GII Risen Star S. runner up Track Phantom (Quality Road) headlines the field for Saturday's GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds. The race draw also named the GIII Lecomte S. winner, who will break widest of the field in gate 12, as the 3-1 morning-line favorite.
The field listed with their morning-line odds from the rail out include: Triple Espresso (Omaha Beach) (20-1), 'TDN Rising Star' Hall of Fame (Gun Runner) (8-1), Antiquarian (Preservationist) (12-1), 'TDN Rising Star' Agate Road (Quality Road) (8-1), Catching Freedom (Constitution) (4-1), Awesome Ruta (Mendelssohn) (30-1), Honor Marie (Honor Code) (8-1), Next Level (Vino Rosso) (30-1), Real Men Violin (Mendelssohn) (20-1), Common Defense (Karakontie {Jpn}) (6-1), 'TDN Rising Star' Tuscan Gold (Medaglia d'Oro) (8-1) and Track Phantom (Quality Road) (3-1).
The GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby is the first of the 100-point Derby preps and awards points on a 100-50-25-15-10 scale to eligible runners.
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