{"id":128527,"date":"2020-02-29T10:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T18:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=128527"},"modified":"2020-03-01T09:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T17:57:05","slug":"dennis-moment-resumes-derby-quest-as-favorite-in-fountain-of-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/dennis-moment-resumes-derby-quest-as-favorite-in-fountain-of-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis’ Moment Resumes Kentucky Derby Quest Saturday as Favorite in Fountain of Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Road to Kentucky Derby 146 goes back through Hallandale Beach, Fla., on Saturday for the running of the Grade II Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The race marks the 3-year-old debut for one of the most talked-about Derby prospects in this year\u2019s class.<\/p>\n

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Dennis’ Moment will make his 3-year-old debut at Gulfstream Park on Saturday in the Fountain of Youth Stakes. (Image: Eclipse Sportswire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dennis\u2019 Moment is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in a field of 10 for Saturday\u2019s race. In four races last year, he won twice, including the Grade III Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs, the first official Kentucky Derby<\/a> qualifying points race. However, it\u2019s his performance in his first win that generated the buzz around the Dale Romans-trained colt.<\/p>\n

On July 27 at Ellis Park, Dennis\u2019 Moment seized the moment, going wire-to-wire and pulling away to a stunning 19-1\/2-length victory. The Equibase racing chart said it best: \u201cDemolished field.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But it\u2019s been hit or miss with the colt as awful starts have cost him dearly in his other two races. In his debut race at Churchill Downs last June, another horse bumped into Dennis\u2019 Moment at the start and that prompted him to toss his jockey and get disqualified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He also ran in the Grade I Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile in November, but as the 4-5 favorite, he stumbled out of the gate and never recovered, finishing last in the race.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s been almost four months since his last race, you can make the argument that the colt hasn\u2019t raced since the Iroquois win more than five months ago. So it\u2019ll be interesting to see what kind of performance he can produce.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s race will also mark the first time jockey Flavien Prat will ride Dennis\u2019 Moment, who will break from the fifth gate.<\/p>\n

Dennis Not the ‘Underdog’<\/h2>\n

Romans typically tries to avoid hyping his horses, but he makes an exception for his Kentucky Derby contender.<\/p>\n

I usually like being the underdog because there\u2019s not much pressure,\u201d Romans said. \u201cWith this horse, there\u2019s so much hype with him \u2013 well-deserved, he\u2019s very talented. I put the pressure on myself because of what I think of him. I think he\u2019s ready to roll.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the Fountain of Youth field is deep, it\u2019s more quantity over quality. Still, there are a few challengers to Dennis\u2019 Moment who are making their graded stakes debut.<\/p>\n

As Seen On Tv is coming off of the Mucho Macho Man Stakes at Gulfstream on Jan. 4. In that mile race, the Kelly Breen-trained colt dueled down the final quarter-mile with Chance It, with the latter horse finally winning by a head.<\/p>\n

As Seen On Tv, trained by Kelly Breen and ridden by Paco Lopez, is at 9-2 and starts from the sixth gate.<\/p>\n

Chance It had been scheduled to run and break from the far outside gate. However, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. announced early Saturday afternoon he\u2019s pulling his colt from the Fountain of Youth. The plan now is to run him in next week\u2019s Tampa Bay Derby instead.<\/p>\n

Field Includes Graded Stakes Winner Shotski<\/h2>\n

Two other entries have graded stakes experience and could be value picks if their odds remain high.<\/p>\n

Shotski is coming down from Aqueduct, where he won the Grade II Remsen Stakes in December and finished second in the Grade III Withers four weeks ago. Shotski led up until the stretch in the Withers, but he faded in the 1-1\/8-mile race. The Fountain of Youth is a sixteenth shorter, so it might work in the Jeremiah O\u2019Dwyer-trained colt\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n

Ridden by John Velazquez, Shotski will start from the 10th gate with odds of 10-1. Like Dennis\u2019 Moment, Shotski will race carrying 124 pounds, the heaviest weight in the race. Chance It and As Seen On Tv will race two pounds lighter.<\/p>\n

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Racing at 120 pounds is Ete Indien. Trained by Patrick Biancone and ridden by Florent Geroux, Ete Indien is coming off a second place showing in the Holy Bull to Tiz the Law<\/a> on Feb. 1 at Gulfstream. He led early in the race, but gave way to one of the top Kentucky Derby contenders down the stretch. He did, however, finish 11-1\/2-lengths ahead of the third-place finisher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ete Indien will break from the 11th gate and has odds of 8-1.<\/p>\n

The winner of Saturday\u2019s race will earn 50 points toward the Kentucky Derby. That was more than enough points to gain entry into the Run for the Roses last year, and should be the case this year. The horse finishing second will earn 20 points, which will certainly help their cause and likely position that horse to run in a late March or early April final prep race.<\/p>\n

Post time for the race is scheduled for 6:04 pm ET and will air on Fox Sports 2. Information on the full field is available at Equibase<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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