Awesome Act and Eskendereya face off in Wood Memorial
Horseracing Betting Lines
03/31/2010 -
Ozone Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Local winner Awesome Act and Fountain of
Youth champ Eskendereya top a field of six three-year-olds in Saturday's
$750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The 1 1/8-mile race is the last prep for
these horses heading to the Kentucky Derby.
Awesome Act will be ridden for the second consecutive time by Eclipse Award
winning jockey Julien Leparoux. The pair will start from post two for owners
Susan Roy and Vinery Stables. The chestnut colt is trained by Jeremy Noseda.
"He's fit and doing well," said assistant trainer Wayne Tanner. "He's feeling
the joyous spring."
Awesome Act made himself the local Kentucky Derby favorite with his win in
last month's Gotham Stakes. That was his first start since finishing fourth in
the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf last November.
Awesome Act recorded his first stakes victory with the Gotham and has won
two of seven career starts for $221,691.
The Gotham was the first on dirt for Awesome Act. He had started five times
on turf and once on an artificial surface. He lost the Juvenile Turf to
Pounced by 1 1/4-lengths following a late rally.
Eskendereya will break from post three with John Velazquez again in the
saddle. The chestnut colt was the 5-1 favorite last weekend when betting
closed in the final Kentucky Derby Future Wager while Awesome act finished at
13-1.
Owned by Zayat Stables, Eskendereya is the top three-year-old in trainer Todd
Pletcher's stable. The colt notched his second straight win with the Fountain
of Youth and the third in five career starts. The chestnut colt has earnings
of $275,700.
"We felt off such a big effort in the Fountain of Youth, six weeks to his next
prep made more sense," noted Pletcher. "Followed by four weeks to the Kentucky
Derby."
After finishing second in his debut last year, he won the Pilgrim Stakes at
Belmont Park in October and was ninth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa
Anita.
Here is the complete field for the Wood Memorial in post position order: Most
Happy Fella, Rosie Napravnik; Awesome Act, Julien Leparoux; Eskendereya, John
Velazquez; Schoolyard Dreams, Ramon Dominguez; Jackson Bend, Calvin Borel and
Carnivore, Justin Shepherd.
All entrants will carry 123 pounds in the Wood which has a post-time of 5:12
p.m. (et).
The race will televised on NBC.
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