Instant Coffee last to first in Lecomte
Last seen swooping in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), Gold Square’s Instant Coffee was brimming with late energy again in Saturday’s Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds. […]
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Instant Coffee, Chop Chop top Lecomte and Silverbulletday for Cox
Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds will be run under the lights, which shouldn’t bother presumptive favorite Instant Coffee. The Brad Cox-trained colt proved a popular winner in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), held […]
Call Me Midnight nabs Epicenter in Lecomte
Call Me Midnight took advantage of the long Fair Grounds stretch, getting up on the wire to deny Epicenter by a head in Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte S. (G3). James Graham was up on the late-running […]
Three points to ponder: 2022 Lecomte
Pappacap serves as a barometer for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Epicenter hopes that a similar trip yields the same result, and a couple of stakes firsters are on the learning curve. […]
Pappacap heads nine-horse Lecomte; six fillies vie in Silverbulletday
Lecomte S. (G3) — Race 14 (7:20 p.m. ET) Pappacap, who entered the new year atop the Road to the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard, will look to maintain that position on Saturday when he faces […]
Kentucky Derby Report – Midnight Bourbon pops for Asmussen
A measuring stick for trainers, the Kentucky Derby is the one major prize that has eluded Steve Asmussen. The Hall of Famer has trained Preakness, Belmont Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic winners, orchestrating four Horse […]
Midnight Bourbon leads throughout in Lecomte
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon had placed in his two previous scoring races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, both going a one-turn mile, but Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) played to his strengths. The […]
Five points to ponder: 2021 Lecomte Stakes
Anchoring “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day” at Fair Grounds, Saturday’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) pits promising class-climbers against stakes veterans who themselves have something to prove. The 1 1/16-mile affair offers points toward the […]
Mandaloun seeks to make strong first stakes impression in Lecomte
Mandaloun could prove one of them as the Juddmonte Farms homebred tackles stakes company for the first time on Saturday in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3). […]
Lecomte: The short life but long legacy of a Louisiana racing hero
The only horse to beat the legendary racing icon Lexington About a 10 min. read. For today’s racing fans, the name Lecomte signifies the first of the Fair Grounds scoring races offering points toward the […]