Departing Headlines Field of 10 in Commonwealth
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Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm’s millionaire Departing and a trio of recently turned 4-year-old graded stakes sprint winners headline a field of 10 entered Tuesday for Saturday’s 30th running of the $250,000 Commonwealth (G2) at seven furlongs on the main track.
The Commonwealth will be run as the seventh race on Saturday’s 11-race program with a 4:05 p.m. post time.
Trained by Al Stall Jr., Departing is a multiple graded stakes winner whose lone race at Keeneland was a runner-up finish in the Fayette (G2) in 2014. Robby Albarado has the mount and will break from post position eight.
Jerry Durant’s Holy Boss, winner of the Amsterdam (G2) at Saratoga last summer and fourth in his most recent start in the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) here last fall, is a three-time stakes winner. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Holy Boss will be ridden by Florent Geroux and break from post position nine.
Rick Westerman’s Ready for Rye won the Swale (G2) last year and was graded stakes-placed in three other sprints. Trained by Tom Albertrani, Ready for Rye will break from post position two and be ridden by Javier Castellano.
Suzanne Stables’ Barbados, runner-up to champion Runhappy in last fall’s Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G3) here, won the Hutcheson (G3) last year and enters Saturday’s race off a victory in the Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 20. Barbados will break from post position 10 under Luis Saez for trainer Mike Tomlinson.
The field for the Commonwealth, with rider and weight, from the rail out is: Clearly Now (Jose Valdivia Jr., 118 pounds), Ready for Rye (Castellano, 120), Far Right (Corey Lanerie, 118), Viva Majorca (Julien Leparoux, 118), Mylute (James Graham, 118), Ami’s Flatter (Martin Garcia, 118), No Hiding Place (Albin Jimenez, 118), Departing (Albarado, 118), Holy Boss (Geroux, 120) and Barbados (Saez, 118).
Source: Keeneland Association
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