Lecomte Stakes<\/a> at the Fair Grounds ended up there. Enforceable, ridden by Julien Leparoux, won the Lecomte by a length-and-a-half over Silver State and Mr. Monomoy.<\/p>\nEnforceable, trained by Mark Casse, went off at odds of nearly 7-1 in the Lecomte. But he\u2019ll be the 7-2 morning-line favorite in the first division. In the field of 11, Enforceable will break from the eighth gate.<\/p>\n
Silver State, trained by Steven Asmussen and ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr., will break from the second post and starts with morning-line odds of 4-1. Mr. Monomoy, trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Florent Geroux, has 6-1 odds and will start from the ninth gate.<\/p>\n
Joining that trio as the primary contenders in the race will be a pair of colts making their stakes debut.<\/p>\n
Blackberry Wine and Digital last raced in an allowance optional claiming race on the Jan. 18 undercard of the Lecomte Stakes. Blackberry Wine beat Digital by a length. The Joe Sharp-trained colt led early, but lost the lead at the stretch before Adam Beschizza guided the colt to rally in the final furlong.<\/p>\n
Blackberry Wine will break from the seventh gate and has morning-line odds of 5-1. Digital, ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr. and trained by Bret Calhoun, will break from the inside gate. He has odds of 6-1.<\/p>\n
Changes in Store for Anneau d’Or<\/h2>\n Initially, the second division was going to feature 12 horses, but Truculent was scratched.<\/p>\n
Oddsmakers believe the race will likely come down to two horses.<\/p>\n
Anneau d\u2019Or, trained by Blaine Wright, will make his 3-year-old debut Saturday. He\u2019s raced three times, and since winning in his maiden race, he\u2019s posted back-to-back second-place showings in the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile and the Los Alamitos Futurity. He lost those races by a head and a neck, respectively.<\/p>\n
Wright said he\u2019s looking at the Risen Star as a prep for the April 4 Santa Anita Derby. Saturday will mark Joel Rosario\u2019s first time racing the Medaglia d\u2019Oro-sired colt.<\/p>\n
In my opinion, we were a head and a neck away from winning an Eclipse Award for champion 2-Year-Old,” Wright said in a release. \u201cWe have to find a way to get past horses. Joel Rosario flew up (to Northern California) and worked him and got to know him. Hopefully the changes will work out to our advantage.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Anneau d\u2019Or, who will also wear blinkers for the first time, will break from the eighth gate. Oddsmakers set his morning-line odds at 9-5.<\/p>\n
Trained by Ralph Nicks, Liam\u2019s Lucky Charm has three wins in six starts and has never finished out of the money. But Saturday will mark his graded stakes debut. On Jan. 18 at Tampa Bay Downs, he won the seven-furlong Pasco Stakes, pulling away to a five-and-a-half length win under Edgard Zayas.<\/p>\n
Liam\u2019s Lucky Charm breaks from the fourth gate and will start with odds of 9-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two horses will likely earn their way into the field for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, as the Fair Grounds Race Course will run two divisions of the Grade II Risen Star Stakes. The Derby prep race down in New Orleans drew 23 horses, prompting the Churchill Downs-owned track to split the field into two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":127056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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