes action will continue with the $150,000 Lexington Stakes. Restricted to three-year-olds, the Grade 3 event will be run at a mile and a sixteenth on the main track and has drawn a field of ten.

Swipe has been tabbed as the morning line favorite at odds of 9-5 for trainer Keith Desormeaux. A dark bay son of Birdstone, he has been on the board in all seven starts and is trying to earn his second career victory. He was second to the undefeated champion Nyquist in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) last fall and will be making his first start since then. He has been training steadily and will have Flavien Prat aboard from post position four.

Collected looking for second straight victory

Second choice at morning line odds of 2-1 is Collected for trainer Bob Baffert. A chestnut son of City Zip, he has won three of his five starts since being purchased for $170,000 as a juvenile. He was last seen winning the Sunland Park Festival of Racing Stakes and was able to improve after a fourth-place effort in the Southwest Stakes (G3). Javier Castellano will be aboard and they will break from the outside post.

Riker trying to return to winning form

Also in the field at morning line odds of 6-1 is Riker for trainer Mark Casse. A dark bay son of Include, he was purchased for $60,000 as a juvenile and has won four of his six starts though he has been primarily successful on turf. He is trying to move forward after finishing sixth in the Tampa Bay Derby (G2) in his first start of the year and will break from post eight under jockey Florent Geroux. 

Category : News

Leave a comment

More articles...
News - 10/06/22

Mo Donegal Has the Quality and Stamina for the Belmont

Mo Donegal Has the Quality and Stamina for the Belmont

In the 2022 Belmont Stakes, 80-1 Kentucky Derby betting longshot Rich Strike will try to prove that his Louisville surprise was no fluke. However, he faces a talented cast of foes, including Wood […]

Read this article
News - 28/04/21

Kentucky Derby 2021 Betting Picks

Kentucky Derby 2021 Betting Picks

The best three-year-old horses in the country will meet in the Kentucky Derby on May 1, 2021. Find out the best horses to bet, including live longshots, and find out the best sportsbooks where you can bet the Kentucky Derby online!

Read this article
News - 25/08/20

Kentucky Derby Picks 2020

Kentucky Derby Picks 2020

Free picks for the 2020 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.

Read this article
News - 10/05/19

Preakness Stakes 2019 Early Race Preview

Preakness Stakes 2019 Early Race Preview

One of the most historic - and controversial - editions of the Kentucky Derby is in the books and the next leg of the US Triple Crown moves to Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course for the running of the Preakness Stakes. The 1 3/16 test over the Pimlico dirt track is drawing a wide-open field of three-year-old thoroughbreds gunning for the $1.5 million purse.

Read this article