In the Robert B. Lewis, which was also a mile-and-a-sixteenth, Thousand Words came from behind to finally take the lead late and win by three-quarters of a length.<\/p>\n
Both my horses are coming into the race really well,\u201d said Baffert, who has won the stakes race a record six times. \u201cThere are no excuses.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Authentic, with Drayden Van Dyke getting the mount, will break from the fourth gate and has 6-5 morning-line odds. Thousand Words will break next to him in fifth. Flavien Prat will take the reins on the horse with 9-5 morning-line odds.<\/p>\n
While the San Felipe features the smallest field, it might have the deepest of the three for actual Kentucky Derby contenders.<\/p>\n
Besides the Baffert entries, the field includes Honor A. P. The John Shirreffs-trained ridgling hasn\u2019t raced since October, when he broke his maiden in a mile race by 5-1\/4 lengths. Still, his trainer has kept him busy over the past few months.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been training very well,\u201d Shirreffs said. \u201cI think he\u2019s ready to run and I\u2019m optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rounding out the contenders is the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile champion Storm the Court. Despite the Grade I win at Santa Anita last November, he\u2019s won just twice in five starts. In his last race, Santa Anita\u2019s Grade II San Vicente last month, he finished just outside the money in fourth.<\/p>\n
Honor A.P., with Mike Smith aboard, will break second with morning-line odds of 4-1. Joel Rosario will ride Storm the Court, who will race from the sixth gate at odds of 5-1.<\/p>\n
Post time is 6:01 pm ET. The full field and odds can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re now less than two months away from the Kentucky Derby, and Saturday serves as a big day in deciding the field, as three more horses will likely earn their way into the first leg of horse racing\u2019s Triple Crown. The winners of the Grade III Gotham Stakes at New York\u2019s Aqueduct, the Grade II […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":129247,"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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