J.J. Pletcher's Lismore Knight duels for his third consecutive victory Sunday in the $250,000 Kent Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 mile on the Delaware Park lawn.
The son of Woodman won the Arlington Classic Stakes (gr. IIT) by three-quarters of a length on June 28, his fourth victory in seven career starts. In his first start this year, the Todd Pletcher-trained Lismore Knight scored a one-length triumph in a one-mile allowance race at Belmont Park on May 17.
Lismore Knight took advantage of a ground-saving run in the Arlington Classic, tracking the leaders into the stretch before swinging out in the home stretch and catching pacesetter Remind in mid-stretch of the 1 1/16-mile test.
John Velasquez, who was also named on Pike Place Gold, replaces Rene Douglas aboard Lismore Knight.
Remind, a multiple graded stakes-placed winner, gets a rematch after his second-place finish with Jerry Bailey getting the call.
Gimmeawink, who has won a pair of minor stakes on the dirt, most recently the six-furlong Francis "Jock" LaBelle Memorial Stakes on the Delaware main track earlier this meet, switches to turf for trainer Timothy Ritchey.
$250,000 Kent Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT), 3-year-olds, 1 1/8 mile on turfPP. Horse, Jockey, Weight
1. Elusive Gentleman, Anthony Black, 115
2. Monkey Junior, no rider, 115
3. Kings Course, Jose Caraballo, 115
4. Foufa's Warrior, Ramon Dominguez, 115
5. Pike Place Gold, John Velazquez, 115
6. Gimmeawink, Rodrigo Madrigal Jr., 117
7. Remind, Jerry Bailey, 115
8. Lismore Knight, John Velazquez, 119
