Kelso Handicap Entries: To Honor and Serve preps for BC

Whitney Invitational Stakes (gr. I) winner To Honor and Serve will prep for a start in the Breeders' Cup on Saturday when he heads to post as the likely favorite for the $400,000 Kelso Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park.

But while To Honor and Serve may have the classiest credentials in the nine-horse field, there are a number of other legitimate contenders that could possibly upset the one-mile race. The most obvious is Shackleford,  winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) and 2012 Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I). He is coming of of a dull effort in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga last month, but the Dale Romans-trainee has been training well and should run a much better race while returning to the sight of his Met Mile triumph.

Two-time graded stakes winner Tapizar and 2010 Cigar Mile Handicap (gr. I) winner Jersey Town are other major contenders.

Post Positions:

PP	Horse	Weight	Jockey	Trainer
1	Isn't He Perfect	114	Michael J. Luzzi	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
2	Golddigger's Boy	115	Jose Lezcano	Ramon Preciado
3	Jersey Town	116	Javier Castellano	Barclay Tagg
4	Tapizar	117	Corey Nakatani	Steve Asmussen
5	To Honor and Serve	121	John Velazquez	Bill Mott
6	Shackleford	121	Ramon Dominguez	Dale Romans
7	Gallant Fields	114	Joel Rosario	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
8	Pacific Ocean	116	Wilmer Garcia	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
9	Trickmeister	116	Cornelio Velasquez	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.

-Keelerman