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Gatsas Stables, R.A. Hill Stable & Steven Schoenfeld's Freedom Trail is the slight choice in the field of seven entered in the $150,000 Kent Stakes this Saturday at Delaware Park. The 1 3/8-mile turf affair for 3-year-olds has been carded as the eighth race with an approximate post time of 4:00 pm.

The Kentucky-bred trained by John Terranova will be seeking his first win of the year in the Kent. In his most recent outing the son of Collected ran fifth in the 1 1/8-mile Grade 2 Pennine Ridge over the Belmont Park turf course on June 3. Previously, he ran seventh in the 1 1/16-mile Grade 3 Transylvania on the Keeneland grass on May 23. Last year, he posted a record of two wins from three starts including at stakes score in the $120,000 Awad Stakes.

Godolphin's Phileas Fogg will be seeking his first career stakes victory. The Kentucky-bred trained by Michael Stidham has a career record of a win from two starts.  In his only outing this year, the son of Astern ran second in a one mile dirt allowance at Delaware Park on June 28. Last year, he broke his maiden going a mile and a sixteenth on the main track at Fair Grounds on December 8.

“We have always really liked him from the beginning,” said trainer Michael Stidham. “After he broke his maiden impressively first time out at the Fair Grounds, he came up with a little problem, so we gave him some time. We have always thought somewhere in the future for this horse would be grass based upon his pedigree and the distance should certainly fit him because he is a big galloping type of horse. It is a big step up right into a stake when he is still eligible for his 'other than' condition, but we felt like this was a great opportunity to try both the grass and the distance.”

$150,000 Kent Stakes

For  3-year-olds

at a mile and three eighths (turf)

#	HORSE	OWNER	TRAINER	JOCKEY	Wg	ODD
1	Regal Kingdom	Dupuis & Bourque	H. Graham Motion	Daniel Centeno	117	10-1
2	Really Good	Paradise Farm et al	Michael Maker	Ruben Silvera	117	3-1
3	Freedom Trail	Gatsas, RA Hill & Schoen	John Terranova	Jeremy Rose	122	2-1
4	Love Me Knot	Pinnacle Racing	Gregory Sacco	Charlie Marquez	117	10-1
5	Phileas Fogg	Godolphin	Michael Stidham	Angel Arroyo	117	8-1
6	Ocean City	Golden Lion Racing	Brittnay Russell	Sheldon Russell	117	4-1
7	Tee At One	Mastic Beach Racing	Diane Morici	Raul Mena	117	10-1

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KatieRich Stables' Grade 3-winning filly American Apple headlines a field of 11 turf sprinters that entered Sunday's third running of the $100,000 Pea Patch Stakes at Ellis Park Racing & Gaming in Henderson, Ky.

The Pea Patch Stakes, run at 5 ½ furlongs on turf, will go as Race 7 of 9 with a post time of 3:50 p.m. (all times Central) First post is 11:45 a.m.

American Apple achieved the most notable win in her career last season when she won Aqueduct's Matron Stakes (G3) at odds of 47-1. Trained by Daniel Leitch, American Apple has yet to find the winner's circle in her 3-year-old stand but was a game runner-up to Dance Macabre in the Mamzelle Stakes at Churchill Downs and was defeated two lengths by Queen Picasso in the Soaring Softly Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park. Jockey Gerardo Corrales will be back aboard from the rail.

Another stakes winner that entered the Pea Patch Stakes was Lilliesformillie. Owned in partnership by Kelly Bownes, Tom Van Meter, Randy Finegan, William Sparks, Jocelyn Morgan, Allen Nohsey Jr., Karen Arnold and Wayne and Cathy Sweezy, Lilliesformillie is 2-for-4 lifetime with a victory on New Year's Eve in the Gowell Stakes at Turfway Park. The Sarah Hamilton trainee is set to make her first start in five months in the Pea Patch Stakes with Jack Gilligan in the irons from post 10.

Here is the complete field for the Pea Patch Stakes in order of post position (with jockey and trainer):

1. American Apple (Corrales, Leitch)

2. Twice as Sweet (Declan Cannon, Brendan Walsh)

3. Daring Do (Walter Rodriguez, Wesley Ward)

4. Foolish (Luan Machado, Caio Caramori)

5. Erna (Rafael Bejarano, Pavel Matejka)

6. Condensation (Francisco Arrieta, Chris Hartman)

7. Isabel Alexandra (IRE) (Rey Gutierrez, Gustavo Delgado)

8. Mornin Boss (Ferrin Peterson, Rey Hernandez)

9. Twirled (Cristian Torres, Steve Asmussen)

10. Lilliesformille (Gilligan, Hamilton)

11. Zoom Erin (Brian Hernandez Jr., Joe Sharp)

The Pea Patch Stakes is named in honor of the soybeans that grow in the infield of Ellis Park. The late James C. Ellis popularized the infield crop when he took over as the namesake of the track in 1954. According to a 1960 article published by the Park City Daily News authored by sports editor Bert Borrone, “The late Colonel Jim Ellis thoughtfully grew soybeans in the infield so the bettor can sit back and look at the color of money.”

Just how prominent was the soybean crop in 1954? According to The Owensboro Messenger, the price of a bushel of No. 2 yellow soybeans was $3.15. The current price is around $14.80.

Jim Elkins of the Sun-Democrat stated in a 1961 article, “If you don't care anything about the betting or the horses, you might be on hand to observe the fine crop of soybeans growing in the track oval. Farm lovers tell me the 60 acre field of soybeans will net $5,000, which will probably be the biggest purse of the year at the Henderson horseyard.”

If fans want to “sit back and look at the color of money” they can do so by wagering on all the action from Ellis Park on www.TwinSpires.com, the official wagering provider of Churchill Downs Incorporated.

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