Lecomte Stakes Handicapping Picks
Horse racing gamblers are you looking for 2023 Lecomte Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping Odds…plus some predictions? Need some advice on who to take? The 2023 Lecomte Stakes is set for January 21 at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here’s a preview of our top contenders.
Lecomte Stakes Preview
- Race: Lecomte Stakes
- Purse: $200,000
- Track: Fair Grounds Race Course
- Date: January 21
- Post Time: 7:30 PM (ET)
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2023 Lecomte Stakes Handicapping
The first of three key prep races for the 2023 Kentucky Derby to be held at Fair Grounds goes this Saturday with the running of the (G3) Lecomte Stakes.
The Louisiana preps are perhaps not as high profile as those run in Florida or California, however, at the same time the race has recently produced serious Triple Crown contenders. Winner International Star was the ML favourite for the 2015 Derby before being scratched. 2019 winner War of Will won the Preakness Stakes while the 2020 winner, Midnight Bourbon ran second in that year’s Preakness.
The 2023 Lecomte has drawn a field of eight starters, with only one of those listed double-digit odds. They’ll be racing 1 1/16 miles on the Fair Grounds dirt.
Odds listed here are provided by the Fair Grounds track oddsmaker.
2023 Lecomte Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Instant Coffee Race Odds: 5-2
A winner of two of his three lifetime starts, Instant Coffee is also already a graded-stakes winner, as last time out he captured the (G2) Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes by just over a length going 1 1/16 miles at Churchill Downs.
At the same time, his previous race may have been his best when he scored a 94 Equibase speed figure in the (G1) Breeders’ Futurity. Although he finished fourth behind top Derby contender Forte, he had to come from way back in the pack and deal with traffic in the lane.
The trainer is Brad Cox, Luis Saez is set to ride.
2023 Lecomte Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Two Phil’s Race Odds: 4-1
Also coming in off a graded-stakes victory, Two Phil’s turned that trick as a 5 1/4 length winner of the (G3) Street Sense Stakes, albeit over a sloppy track.
One of the more experienced colts in the field, Two Phil’s has three wins from five lifetime starts, although it could be noted that two of those wins came against lesser competition at Colonial Downs and Canterbury Park.
He’s trained by Larry Rivelli and Jareth Loveberry will be the rider.
2023 Lecomte Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Tapit’s Conquest Race Odds: 9-2
The lightly raced Tapit’s Conquest only has two races on his resume and will be making his first start since October 1 when he broke his maiden at Churchill Downs by a comfortable 3 1/2 lengths.
Prior to that, he was second by just a half length in his debut at Saratoga behind a horse that has since come back to win a stakes race.
He’s the second race entry for trainer Brad Cox. Jockey Florent Geroux gets the assignment.
2023 Lecomte Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Confidence Game Race Odds: 8-1
Confidence Game comes into the race off a wire-to-wire win at Churchill Downs in an allowance level event where he scored a lifetime best 94 Equibase speed figure. That put his record at two wins, a second and a third in five lifetime starts.
At the same time, in his only previous graded-stakes start he could do no better than a well-beaten fifth, so he needs to prove he can handle the step up in class he’ll face here.
His trainer is Keith Desormeaux. Jockey James Graham is a two-time previous winner of the race.
Here’s My 2023 Lecomte Stakes Free Pick.
This is a tough handicapping race, as a case both for and against can be made for several of the entries in the field. It also should be noted that Tapit’s Conquest has been cross-entered in a race earlier on the card and as of this writing could be scratched out of this.
That being said, if he goes he’s my pick to win. I think Instant Coffee is a vulnerable favourite, and I wasn’t impressed with the Jockey Club Stakes race overall. I expect Confidence Game will be on the lead early and may just steal it, so I’ll use him in the exacta, or take him as the upset winner if Tapit’s Conquest scratches.
Full Field: Lecomte Stakes Odds
By post position
- #1 – Echo Again 6-1
- #2 – Denington 8-1
- #3 – Bromley 5-1
- #4 – Confidence Game 8-1
- #5 – Tapit’s Conquest 9-2
- #6 – Itzos 10-1
- #7 – Instant Coffee 5-2
- #8 – Two Phil’s 4-1
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