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Jockey Jose Ortiz adroitly negotiated Golden Tempo’s path through a congested stretch run to finish a length in front of Mesquite.
“Jose is a great rider, and he’s patient,” DeVaux said. “I was hoping immaturity wouldn’t show up as of the horses’ lack of experience, but I couldn’t be more pleased. So excited for both horses, elated for the owners (Phipps Stable and St.Elias Stable).”
Golden Tempo went off as a 5-2 favorite, but started slowly as he did in a last-to-first sprint victory in his debut Dec.20 at the Fair Grounds.
DeVaux said during the week that she thought Golden Tempo was “a little bit more mature mentally” than Mesquite, even though Mesquite had two previous starts, including one around two turns, and Golden Tempo had just the one start and would be experiencing two turns for the first time in the Lecomte Stakes.
“I was just very patient,” Ortiz said. “I followed Mesquite until the 3/8th pole. He went outside and I went inside. Luckily, I got an opening and the horse did the rest. I’m very impressed. I was a little bit worried because you never no how a horse is going to react going two turns for the first time and he was facing stakes horses for the first time. I was very happy with him.”
Golden Tempo paid $7.40, $4.20 and $3.40, Mesquite paid $4.80 and $3.80 and Carson Street, who led for much of the race before finishing a neck behind Mesquite, paid $6.80 to show in the Grade 3 $250,000 lecomte Stakes, claiming six qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby.
“He was a real pro,” Mesquite jockey Flavien Prat said of his horse. “It was a good trip and he kept coming. He’s figured out a lot.”
Chip Honcho finished fourth to earn four points, and fifth-place Quality mischief got two points. Ocelli was scratched, leaving a 10-horse field.
In the $150,000 silverbulletday Stakes for fillies, Taken by the Wind led virtually wire to wire and held off a persistent challenge from Luv Your Neighbor to win by a neck after covering the one mile and 70 yards in 1:43.58 and paid $10.80, $7 and $2.80.
taken by the Wind, trained by Kenneth McPeek and ridden by Brian Hernandez jr., went off at 4-1 and earned 20 qualifying points for the Kentucky Oaks. Luv Your Neighbor, who paid $8.20 and $3.40, earned 10 points, and betting favorite Atropa, who paid $2.10, earned six points.
Pashmina earned four points and dancin In old Town earned two. DeVaux trained Atropa and White Smoke, who finished last in the six-team field.
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