Fair Grounds Features the Lecomte Stakes this Saturday

 

Saturday, Jan. 21

Lecomte Stakes – Fair Grounds Race Course

Win: Instant Coffee

Trained by Brad Cox, the three-old colt was bred in Kentucky and he raced for Gold Square, LLC. Instant Coffee won the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs on Nov. 26 as a juvenile after taking fourth in the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland in early October. These 1 1/16 miles on dirt were Grade 1 events.

He got his start at Saratoga by winning the Maiden Special Weight race over Arthur's Ride and Crupi. The son of Bolt d’Ore complete the seven furlongs on dirt in 1:22.77. Instant Coffee has a 6.62 rating at Horse Racing Nation. He will start at the No. 4 post with Luis Saez as his jockey.

Place: Tapit’s Conquest

Tapit’s Conquest is another colt bred in Kentucky and he is also trained by Brad Cox. Sired by Tapit, he is making the debut of his three-year campaign at Fair Grounds after placing second at Saratoga and first at Churchill in a few Maiden Special Weight races as a juvenile.

He has raced for LaPenta, Robert V., Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Madaket Stables, LLC. As a pedigree of Tapit, he is bred to go more than one mile on dirt. Tapit’s Conquest has the speed and power to make it interesting against Instant Coffee to win this race.

Show: Bromley

From the outside, Bromley is breaking from the No. 8 post with jockey Javier Castellano on board. His two-year winnings are a pair of sprints at Churchill on dirt and Turfway Park on synthetic grass. The Kentucky three-year old colt has never gone 1 1/16 miles on dirt or turf in the graded event.

Bromley was sired by Mastery and he is trained by Paulo Lobo. He is untested with the distance of the Lecomte Stakes, but he has the one of the top ratings in the eight-horse field.

Previously posted at ScoresandStats.com.