Avie's Quality, sharp winner of the $150,000 Display Stakes at Woodbine last year, is scheduled to make his American debut on Saturday in the $200,000 LeComte Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds, an early prep for the Kentucky Derby later this spring.
Trained by Josie Carroll, Avie's Quality compiled a record of 2-1-1 from four starts as a two-year-old, with all of his starts coming at Woodbine racetrack in Canada. As a result, the LeComte will be his first race on dirt.
Rosie Napravnik, currently the leading rider of the Fair Grounds meet, will be aboard the son of Elusive Quality, whose dam is the grade I stakes-winning Lord Avie mare Fly for Avie.
Other prominent entrants include Circle Unbroken, winner of the Bashford Manor Stakes (gr. III) last June but unraced since August; Malibu High, unbeaten in two starts for trainer Cecil Borel; Fear the Kitten, who finished a close fourth in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II); and Oxbow, most recently fourth in the prestigious CashCall Futurity (gr. I) at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Post Positions:
1 Malibu High
2 Heitai
3 Fear the Kitten
4 Oxbow
5 Hawaakom
6 Avie's Quality
7 Golden Soul
8 Circle Unbroken
9 Ive Struck a Nerve
-Keelerman
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