The $200,000 Jerome Stakes (gr. II), the first of Aqueduct's major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby, has drawn a wide-open field of eight three-year-old colts and geldings looking to begin the year with a graded stakes victory.
The one-mile, seventy-yard race -- which has been held at one mile and in April during recent years -- lacks an obvious favorite. Notable entrants include Vegas No Show, winner of the Dover Stakes but most recently ninth in the Remsen Stakes (gr. II); Traskwood Stakes winner Vyjack; Long River and Mudflats, a pair of promising maiden winners; and two-time minor stakes winner Notacatbutallama.
A trio of stakes-placed runners -- Siete de Oros, Amerigo Vespucci, and James Jingle -- round out the field.
Notably absent from the list of entrants is Gulfport, a well-regarded allowance winner from the barn of Dale Romans. The colt had been expected to ship from Gulfstream Park to contest the Jerome, but will instead await the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream later this month.
Post Positions:
1 Siete de Oros
2 Vyjack
3 Long River
4 Amerigo Vespucci
5 Notacatbutallama
6 Mudflats
7 Vegas No Show
8 James Jingle
-Keelerman
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