Shakertown 1-2 Head Twin Spires Turf Sprint

Martin Racing Stable’s Marchman and Team Forster 131’s Positive Side, the 1-2 finishers in the Shakertown (GIII) at Keeneland on April 12, head a field of nine runners for the 20th running of the $150,000-added Twin Spires Turf Sprint (GIII) at five furlongs.

 

Trained by Bret Calhoun, Marchman broke his maiden going five furlongs in his lone appearance on the Matt Winn Turf Course. Winner of the Woodchopper last fall at Fair Grounds, Marchman will break from post position four and be ridden by Robby Albarado.

 

Positive Side, trained by Grant Forster, finished second in the Colonel Power in his turf sprint debut that came before the Shakertown. Leandro Goncalves retains the mount on Positive Side and will break from post position six.

 

Trained by Darrin Miller, Havelock will be ridden by Javier Castellano and break from post position nine with Sum of the Parts, trained by Tom Amoss and ridden by Rosie Napravnik, breaking from post position eight.

 

The field for the Twin Spires Turf Sprint that goes as the sixth race with a 1:26 p.m. post time, from the hedge, is: Ancil (Julien Leparoux, 120 pounds), Undrafted (John Velazquez, 118), Stormofthecentury (Stewart Elliott, 118), Marchman (Albarado, 120), Scatman (Jose Lezcano, 118), Positive Side (Goncalves, 118), Googleado (ARG) (Calvin Borel, 118), Sum of the Parts (Napravnik, 120) and Havelock (Castellano, 118).