Dynever Heads Lone Star Derby Field
Updated: Saturday, May 10, 2003 4:16 PM
Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2003 2:11 PM
Dynever, the easy winner of the $250,000 Aventura Stakes at Gulfstream Park in his last start, drew post five in a field of 13 3-year-olds for Saturday's $500,000 Lone Star Derby (gr. III) at Lone Star Park.
Trained by Christophe Clement and ridden by Edgar Prado, Dynever has won twice in three starts and boasts $176,520 in career earnings. The Kentucky-bred son of Dynaformer is using the 1 1/8-mile race as a steppingstone to the Belmont Stakes on June 7.
Others in the field include Hollywood Juvenile Championship winner Crowned Dancer, Arlington-Washington Futurity hero Most Feared, California Derby champ Mr. Technique and 2002 Texas-bred Horse of the Year Leo's Last Hurrahy.
The complete Lone Star Derby field from the rail out:
Desert Spirit, Roman Chapa
Gentlemen J J, Bobby Walker Jr.
Crowned King, Chandra Rennie
Defrere's Vixen, Eddie Martin Jr.
Dynever, Edgar Prado
Grendel, Larry Melancon
Leo's Last Hurrahy, Kevin Cogburn
Most Feared, Shane Sellers
Crowned Dancer, E.J. Perrodin
Mr. Technique, Roberto Gonzalez
Commander's Affair, Gerard Melancon
On the Border, Jeremy Beasley
Mauk Four, Jamie Theriot
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