After skipping the Risen Star, Lecomte hero Call Me Midnight (6-1) returns in this spot for trainer Keith Desormeaux. Pioneer of Medina (5-1), an allowance winner for trainer Todd Pletcher, continues along Fair Grounds’ trail after finishing fourth in the Risen Star.
The Not This Time colt will try to earn another 100 in the Louisiana Derby under jockey Joel Rosario. Thanks to those three efforts, Epicenter enters Saturday with 64 Kentucky Derby points already to his name. He won the Gun Runner Stakes in December, was second one month later in the Lecomte Stakes (G3), then was geared down to a 2¾-length victory Feb. A 100-point haul is plenty to clinch a spot in the Derby, and 40 points has been enough in recent years to get there as well.Įpicenter competed in the first three legs of Fair Grounds’ four points-paying Kentucky Derby preps. The Louisiana Derby pays Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby points on a 100-40-20-10 basis. Click here for Fair Grounds entries and results.
