Lecomte Stakes: Built faces new challengers led by Disco Time
Saturday’s Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds marks a new stage on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, with the points increasing in value to a 20-10-6-4-2 scale to the top five finishers. […]
Lecomte Stakes
Track Phantom sprints clear early, rolls in Lecomte
Track Phantom showed speed from the gate and was never threatened leading all the way in Saturday’s $194,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, notching his second consecutive win in a Road to the Kentucky Derby […]
Track Phantom, Nash rematch on tap in Lecomte; West Omaha heads Silverbulletday
The $200,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday is the finale on a marathon 13-race card, but the first Road to the Kentucky Derby prep this season to offer qualifying points of 20-10-6-4-2 to […]
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. […]
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 […]