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The street to the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steak begins Saturday at Turfway Park, the place he gained the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile. avenue beast He leads a aggressive solid of 9 keen 3-year-old horses within the $125,000 thirty sixth race. leonatus stakes.
The 1-mile Leonatus Stakes will function a neighborhood stepping stone to the John Battaglia Memorial Race Course on February twenty first and the Jeff Ruby Steak race on March twenty first, each of which can result in the Kentucky Derby. Leonatus can be Saturday’s eighth race with a publish time of 9:25 p.m. ET. First posted at 5:55 p.m.
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Educated by Ben Colebrook, Avenue Beast gained twice at Kentucky Downs, breaking his first victory on Aug. 28 and returning 10 days later to win the Juvenile Mile by seven lengths below jockey Luan Machado. After profitable the stakes, Avenue Beast moved as much as G1 within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, ending fourth by 4 1/4 lengths to extremely regarded European invader Gstaad. Machado will return to Avenue Beast on Leonatus and break from publish 9.
Amongst his opponents are Brad Cox Barn Duo, Keeneland allowance winner Full Effort and Turfway allowance winner Valiant.
Full Effort, a son of Liams Mapp, has been extremely rated by bettors in all 4 of his begins. In late October, he gained by 5 lengths as an even-money favourite on the Keeneland turf. Earlier than that, he broke his maiden at Kentucky Downs as a 4-5 favourite. Jockey Vincent Cheminault is answerable for driving from publish quantity 5.
Fellow stablemate Valiant will break from publish 3 with Fernando de la Cruz within the iron. Valiant, a offspring of Into Mischief, defeated his first begin at Horseshoe Indianapolis two weeks in the past, and 6 weeks in the past he bounced again from off the tempo to win by a size and three-quarters of a size.
One other horse with stakes expertise who ran on this race is I Did I Did, who completed fourth within the Avenue Sense Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs on October twenty sixth. Educated by five-time Leonatus winner Mike Maker, I Dido I Dido most not too long ago completed seventh within the Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct. Jockey Walter Rodriguez will experience Iron from publish quantity seven.
Jutland, who has raced in a number of stakes, additionally runs within the Leonatus Stakes. A formidable first-time winner, the good white shark. Native allowance winner No Joke Joe. Allowance’s runner-up Rev 5. and Conexao, a Brazilian who grew up in Indiana.
| no. | silk | horse/stallion | analysis | Coach/Jockey | Earlier begin / Subsequent begin | state of affairs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nice white shark unstable | 5.79 | John Ennis alex achard | 1st place (108), TP MSW (12/12/25-R5) 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | 1st place (108), TP MSW (12/12/25-R5) 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
| 2 | rev 5 Vekoma | 6.12 | Mark E. Cass Edgar Morales | 2nd place (111), TP AOC (2025/12/17-R4) 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | 2nd place (111), TP AOC (2025/12/17-R4) 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
| 3 | courageous Mischievously | 6.39 | Brad H. Cox Fernando de la Cruz | 1st place (96), TP permission (12/5/25-R9) 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | 1st place (96), TP permission (12/5/25-R9) 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
| 4 | conexao in brazil Bar a Bali | 4.12 | Eduardo Calamori Yamary Correa | 1st place (97), IND MSW (11/13/25-R5) 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | 1st place (97), IND MSW (11/13/25-R5) 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
| 5 | With all my may Liam map | 6.19 | Brad H. Cox Vincent Cheminault | 1st place (97), Key Arrow (10/23/25-R7) 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | 1st place (97), Key Arrow (10/23/25-R7) 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
| 6 | no joke joe prank | 6.12 | Joe Sharp Gabriel Saez | 1st place (90), TP AOC (2025/12/27-R7) 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | 1st place (90), TP AOC (2025/12/27-R7) 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
| 7 | I did it, I did it curl | 6.73 | Michael J. Maker walter rodriguez | seventh place (91), 2025 Remsen G2 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | seventh place (91), 2025 Remsen G2 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
| 8 | Jutland raging bull | 6.34 | kelsey danner Adam Besitsa | 2nd place (93), TP permission (12/5/25-R9) 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | 2nd place (93), TP permission (12/5/25-R9) 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
| 9 | avenue beast avenue sense | 7.39 | Ben Colebrook Luan Machado | 2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf G1 4th place (106) 2026 Leonatus LS | I entered | |
| remaining race subsequent race | 2025 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf G1 4th place (106) 2026 Leonatus LS | |||||
