Defending Champ Something Extra Faces 11 Foes in Shakertown
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John Menary and trainer Gail Cox’s Something Extra will face 11 foes Saturday as he attempts to become the second repeat winner of the $200,000 Shakertown (G2) run at 5½ furlongs on the grass.
The 20th running of the Shakertown will go as the eighth race on Saturday’s 11-race program with a 4:42 p.m. ET post time.
Something Extra will be using the Shakertown as his season debut as he did last year when he scored a wire-to-wire victory. Shaun Bridgmohan has the mount on Something Extra, who will be trying to match the double of Soaring Free in 2004-05. Something Extra will exit post position four.
Favoritism in the race likely will go to Power Alert (AUS), who finished fourth as the favorite in last year’s race. Owned by AJ Suited Racing Stable LLC and trainer Brian Lynch, Power Alert brings a two-race win streak into the Shakertown off victories in the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint and Silks Run. Julien Leparoux has the mount and will break from post position one.
Also expected to draw support will be Wes Welker and Sol Kumin’s Undrafted. Fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) here last fall in his most recent start, Undrafted won the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot last summer for trainer Wesley Ward. John Velazquez has the mount Saturday and will break from post position 10.
The field for the Shakertown, with rider and weight, from the inside is: Power Alert (AUS) (Leparoux, 120 pounds), Latent Revenge (Francisco Torres, 120), Summation Time (Javier Castellano, 120), Something Extra (Bridgmohan, 120), American Sailor (Luis Saez, 120), Sylven Park (Mitchell Murrill, 120), Rocket Heat (Edwin Maldonado, 120), Bye Bye Bernie (Florent Geroux, 120), Commute (Jose Lezcano, 120), Undrafted (Velazquez, 120), Woodland Walk (Perry Ouzts, 120) and The Great War (Albin Jimenez, 120).
Source: Keeneland Association
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