Multiple stakes hero
STORM SURGE (Storm Cat), an easy winner of the
six-furlong Sugar Bowl S. last out at Fair Grounds, heads a field of six
sophomores entered for Saturday’s $100,000 LeComte S. (G3) in the Crescent City.
The Dallas Stewart-trained colt will stretch out to two turns for the one-mile
contest and is seeking his third stakes score, having also taken the
seven-furlong Lone Star Juvenile S. on the Breeders’ Cup undercard. Leading Fair
Grounds’ rider Robby Albarado has the mount.
SMOOTH BID (Rubiano), who comes off a victory in the Remington MEC Mile
S. for trainer Steve Asmussen, is among the top challengers. KANSAS CITY BOY
(Boston Harbor), an 8 1/4-length maiden victor in his last start at Churchill Downs,
and stakes winner MAJOR LEAGUE (Magic Cat) are also in the lineup.
The complete LeComte field, from rail with riders and weights, is Major
League, Corey Lanerie, 122; Kansas City Boy, Carlos Marquez Jr., 114; SILVER
HAZE (Silver Deputy), Elvis Perrodin, 114; BILOXI PLACE (Seattle Slew), Javier
Castellano, 114; Smooth Bid, Jerry Bailey, 122; and Storm Surge, 122.
The $100,000 Tiffany Lass S., a one-mile test for three-year-old fillies,
will be two races earlier on Saturday’s card and features five-time stakes
winner PUNCH APPEAL (Successful Appeal), who exits a 5 1/2-length victory in the
Delta Princess S. at Delta Downs. The Asmussen charge, who also counts wins in
the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies S. and Pocahontas S., will have Bailey in the
saddle and faces six rivals.
CHUBBS LAST CALL (Dixieland Heat), who will carry a 114-pound impost with
Lanerie in the saddle, leads the Tiffany Lass post parade and will be followed
by EYES ON EDDY (Touch Gold), Eddie Martin Jr., 112; Punch Appeal, 122; EMMY’S
STORM (Stormy Atlantic), Marquez, 112; THE BETER MAN CAN (Lord Avie), Perrodin,
122; ENDURING WILL (Arch), Lonnie Meche, 122; and TAKE A CHECK (Touch Gold),
Jozbin Santana, 112.
The LeComte and Tiffany Lass are both part of Fair Grounds’ $250,000
guaranteed all-stakes Pick 4 wager, which also includes the $100,000
Colonel E.R.
Bradley H. and $100,000
Dr. A.B. Leggio Memorial H.