Trainer Keith Desormeaux has run horses in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve three times, with Exaggerator finishing second in 2016, Sonneteer checking in 16th the following y
The $200,000, Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes Saturday at Fair Grounds showcases nine recently turned 3-year-olds and is the second of a four-race prep series at the New Orleans track on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, following the Dec.
New Orleans in the springtime primarily conjures thoughts of Mardi Gras. Yet the Crescent City also provides a nifty route to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and the Triple Crown through a series of important prep races for 3-year-olds that culminates March 26 with the $ 1 million Louisiana Derby at a demanding 1 3/16-mile distance.
The Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve picks back up again this upcoming weekend with the Lecomte Stakes Jan. 22 at Fair Grounds.
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a week or two ago.
