Hagyard Fayette 2018: Field & Odds at Keeneland
KEENELAND- Juddmonte Farms' Hofburg and West Coast invader Prime Attraction headline a field of seven entered Wednesday for Saturday's 61st running of the $200,000 Hagyard Fayette Stakes (G2), the closing-day feature of Keeneland's 17-day Fall Meet.
Run at 1 1/8 miles on the main track, the Hagyard Fayette for 3-year-olds and up will go as the ninth race on Saturday's 10-race program with a 5:30 p.m. ET post time. First post time is 1:05 p.m.
2018 Hagyard Fayette Stakes Odds & Entries
Race 9 on Keeneland's Saturday card with a Post Time of 5:30 PM
| Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prime Attraction | 2-1 | Kent Desormeaux 121 Lbs |
James Cassidy |
| 2 | Nice Not Nice | 10-1 | Gabriel Saez 121 Lbs |
William Bradley |
| 3 | Hence | 10-1 | Ricardo Santana, Jr. 123 Lbs |
Steven Asmussen |
| 4 | Scuba | 15-1 | Tyler Gaffalione 121 Lbs |
Brendan Walsh |
| 5 | Leofric | 5-2 | Florent Geroux 121 Lbs |
Brad Cox |
| 6 | Hofburg | 5-2 | Jose Ortiz 118 Lbs |
William Mott |
| 7 | Rated R Superstar | 10-1 | Brian Hernandez, Jr. 121 Lbs |
Kenneth McPeek |
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Trained by Bill Mott, Hofburg finished third in the Belmont (G1) behind Triple Crown winner Justify in June and in his most recent start was fourth in the Pennsylvania Derby (G1). Hofburg tuned up for Saturday's race with a 5-furlong work in 1:00.60 Monday at Churchill Downs.
Jose Ortiz will have the mount on Hofburg, who will break from post position six. Mott has won the Hagyard Fayette twice:Go Between (2007) and Newsdad (2012).
Hofburg is the lone 3-year-old in the race, a race won 10 times by a 3-year-old with the most recent being Blame in 2009.
DP Racing's Prime Attraction, who arrived at Keeneland Tuesday from his Southern California base and galloped here Wednesday morning, chased likely Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) favorite Accelerate in his past two starts in the Pacific Classic (G1) and Awesome Again (G1).
Trained by James Cassidy, Prime Attraction is graded stakes-placed on turf and dirt in 2018 with his most recent victory coming in last November's Native Diver (G3) at Del Mar going 1 1/8 miles.
Kent Desormeaux has the mount on Prime Attraction and will break from post position one.
