Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red is the 9-5 morning line favorite for Sunday’s $200,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park as he begins his 3-year-old season<\/p>\n
Texas Red, trained by Keith Desormeaux and ridden by the trainer’s brother Kent, will start the seven-furlong race from post 4 in the eight-horse field.<\/p>\n
Co-owned by his trainer, Texas Red won the Juvenile on Nov. 1 by 6 1\/2 lengths as a 13-1 longshot, just his second win in five starts. The son of Afleet Alex has earned $1,192,300.<\/p>\n
Keith Desormeaux has plans to bring the colt along quickly leading to the Kentucky Derby on May 2.<\/p>\n
“I’m thinking about wheeling him back pretty quickly in the Risen Star on (Feb. 21) and then we’ll have a little gap between the Risen Star and the $1,000,000 Santa Anita Derby (on Apr. 4),” the trainer said.<\/p>\n
“It’s still on schedule. It’s always been kind of a tentative schedule, like with all things concerning racehorses,” Desormeaux continued. “It seems like the best plan for me at this point. It’s kind of quick, but I like the way it feels. If I can get him (to Fair Grounds) a week early, that would be perfect. I’ll be at the mercy of whoever is going to fly us and their schedule.<\/p>\n
“For him to overcome the fact that he’s not really built to be an early horse – that’s what makes him great and that’s also what makes us so excited about this year. If he can do what he did as a juvenile, what can he accomplish as a 3-year-old?”<\/p>\n
The 2-1 second choice is Lord Nelson owned by Peachtree Stable and trained by Bob Baffert. The chestnut colt will be ridden by Rafael Bejarano from the rail post.<\/p>\n
Lord Nelson has two wins from four starts and has earnings of $129,571. He was fourth in the FrontRunner Stakes at Santa Anita last Sept. 27 but came back on Oct. 13 with a win in the track’s Speakeasy Stakes. He was the 7-5 favorite for Churchill Downs’ Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes but finished fifth to El Kabeir.<\/p>\n
Trainer Peter Miller’s Serbian Syclone is the 3-1 third pick for the San Vicente. The colt, owned by Rockingham Ranch, will be ridden by regular rider Elvis Trujillo from post 2.<\/p>\n
Serbian Syclone was eighth first time out but has won his last two races going gate to wire by a combined 8 1\/2 lengths. He tries stakes company for the first time in the seven-furlong event.<\/p>\n
Here is the field for the San Vicente in post position order: Lord Nelson, Rafael Bejarano, 2-1; Serbian Syclone, Elvis Trujillo, 3-1; Jazzy Josh, Flavien Prat, 15-1; Texas Red, Kent Desormeaux, 9-5; Punctuate, Martin Garcia, 9-2; Magic Taste, Omar Santos, 50-1; Bench Warrant, Tyler Baze, 12-1 and Sir Samson, Joe Talamo, 15-1.<\/p>\n
Post time for the 74th San Vicente is approximately 4:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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