Entered off a last-out win in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. Nov. 26, Instant Coffee (Bolt d'Oro–Follow No One, by Uncle Mo) added another graded-stakes win in Saturday's GIII Lecomte S. and picked up 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Taken back off the pace by Luis Saez, the bay trailed the field all the way up the backstretch and into the far turn. Already under a ride as the pace began to quicken up front past the quarter pole, Instant Coffee ranged up widest of all to duel Two Phil's (Hard Spun), getting the best of that rival in the final sixteenth for the clear victory. The 3-year-old colts completed the 1 1/16 mile in 1:45:12.
Saturday, Fair Grounds
LECOMTE S.-GIII, $194,000, Fair Grounds, 1-21, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:45.12, ft.
1–INSTANT COFFEE, 122, c, 3, by Bolt d'Oro
1st Dam: Follow No One (SP), by Uncle Mo
2nd Dam: Miss Red Delicious, by Empire Maker
3rd Dam: Miss Mary Apples, by Clever Trick
($200,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Gold Square LLC; B-Sagamore
Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Luis Saez. $120,000. Lifetime
Record: 4-3-0-0, $442,815. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the
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2–Two Phil's, 122, c, 3, Hard Spun–Mia Torri,
by General Quarters. ($150,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP).
O-Patricia's Hope LLC & Phillip Sagan; B-Phillip Sagan (KY);
T-Larry Rivelli. $40,000.
3–Confidence Game, 122, c, 3, Candy Ride (Arg)–Eblouissante,
by Bernardini. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
($25,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Don't Tell My Wife Stables;
B-Summer Wind Equine LLC (KY); T-J. Keith Desormeaux.
$20,000.
Margins: 2HF, 5 1/4, 3. Odds: 1.30, 4.20, 6.10.
Also Ran: Denington, Bromley, Echo Again. Scratched: Itzos, Tapit's Conquest.
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